Ronald T. Takaki, PhD Biography
- Title:
- Former Professor Emeritus of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley
- Position:
- None Found to the question "Should the Government Allow Immigrants Who Are Here Illegally to Become US Citizens?"
- Reasoning:
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No position found as of July 28, 2009
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Professor Emeritus, Ethnic Studies, University of California at Berkeley, 2000-2009
- Professor, Ethnic Studies, University of California at Berkeley, 1972-2000
- Recipient, Distinguished Messenger Lectureship Award, Cornell University, 1993
- Recipient, Goldwin Smith University Lectureship Award, Cornell University, 1988
- Recipient, Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California at Berkeley, 1981
- Chair, Ethnic Studies Department, University of California at Berkeley, 1975-1977
- Professor, African-American History, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 1967-1970
- Former Fellow, Society of American Historians
- Recipient of honorary doctorates from Wheelock College, the College of Wooster, Macalester College, Northeastern University, the University of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts College of Art, and Whitman College
- Appeared on national television on the NBC Today Show, ABC This Week with David Brinkley, CNN International Hour and Cross Fire, and the PBS Jim Lehrer Newshour
- Established the UC Berkeley’s PhD program in Ethnic Studies, the first of its kind in the US
- Education:
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- PhD, History, University of California at Berkeley, 1967
- MA, History, University of California at Berkeley, 1962
- BA, History, College of Wooster, 1961
- Other:
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- Died in Berkeley, CA on May 26, 2009
- Born in Honolulu, HI on Apr. 12, 1939
- Nicknamed “Ten-toes Takaki” for being a “fearless” Hawaiian surfer