William Tong
| William Tong 湯偉麟 |
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| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 147th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Donald Sherer |
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| Born | Hartford, Connecticut |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Tong |
| Children | Eleanor Ming Lan Tong, Penelope Ming Li Tong, Alexander Ming Xiang Tong |
| Residence | Stamford, CT |
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Brown University, University of Chicago Law School |
William Morten Tong Chinese: 湯偉麟(born c. 1973) serves as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. First elected in November 2006, he represents the 147th district, which includes parts of Stamford and New Canaan. Geographically the 147th is the largest district in Stamford, and includes Westover, North Stamford, Scofieldtown, as well as the western side of New Canaan.
Tong is the first Asian American to serve in the Connecticut General Assembly, and the first Asian American to be elected at the state level in Connecticut's history. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Energy and Technology committee and serves on the General Law and Judiciary committees.
Tong was the first Connecticut legislator to endorse then-Senator Barack Obama for President.
William's father, Ady, came to Hartford, Connecticut to look for work as a cook in a Chinese restaurant. He met William's mother Nancy, and had five children, William and his four sisters. William attended public and private schools in West Hartford. He graduated from Phillips Academy Andover and in 1995 from Brown University with honors, and after the University of Chicago Law School.
Tong is an Associate Counsel at the law firm of Finn Dixon & Herling. Prior, Tong was an attorney with the international law firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, and a Management Consultant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He is a member of the state bars of New York and Connecticut, and practices before both state and federal courts. He formerly served as a Commissioner on the Personnel Commission of the City of Stamford, and is a member of the Board of Directors for the social services organization Person-to-Person.
Tong wrote legislation to overhaul Connecticut's Criminal Justice Information System. Tong has been at the forefront of efforts to eliminate "zone pricing" of gasoline in Connecticut. Recently Tong has taken on "big oil" by proposing a measure that would have required oil transporters and suppliers to disclose detailed price data to the state for analysis to ensure that consumers were not being gouged at the pump. This legislation was developed after Tong questioned three Quinnipiac University professors about a study that they had conducted at the behest of "big oil". The study found that price fluctuations were a result of normal market trends. When Tong requested that the data used in the study be disclosed, the professors refused and followed by claiming that the data has been destroyed.
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