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Monday, March 25, 2002 | 9:09 a.m.
An additional visitation for former university Regent Lilly Fong is scheduled 5-7 p.m. today at Bunkers Mortuary.
Fong, the first Asian-American to serve on the Board of Regents and a longtime Las Vegas philanthropist and civic leader, died Tuesday. She was 76.
Services for the Las Vegas resident of 52 years will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Bunkers, with visitation one hour prior to services.
Fong, the wife of longtime Las Vegas businessman Wing Fong, was regent from 1974 to 1984. The University of Nevada, Las Vegas geoscience building is named in her honor.
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