Founder of Pasadena's Panda Inn Gifts City of Hope 0 Million For Cancer Research

Andrew and Peggy Cherng. Andrew opened the first Panda Inn restaurant in East Pasadena in 1973. The Cherngs are co-founders and co-CEOs of Panda Ex...

September 14, 2023
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Andrew and Peggy Cherng. Andrew opened the first Panda Inn restaurant in East Pasadena in 1973. The Cherngs are co-founders and co-CEOs of Panda Express. [Courtesy photo] Andrew and Peggy Cherng, philanthropists, co-founders and co-CEOs  of Panda Express, have gifted City of Hope, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, $100 million to establish the Cherng Family Center for Integrative Oncology, a first-of-its-kind, national integrative oncology program.

Keith Calayag