Associate Justice of the Hawaii Territorial Supreme Court
In office 1956 – September 15, 1960
Appointed by
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by
Philip L. Rice
Succeeded by
Jack Mizuha
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii
In office May 8, 1967 – December 28, 1973
Appointed by
John A. Burns
Preceded by
Cable A. Wirtz
Succeeded by
Benjamin Menor
Personal details
Born
(1906-01-27)January 27, 1906 Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Died
February 10, 1995(1995-02-10) (aged 89) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Education
University of Chicago (BA) Harvard Law School (LLB)
Awards
Order of the Sacred Treasure
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1941–1947
Rank
2nd Lt
Unit
Military Intelligence Service Language School
Battles/wars
World War II
Masaji Marumoto (Marumoto Masaji (丸本正二) January 27, 1906 – February 10, 1995) was the first Japanese American Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii. He served from 1956 to 1973. He was the first Japanese American to graduate from Harvard Law School, and the first Japanese American to serve as president of the Hawaii Bar Association.
MasajiMarumoto (MarumotoMasaji (丸本正二) January 27, 1906 – February 10, 1995) was the first Japanese American Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii. He...
local public schools and graduated from McKinley High School in 1924. MasajiMarumoto, who went on to become the first Japanese-American Justice on the Supreme...
Murakami in 1953 First Japanese American male (Supreme Court of Hawaii): MasajiMarumoto 1956-1960—Territory of Hawaii; 1967-1973) First Japanese American male...
Kathryn Doi Todd - first female Asian American judge in the U.S. (1978) MasajiMarumoto - first Asian American territorial court justice (1956) Cyrus Nils...
the 1500m free Arthur Lyman (1932–2002), former jazz vibraphonist MasajiMarumoto (1906-1995), former Hawaii Supreme Court judge Fujio Matsuda (1942)...
to a state supreme court in the United States. Menor's predecessor, MasajiMarumoto, resigned from the court in December 1973 to enable Governor John A...
pneumonia. Shiro Kashiwa - first Japanese American federal judge (1972) MasajiMarumoto - first Asian American territorial court justice (1956) Kathryn Doi...
(1957) Herbert Choy - first Asian American U.S. federal judge (1971) MasajiMarumoto - first Asian American territorial court justice (1956) Delbert E....
April 6, 1956 Ingram Stainback October 15, 1951 1959 Philip L. Rice February 7, 1955 July 27, 1959 March 29, 1956 July 27, 1959 MasajiMarumoto 1956 1959...
(chief justice): Eugene D. Lujan in 1951 First Japanese American male: MasajiMarumoto in 1956 First Japanese American male (chief justice): Wilfred Tsukiyama...
(1957) Herbert Choy - first Asian American U.S. federal judge (1971) MasajiMarumoto - first Asian American territorial court justice (1956) Benjamin Menor...
General of Hawaii 1958–1959 Succeeded by Shiro Kashiwa Preceded by MasajiMarumoto Justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii 1961–1969 Succeeded by Bert...
"PREDSJEDNIK TITO U JAPANU". Slobodna Dalmacija (7187): 5. 9 April 1968. Marumoto, Masaji (1976). "Vignette of Early Hawaii-Japan Relations: Highlights of King...
Liliuokalani. Boston: Lee and Shepard. ISBN 978-0-548-22265-2. OCLC 2387226. Marumoto, Masaji (1976). "Vignette of Early Hawaii-Japan Relations: Highlights of King...
Global Information
United States
2nd Lt