Résumé

Lieutenant, Army ROTC, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1957.

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Southern California Chapter, 1966- . (See "Shigahara, W.N., " American Architects Directory, 3rd Edition, 1970, John F. Gane, ed., [New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1970], p. 833.)

College

Coursework, Univeristy of Hawaii, Manoa, Manoa, HI, c. 1955.

B.A., Fine and Applied Arts, Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1957. Shigahara belonged to the Alpha Rho Tau Fraternity at the University of Illinois.

College Awards

Elected to Alpha Rho Chi, architecture honorary fraternity, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, 1957.

Relocation

Walter Nobuo Shigahara was born on 12/10/1932 at Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii.

Los Angeles County voter registration records indicated that Shigahara and his wife Doris resided at 2210 West 169th Place in Torrance, CA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1962.)

In 1970, Shigahara continued to list an address of 2210 West 169th Place in Torrance. (See "Shigahara, W.N., " American Architects Directory, 3rd Edition, 1970, John F. Gane, ed., [New York: R.R. Bowker Company, 1970], p. 833.)

The architect died on 12/27/1996 at the age of 64.

Spouse

He wed Doris Masako Yamada (born c. 1933 or 1934 in HI) on 09/21/1957 on Maui, Hawaii. At the time of her marriage, Doris lived at 405 D. Buckle Lane in Lahaina. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation The Honolulu Advertiser; Publication Date: 18/ Sep/ 1957; Publication Place: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/267555733/?article=9d175591-34a1-41b8-80ad-e47d877f1967&focus=0.8482807,0.55624145,0.97775865,0.5759687&xid=3398, accessed 04/01/2026.)

Children

He and Doris had two children: Walter S. Shigahara and Patricia Shigahara.

Biographical Notes

Shigahara's Korean War draft registration card listed him as standing 5-feet, 7-inches tall and weighing 130. He was listed as an Asian-American, with black hair, brown eyes and a fair complexion.

Los Angeles County voter records of 1962 listed Walter Shigahara as a registered Democrat. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation California State Library; Sacramento, California; Great Register of Voters, 1962.)

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