1978 | Establishment of US-Asia Institute

Ms. Esther Kee shaking hands with Jimmy Carter after a White House meeting This meeting with Carter led to Richard Holbrooke creating the National Advisory Coucil to the East Asian and Pacific Affair Bureau (NACEAPA) of the U.S. Department of State is created. Subsequently, this organization, the US-Asia Insitute is incorporated as 501(c)(3).