Don Nakanishi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Don Nakanishi
Date Of Birth	Aug 14, 1949(1949-08-14)
Age	75
Date Of Death	March 22, 2016
Birthplace	Boyle Heights
Country	United States
Horoscope	Leo

Don Nakanishi Biography

Don Nakanishi is one of the most popular and richest Academic who was born on August 14, 1949 in Boyle Heights, United States.

Don Nakanishi (August 14, 1949 – March 22, 2016) was a professor and director of the Asian American Studies Center at the University of California, Los Angeles. Nakanishi is known for establishing Asian American Studies as a “viable and relevant field of scholarship.”

As one of the few minority students at Yale, life proved difficult for a young Nakanishi. Even though World War II had been over for 20 years, there was still a great deal of ill will towards those of Japanese descent because of the war and, specifically, the bombings at Pearl Harbor. As a result, Nakanishi was alienated by many of his classmates. This sense of alienation came to a head when, on December 7th (the anniversary of the bombings at Pearl Harbor) of his first year, a group of students trooped into his dorm room and “bombed” him with water balloons. One student even went so far as to memorize Franklin D. Roosevelt’s declaration of war speech and recited it to Nakanishi. Soon after this event, Nakanishi started Yale’s Asian American Student Association and co-founded the Amerasia Journal, which is now the preeminent journal of Asian American studies. Don Nakanishi received his Bachelor’s degree in Political science from Yale in 1971 and received his P.h.D in Political science from Harvard University in 1978.

Don Nakanishi Net Worth

Don Nakanishi is one of the richest Academic from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Don Nakanishi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Nakanishi was born on August 14, 1949, to two Japanese immigrants in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. He attended a Japanese school up until the 11th grade and was “very involved in the Japanese-American community;” however due to his multicultural surroundings, he was exposed to many other ways of life. Nakanishi was a bright student and at his high school graduation he was elected boy mayor of Los Angeles. This level of academic and social achievement, permitted Nakanishi to be accepted into Yale University at the age of 16. He was a member of the most diverse class in Yale’s history at the time, being one of twenty one minority students.

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