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• First Among Nisei: The Life and Writings of Masaji Marumoto

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  Type: Book Launch
  Date: Saturday - 7/21/2007
  Time: 10:30 am
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Event Name: Book Launch -- First Among Nisei: The Life and Writings of Masaji Marumoto

Location of the event: Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i (JCCH), First Floor, Teruya Courtyard

Date and Time: Saturday, July 21, 2007 at 10:30 a.m.

Description of event: The life of the pioneering Hawai'i Nisei (second generation Japanese American) lawyer, judge and community leader Masaji Marumoto will be presented at the debut of this book written by Dennis M. Ogawa, Ph.D., and assisted by Claire Marumoto. Published by the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i (JCCH), the book tells Marumoto's life story that encompasses many key events of 20th century Hawai'i history, ranging from the Massie Case to the Nisei soldiers' story during World War II and the breaking down of discriminatory barriers for non-Caucasians after the war.

Born in 1906 and raised in Kona and Honolulu, Marumoto graduated from McKinley High School in 1924, and with financial help from the local community, went on to graduate from the University of Chicago and Harvard Law School. He became a pioneering Nisei lawyer in Hawai'i, a leading advocate for statehood, a member of the Emergency Service Committee during World War II, an instructor at the Military Intelligence Service Language School in Minnesota and later a first lieutenant sent to Okinawa in the last months of the war and to Korea in the immediate aftermath of the war, and a territorial, and later, state Supreme Court Justice. Marumoto passed away in 1995 at the age of 89.

Cost/Entry Fee: Admission is free. Book cost is $20 for JCCH members; $25 for non-members (tax included).

Public contact information: Phone: (808) 945-7633, email: info@jcch.com, fax: (808) 944-1123. Web address: www.jcch.com.

Name of sponsoring organization: The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, strives to share the history, heritage and culture of the evolving Japanese American experience in Hawai'i. The Center features a Community and Historical Gallery, Resource Center, Kenshikan martial arts do¯jo¯, Seiko¯an Japanese teahouse and Gift Shop.

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