Since being established on January 8, 1996, the distringuished officers and members of the Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) have persevered with a fiery spirit to serve its purpose in helping the community. We have endured and weathered many obstacles, and miraculously we have survived and grown into a strong organization.

WBTI formulated and implemented several important projects in 2005. WBTI also assisted several associations and organizations in planning and conducting successful parties and events. This is evidenced by the more than 12 awards and proclamations received from the State of Nevada, Clark County, U. S. Senators and Congressmen and other high-ranking members of the community.

Innovation is the key to success. Managers are constantly searching the globe for new ideas. Modern companies view information and technology (IT) as a major competitive differentiator. Strategic businesses emphasize the use of information technology for effective management. International companies develop their global IT platforms by integrating hardware, software and Internet-based network architecture worldwide. Commuunication technology, such as teleconferencing and computer networks, are making it possible for people from subsidiaries around the world to work together on a single project or multiple projects.

Many business are becoming global and moving toward transnational e-business strategies in which they
integrate the worldwide business activities between their subsidiaries and headquarters. In the coming year, 2006, WBTI will continue to monitor and promote further innovative activities in the international business arena.

Washington Business and Technology Institute should be credited due to our remarkable leadership and our hardworking members. WBTI is neither made up of statues or fountains, nor landsacapes or waterscapes. Rather, WBTI is made up of actual hardworking and dedicated persons -- its faculty, advisory members, administrators and numerous friends and allies within the community.

Many thanks to the Las Vegas Review-Journal for providing WBTI with a website so that we can continue to communicate easily and expeditiously. You're on Google.com and Google.cn, if you're on Washington
Business and Technology Institute's website (http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti)" [WBTI]. Google.com and Google.cn are published approximately every ten days for most of the sections of this website.

For many years, one of WBTI's most important functions is to acknowledge and celebrate the achievements of certain individuals. In 2005, we have had the pleasure to honor several individuals who have made outstanding accomplishments in many special fields.

President Dr. Andrew K. Benton of Pepperdine University inspired us by the following: "Reaching up, reaching
beyond, always pressing forward; this is the passion of the human spirit." We are certainly being challenged! At the beginging of this splendid year, I wish everybody success in their endeavors, prosperity, good health and a happy life!

Tony Tung-tien Lei, M.B.A., Ed.D.

Our sincere endeavor is to encourage and promote outstanding individuals and projects for community service and humane spirit in Nevada.

Tony Tung-tien Lei, M.B.A., Ed.D.

Dear Manager Tom, In response to your request for an introduction about Dr. Tony T. Lei to the voters and homeowners of South Shores Community Association, Dr. Lok had U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley the following paragraphs (update now) for her to introduce Tony from our Institute (WBTI) in the Event and Dinner Party for a Special Tribute to U. S. Senator Harry Reid.*1

Sincerely,

PAI of WBTI

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Dr. Tony T. Lei is the President of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI) and Chairman of Chinese American Academic Association of Nevada (CAAAN). He received his M.B.A. in 1969 and a Doctorate of Education (Ed. D.) in Institutional Management in 1990 from Pepperdine University. His dessertation was entitled "A study of the impact of enrollment in a computer science class on mahematics scores and attendance in a secondary school." It was published in 1990 by University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He had been an Associate Professor of Information Management of the Graduate School of Business Administration of National Chunghsing University and a Fallow of Management of Pepperdine University from 1985 to 1991 and 1991 to 1996, respectively. He has completed numerious scientific papers, text books, best selling books, and research projects during past 39 years in universities and academic institutes. "Dr. Tony T. Lei's dedication and performance in academic research are indicated by the acceptance of his papers continuously for presentation and publication by the International Conference on Technology and Education (ICTE), International Information Management Congress (IIMC), and Science Engineering Technology Seminars (SETS)," stated Dr. Donald R. Sime, former Dean of the Graduate School of Business and Management, Pepperdine University in May 1990. Dr. Tony T. Lei's famous publications of "Modern Business Management," "Management Information," "Management Behavior," "The Art of Leading," and among others have been adopted by many universities and colleges as textbooks. During his three-year term from 1997 to 2000 as a Director of the Las Vegas Senior Citizens Advisory Board, he had enhanced its social and educational value of the activities and programs of the Board. As the Exective Vice President of Seniors United in 2000, he modernized its management with non-partisan and educational advancement for our Nevadan seniors. As Director of the Board of South Shores Community Association (SSCA) since 1993, Dr. Tony T. Lei's knowledge, wisdom, and talent have contributed to the SSCA's being one of the best community in the United States of America for many years. He serves the community through a variety of venues as the Senior Advisor of U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley; Office of Clark County Assistant District Attorney; Raleigh, Hunt, McGarry & Drizin, P.C.; and Constable's Office of Las Vegas Township.

