Robert Fukuda
Robert Kiyoshi Fukuda (Japanese: 福田 清,[1] 1922 – July 12, 2013) was an American politician, lawyer and former member of the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1959 to 1962.[2]
Fukuda was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1922.[3] He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Hawaii.[2] He then served in the United States Army Military Intelligence Service during World War II as a Japanese language interpreter and translator.[2]
Fukuda later became a lawyer for the Hawaiian Homes Commission and the Hawaiian Homelands department for the Territory of Hawaii.[2] He served as the deputy Attorney General for the Territory of Hawaii from 1953 until 1959.[2]
In 1959, Fukuda was elected to the inaugural Hawaii State Legislature as a member of the Hawaii House of Representatives.[2] He served in the House for three years.[2] Fukuda later served as a United States Attorney in Hawaii from 1969 to 1973. He also became the manager of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's programs in Hawaii and Guam from 1982 to 1986.[2]
In 2010, he was one of 6,000 Japanese American veterans of World War II to be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal.[2]
Robert Fukuda died on July 12, 2013, at the age of 91.[3][4] Hawaiian Governor Neil Abercrombie ordered all American and state flags to fly at half staff on August 11, 2013, in Fukuda's honor.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hawaii Times 1962.01.01 — Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Flags to Fly at Half-Staff in Honor of Former Rep. Robert Fukuda". Office of the Governor of Hawaii. 2013-08-09. Archived from the original on 2013-09-06. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- ^ a b Zoellick, Sarah (2013-07-28). "Public service paramount for lawmaker, attorney". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- ^ "Flags Lowered for Former State Rep. Robert Fukuda". Honolulu Civil Beat. 2013-08-09. Retrieved 2013-08-27.
- 1922 births
- 2013 deaths
- Members of the Hawaii House of Representatives
- United States Department of Housing and Urban Development officials
- United States Army personnel of World War II
- University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumni
- Politicians from Honolulu
- Lawyers from Honolulu
- American military personnel of Japanese descent
- Hawaii politicians of Japanese descent
- Asian American and Pacific Islander state legislators in Hawaii
- 20th-century American lawyers