Allen Y. Lew

Allen Yee Lew (September 11, 1950 – June 23, 2020) was a city planning executive that worked in Washington, D.C. and New York City, overseeing the development and renovation of stadiums, convention centers and other public works. He died in 2020 from Coronavirus.

Early life Allen Yee Lew was born on Sept. 11, 1950, in Manhattan to an immigrant father, Fong Young Lew, from Guangzhou, China and a Chinese-American mother, who had been born Helen Yee. His parents owned a dry-cleaning business. He grew up in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan and Long Island City, Queens. He graduated from Brooklyn Technical High School.

After the convention center was built, Lew then went to serve as chief executive of the D.C. Sports and Entertainment Commission, where he oversaw the renovation of RFK Stadium, which had fallen into disuse after the Washington Redskins departed the city for suburban Maryland in 1997. The stadium was to serve as a temporary home for the city's new Major League Baseball franchise.

Personal life Lew married Suling Goon, an equity sales manager and research director at an investment bank, in 1979.