MS196: 6 Mount Fuji From Of Our Room In Kawaguchiko Hotel Looking Southward

Creator

Masamichi Suzuki (1918-2014)

Author Biographical Info

Masamichi "Mac" Suzuki was born on October 18, 1918 in Acampo, CA. He received his BA degree from the University of California Berkley and studied medicine at the University of California San Francisco. As an American citizen of Japanese descent, Mac was forced to leave his third year of medical school and placed in an internment camp during WWII. During his time there he served as a camp doctor. He completed his medical degree at Wayne State Medical School in Detroit, MI. He served on the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) from around 1948 to 1953, studying the effects of radiation on fertility in Japan. While in Japan, he met his wife, Zoe Green, who was serving as the Assistant Director of Nurses for the ABCC. Later Dr. Suzuki served as Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Sheppard Air Force Base in Texas raising to the rank of Major. He started a practice in the Detroit, MI area. He retired in his 70s. He died on December 19, 2014.

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Identifier

MS196-0392

Publication Date(s)

circa 1948-1952

Language

English

Description

1 photograph, MS 196 Mac Suzuki Photograph Collection and its finding aid.

Copyright

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Suzuki, Masamichi (1918-2014), "MS196: 6 Mount Fuji From Of Our Room In Kawaguchiko Hotel Looking Southward" (1948). Mac Suzuki Photograph Collection. 107.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/mac_suzuki/107