Fujio Matsuda (1924 - 2020)

Born 18 Oct 1924 in Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States

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Biography

Dr. Fujio Matsuda served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 1943
Unit(s): 442nd Infantry Regiment
Service ended:

Fujio Matsuda is Notable.

Fujio "Fudge" Matsuda (松田 富士男) (October 18, 1924 – August 23, 2020) was the first Japanese American president of the University of Hawaii. This position also made him the first Asian American to become president of a major university in the United States.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB9D-6FL : 6 March 2020), Fujio Matsuda in household of Yoshio Matsuda, Tract 14, Honolulu Judicial District, Representative District 4, Honolulu, Hawaii Territory, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 2-19, sheet 8B, line 88, family 143, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4584.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8GT-VWN : 5 December 2014), Fujio Matsuda, enlisted 25 Mar 1943, ; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• * "Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C2QC-T8ZM : 22 March 2020), Fujio Matsuda, 11 Jun 1949; citing Marriage, Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaii Department of Health, Office of Health Status Monitoring, Honolulu.
• "Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C23S-CT2M : 21 March 2020), Fujio Matsuda, 11 Jun 1949; citing Marriage, Honolulu, Oahu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, Hawaii Department of Health, Office of Health Status Monitoring, Honolulu.
• "Fujio Matsuda, first Asian-American president of a major US university, dies at 95." Hawaii News Now. Accessed 6 Sep 2020.
• "Dr. Fujio Matsuda." Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Accessed 6 Sep 2020.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Fujio Matsuda
• Wikidata: Item Q58495087, en:Wikipedia