Résumé

Architect, Waldron and Dietz, Architects, Seattle, WA, c.1964-1967.

Associate, Waldron/Pomeroy, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1968-1976.

Partner, Waldron, Pomeroy, Polk and Smith, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1976-1982.

Partner, Waldron, Pomeroy, Smith, Foote and Akira, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1982-c. 1992.

Partner, Waldron and Akira, Architects, Seattle, WA.

High School/College

He attended John Muir High School, Pasadena, CA, in 1956.

Relocation

Born in Los Angeles, Donald Akira was relocated with his family to the Japanese Internment Camp at Gila River, AZ, between 10/19/1942 and 09/04/1945. This camp opened on 07/20/1942, so Donald and his family arrived about three months after it began receiving detainees. The facility and its two main components, Butte Camp and Canal Camp, closed completely by 11/16/1945. Many Jaoanese-Americans from Los Angeles, Sacramneto, and Fresno, CA, were sent here, making Gila River, at one time, AZ's fourth-largest population center.

Between 1960 and 1964, at least, Akira lived at home with his parents, Ben and Yaeko Akira at 1840 Kenneth Way in Pasadena. (See Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1960, p. 7 andPasadena, California, City Directory, 1964-1965, p. 8.)

Parents

His father was Ben Y. Akira, his mother, Yaeko Yamashina.

Ben Akira owned Oka Food Products located in Alhambra, CA, ifrom at least 1960 until 1964. (See Pasadena, California, City Directory, 1960, p. 7 andPasadena, California, City Directory, 1964-1965, p. 8.)

Spouse

He wed Karen S. Iwamura on 01/29/1966 in Seattle, WA.