Wing Luke
Wing Luke | |||||||||||
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Luke in a 1962 City Council campaign brochure image. | |||||||||||
| Assistant Attorney General of Washington | |||||||||||
| In office 1957–1962 | |||||||||||
| Member of the Seattle City Council for position 5 | |||||||||||
| In office March 13, 1962 – May 16, 1965 | |||||||||||
| Personal details | |||||||||||
| Born | Luk Wing-chong February 18, 1925 | ||||||||||
| Died | May 16, 1965 (aged 40) | ||||||||||
| Party | Democratic | ||||||||||
| Education | University of Washington (BA, LLB) | ||||||||||
| Military career | |||||||||||
| Allegiance | United States | ||||||||||
| Branch | United States Army | ||||||||||
| Service years | 1944-1946 | ||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 陸榮昌 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陆荣昌 | ||||||||||
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Wing Chong Luke (Chinese: 陸榮昌; February 18, 1925 – May 16, 1965) was a Chinese-born American lawyer and politician. He served as an assistant attorney general of Washington for the state civil rights division from 1957 to 1962. He was later a member of the Seattle City Council for position 5 from 1962 until his death in 1965 in a plane crash.
Luke was the first Asian American to hold elected office in the state, he was cited as an inspiration by Gary Locke, the first Chinese American governor of Washington. The Wing Luke Museum in Seattle is named in his honor.