Sie, John
name: label: Collection Interviewer
content: Allison, David Kite
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Velasquez, Steve
label: Collection Interviewer
content: Yeingst, William
label: Collection Creator
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.)
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection
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content: Family of Voices Oral History Collection / Born-Digital Interviews / Audio Interviews
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content: 718.99 Megabytes (Total Running Time: 01:11:14, audio/wav)
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content: 2016-03-18
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content: Item NMAH-AC1365-BDA0021
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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content: Archival materials
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content: Audio
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content: Oral history interview with John Sie, founder of Starz Entertainment Group. Originally from China, Sie recounts growing up in Shanghai under Japanese occupation during World War II; fleeing to Taiwan and immigrating to the United States; living in a New York City orphanage; learning English; studying electrical engineering at Manhattan College while working as a waiter; working at Radio Corporation of America; founding Micro State Electronics; marrying his wife Anna and raising a multicultural family; working at Jerrold Electronics in Philadelphia; working at Showtime Entertainment; working at Tele-Communications Inc. in Denver; feeling more American than Chinese; and philanthropic work.