Richard Cheu: Love Letters From Janey

Published: Oct. 12, 2022, 4 p.m.

b'Author, historian, deacon, and hospice chaplain Richard Cheu has written\\xa0\\u201cLiving Well with Chronic Illness: A Practical and Spiritual Guide\\u2019\\u2019.\\xa0His recent book\\xa0\\u201cLove Letters From Janey: 50 Years of Breaking Barriers Together\\u201d features\\xa0the 167 letters from his wife. This tribute honors their 50 year love story: A testament to their love and passionate support for each other to succeed despite the discrimination they battled.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\tHis sixty-five oral histories that address the effects of America\\u2019s Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 on 20th century Chinese Americans are archived at Stanford University\\u2019s Hoover Institution. Richard is an economist who created the economic plan transforming Taiwan into a modern economy, a neurophysiologist who received a U.S. Patent for inventing a method for improving vision. Richard is also an auxiliary chaplain of the New York fire department. A National Park Service volunteer history interpreter, he\\u2019s given 90 talks onboard Amtrak trains.'