As a follow up to the Honorary Degrees that OSU awarded to Japanese Americans who had been uprooted from the university and interned during WWII. The Times Picayune (New Orleans) ran a great story on Tommy Ouchida who participated in the June Ceremony.
A 1942 presidential order forced Ouchida, his family and [...]
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...From the Gazette Times:
OSU gives honorary degrees to Japanese-Americans
By KYLE ODEGARD
Gazette-Times reporter
Students sent to internment camps recognized
In the spring of 1942, Noboru Endow, then a sophomore studying chemistry at Oregon State University, received a letter from the government telling him he had to leave school in five days and board a bus for Portland.
The Portland [...]
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