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 more than 100,000 [...]
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At Long Last *Follow Up*
Monday, August 25th, 2008OSU Gives Honorary Degrees to Japanese Americans
Friday, May 23rd, 2008From 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 [...]
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