Posted June 18th, 2008 by Matt
In an earlier blog post (At Long Last: Japanese American WWII-era OSU Students Receive Honorary Degrees), I promised some footage of current OSU students who played active roles in the Japanese American WWII-era Honorary Degree Ceremony at OSU. I invite you to meet Andy Kiyuna, and Joel Fischer. The impetus for granting the honorary degrees [...]
Read the post...
Tags: 2823, 9066, Executive Order, Honorary Degree, Intern, Japanese, Japanese American Student Association, Kristen Atebara, Oregon House Bill, oregon-state-university, Tracie Kobayashi, WWII
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
Posted June 16th, 2008 by Matt
Former Oregon State University students were recipients of Honorary Degrees for the university’s 139th commencement ceremony. So a little history here: after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the United States Executive Order 9066 in was signed in the spring of 1942 and over 120,000 ethnic Japanese people were uprooted and were held in [...]
Read the post...
Tags: 2823, 9066, Admissions, Aiko Sumoge, blog, Bonnie Sommerville, Carl Somekawa, Corvallis, Edward Ko Yada, Executive Order, Honorary Degrees, Jack Nomi, Jack Yoshihara, Japanese American Student Association, Kate Iwasaki, Kay Kiyokawa, Kay Nakagiri, Lena Kageyama Omari, Mabel Sadako Takashima, Mary Takao Yoshida, Masao Kinoshita, Masao Tamiyasu, Noboru Endow, Oregon House Bill 2823, oregon-state-university, OSU, Raymond Hashitani, Robert Yoshitomi, Roy R. Hashitani, Shigeru Hongo, Sigeo Kiyokawa, Taro Miura, Todd Tadao Okita, Tom Namba, Tommy Ouchida, Winding Road, WWII
Posted in Admissions, Alumni, Athletics, Beaver News, Campus Life, Events, Faculty, Misc., Uncategorized, Undergraduate Students | 6 Comments »
RSS Feed
