a semi-retired software developer. He has been on the board for eight years.

He has a bachelor's degree from the College of Staten Island and a master's degree from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Shim, of Paisley Place, is a businessman who currently stays at home with his children. This is his first run for public office.

He graduated from Ohio State University and the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State.called Opium. Though it quickly became a bestseller, Opium—along with it associations of the Opium Wars’ dark legacy—met fierce backlash in the Chinese-American community.

Chinese Americans later formed a group called the American Coalition Against Opium and Drug Abuse, demanding Saint Laurent change the perfume’s name and apologize for “his insensitivity to Chinese history and Chinese Americans concerns.”

Courtesy Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris

The Algerian-born Saint Laurent, who died a decade ago, did travel to Asia—he visited Japan in 1963 and 1975. Samuel said he went to Kyoto to learn about Japanese traditional culture and textile weaving, which can be seen in the Japanese collection at the exhibition. While the couturier did set foot in Japan to learn about and offer his own interpretation of kimonos, China only lived in