Japan Society of Fairfield County
Interesting People
Members
Advisory Board member Kyoko Ohnishi
featured on "American Princess" cable TV show
Advisory Board Member Noboru Uezumi recently
passed away
Member Gene Takahashi recently passed
away.
David Halberstam's article on Gene
Gene's JSFC article on Poston Internment
Camp
Member Brita Darany von Regensburg is a 2007 "Spirit of Greenwich"
award recipient
Member Brita Darany is
President of Friends of Autistic People
Member Joy Brown's Still Mountain
Center
and Anagama Style Japanese Kiln
Member, composer, and pianist
Takeshi Asai
leads Jazz Group Wafoo
Members Tibor and Brita Darany were honored as Volunteer Couple
of the
Year by
the Town of Greenwich. (4/17/2005)
Member Julius Alexander was
honored as volunteer of the year in New Canaan in 2004
Historic Individuals
Articles on early Japanese individuals that influenced America and
Japan and the tri-state area
Manjiro: First US immigrant from Japan
Visit Manjiro sites in
Fairhaven, MA
Joseph Heco: First naturalized US citizen, promoted Japan/US
business
Jokichi Takamine: isolated/purified the hormone adrenaline,
founded Nippon Club in NYC
Genjiro Eto: Fairfield County Artist
Visit Bush-Holley House where
Genjiro worked in Greenwich
Kanichi Asakawa: Yale Professor, helped draft Treaty of
Portsmouth
after Russo-Japanese War
Toyohiko Takami: Founder of JAA, Graduate, Cornell Med. School
Hideyo Noguchi: Bacteriologist, Discovered infective agent of
syphilis and other diseases
George Masa: Photographer instrumental in establishing Great
Smoky Mountains National Park
Sessue Hayakawa: Early Movie actor
Junzo Nojima: Hero of Stamford/Kamishibai presentation
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