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Philanthropic Hero
Biographies
Rolland C. Lowe, M.D.
San Francisco,
California
Rolland Lowe is the chair of the Lawrence Choy Lowe
Memorial Fund and the first ever Asian American President of the California
Medical Association. Dr. Lowe's goal as president has been to get physicians
more involved in their communities. He has said that to be good patient
advocates, doctors need to understand their community. Committed to
re-establishing personal relationships between doctors and patients he has
worked to provide low-income immigrants with high quality health care and
advocated for better health care within the Chinese American community.
In keeping with his charitable spirit, Dr. Lowe founded the
Lawrence Choy Lowe Memorial Fund in 1987, a charitable and civic foundation in
Chinatown Fund which makes gifts to nonprofit organizations for a wide variety
of causes in the Chinese community. Among these causes has been ensuring Asian
civil rights and the establishment of a capital campaign for the Chinese
Historical Society's museum. Dr. Lowe has also served in many community
organizations and foundations and worked to provide decent housing for the
elderly in San Francisco through redevelopment of an old hotel for use as a
senior housing and community center. Dr. Lowe and his family have committed
more than $600,000 to the Lowe Memorial Fund while giving to other local causes
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