Dr. Tony T. Lei has published 82 books on business management, marketing, and information magement. He has also published more than 476 papers on business administration, information management, and computer education. Many of them were presented by him to famous international conferences in business, information, and educational management. A paper entitled "The Impact of Appropriate Use of Computer Learning on Mathematics Scores," was published by the 11th International Conference on Technology and Education (ICET) in 1993 at London, England. He presented a paper entitled "Enhancing Mathematics Learning with Computers," at the 12th ICTE in Orlando, Florida.*2 At the same time, he was the first presider of the conference on educational multimedia and computing in the 15th Florida Educational Technology Conference (FETC) in Orlando, Florida. In 1996, he presented and published "A Study of the Implementation of Computer Education in Public Schools" at the 13th ICTE in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Dr. Charles Kao (����� �搶 Founder, Global Views Monthly) is former Professor & Chairman and now Honorary Professor of University of Wisconsin. "I couldn't catch up Dr. Tony T. Lei's dinner party at his home in Jing Ning Mansion, but I'll have coffee hour with him and other professors eventually in the party," said Dr. Kao in Taipei early in the morning one day many years ago.

Dr. Tony T. Lei taught full time six years the main course, "Business Management", at the Department of Business Administration, National Chengchi University. He taught adjunctly "Management Behavior" in the same period of time at the Department of Commerce, National Taiwan University. The modern and educational theories and practices of "Scientific Management", "Management Science and Behavioral Sciences", "Change", and "Human Needs V Administration" were first time introduced to Taiwan by Dr. Tony T. Lei from the United States of America in 1969-1975.

Dr. Tony T. Lei has assisted transferring the education of BBA and MBA in the United States of America to Taiwan. The intellectuals who joined the team and him were many professors, scholars, administrators, publishers, and among others. All of them together, for many years, helped bring the Miracle of Economy of Taiwan realized. "Together with the successful experience of economic deveopment in Taiwan, now is the time for China to advance it even better!" said Eric Chen, Esq.*3

In January 2000, Dr. Tony T. Lei and Dr. William Thompson established the Public Administration Institution (PAI) for WBTI. It has Dr. Thompson as its Fellow and Director; and Nevada State Senator and Professor of UNLV Dina Titus, Pepperdine University Emeritus Professor of Education Roy Adamson (deceased), Justice of the Supreme Court Nancy Becker, Former Attorney General Frankie Sue Del Papa, District Judges Mark Denton, Valorie Vega, Michelle Leavitt, Jennifer Togliatti, Jessie Walsh, and Dr. Archie Chang as its Fellows. Dr. Tony T. Lei is also the Honorary President of Great Wall College and Xaimen Straits Foreign Language College. He is the Contrbuting Editor of "Nevada Examiner" and "Reviewjournal.com - WBTI website." He has creatively led WBTI as an non-profit organization dedicated to the encouragement and promotion of academic research, community service, and humane spirit for all our residents and visitors of Nevada.

