Mikio Tajima
Title
Mikio Tajima
Subject
Oral History Interviews
Description
Mikio Tajima grew up in Japan during World War II. In college, he decided to come to the United States to study, but the foreign student adviser who wrote his exchange student letter made a typo and Mikio ended up spending his first night in the US in the Seattle INS Building. His sponsor released him and Mikio attended College of the Pacific in California, where during the summers he worked at a hotel near Lake Tahoe. He then attended Columbia University to get his masters. There, he joined a UN internship program. He was an employee there for 33 years where he participated in trade negotiation and grassroots organizations. Although no longer at the UN, Mikio still participates in grassroots movements, in Sri Lanka for example.
Creator
Dori Cahn
Wing Luke Museum
Publisher
Wing Luke Museum
Date
July 27, 2012
Rights
Interviewee has granted permission for interview recordings and/or transcriptions to be made available online through the Wing Luke Museum.
Relation
INS Oral Histories
Format
Language
English
Type
Oral History
Interviewer
Dori Cahn
Interviewee
Mikio Tajima
Location
Wing Luke Museum
Seattle, WA
Transcription
Transcribed by Trevor Bruecher