On March 11, 2003, Dr. John Wang, Spokesman of WBTI, announced the appointment of Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong as deans of WBTI's Public Administratioon Division and Business Administration Division of the Graduate School of Business and Public Administration (GSBPA) of Washington Business and Technology Institute (WBTI)*5 Faculty members of the Graduate School include Drs. Harry Reid, Shelley Berkley, and Dina Titus as Professors of Administrative Strategies; District Judges Mark Denton, Valorie Vega, and Nancy Saitta (now Justice of the Supreme Court), Nevada Assembly Speaker Barbara Buckley as Associate Professors; and among others. Coordinated with the faculty members, Dr. Tony T. Lei has designed educational programs of the CPM and MBA/PKE with Dr. Keong Leong; the CMPA and MPA/SME with Dr. Lee Bernick; and the CEH with Dr. William Thompson for the GSBPA of WBTI.

The Institute, WBTI, has been honored to have Governor Jim Gibbons (formerly, Governor Kenny Guinn) as its Chairman, and U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign as Vice Chairmen, U.S. Representatives (formerly, Jim Gibbons) and Shelley Berkley, and Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman as Executive Advisors of its Advisory Board. It has also the following faculty members: District Judges Mark R. Denton and Valorie J. Vega, Vice Presidents; Dr. William N. Thompson, Director of Public Administration Institution; Dr. E. Lee Bernick and Dr. G. Keong Leong, Deans of Graduate School of Business and Public Administration; Dr. Sue Fawn Chung, Director of Culture Institution; Justice of the Supreme Court William Maupin, Attorney General Brian Sandoval (now U. S. District Judge), and District Judge Stewart Bell, Honorary Chairmen of Clark County District Attorney and Police Civil Commission (CCDAPCC); and District Attorney David Roger and former Clark County Sheriff Bill Young, Chairmen of CCDAPCC. Nevada Lt. Governor Brian K. Krolicki, Chairman of the Advisory Board of International Cities Business Council (ICBC); Commissioner of NCOT and former Lt. Governor of Nevada, Lorraine T. Hunt-Bono, Honorary Chairperson; Miss Charlyne Chen, Chairperson of ICBC.

On September 28, 2001, WBTI established Pan Pacific and Asian American Forum (PPAAF) to pay a special tribute to U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao. The Forum has been published as one of the famous sections of WBTI website. It is bought to you by Las Vegas Review-Journal and Lasvegas.com through http://communitylink.reviewjournal.com/lvrj/wbti. On March 4, 2002, WBTI received a Congrssional Recognition Award from U. S. Congresswoman Shelley Berkley for its outstanding accoplishment of the presentation and publication of PPAAF. U. S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao has been recommended and honored by many high-ranking officials, educational administrators, business owners, and community leaders of Nevada as the Chairperson of WBTI.

Dr. Tony T. Lei and WBTI have been continuously awarded, in the recent fifteen years, by Governor Jim Gibbons, Nevada (former) Governor Kenny Guinn, U. S. Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, U.S. Representatives (formerly, James Gibbons), Shelley Berkley and Jon Porter, Clark County Commission Chairman Rory Reid (and former Chairman Chip Maxfield) and Commissioners, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, and among others.

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References

1. Moss, Cheryl. 'Some introduction about Dr. Tony Lei,' "A letter to Albert Chang, Esq. -- President of NCAAPB," (August 12, 2002), Las Vegas, Nevada: WBTI.
2. Sechrest, Thomas; Thomas, Michael; and Estes, Nolan. "Leadership for Creating Educational Changes: Integrating the Power of Technology," (February 28 - March 3, 1995), Orlando, Florida: 12th ICTE.
*3. Denton, Mark; Walsh, Jessie; Moss, Cheryl; and Chang, Tiffany. 'Our mutual cooperation and development between the officials and people will bring us a peaceful, happy, and healthy community,' "Newsbrief of WBTI," (February 7, 2004), Las Vegas, Nevada: WBTI.
*5. Walsh, Jessie; Moss, Cheryl; and Chang, Tiffany. 'Drs. Lee Bernick and Keong Leong were appointed deans of GSBPA of WBTI,' "Nevada Examiner," (March 28, 2003), Las Vegas, Nevada: Nevada Examiner.