NSRCF Named Funds

The NSRC Fund's annual awards are made possible by contributions from individuals and organizations. Named Funds and Named Scholarships enable anyone, including organizations, to honor, commemorate or pay tribute to individuals, groups or events.

The following Named Funds and Named Scholarships have been established, and are designated by who created them, * and ( ). The board of directors is most grateful for the generous support these funds have received.

American Friends Service Committee Named Fund*

Thomas R. Bodine Named Fund*

Ann Graybill Cook Named Fund*

Monroe E. Deutsch Named Fund*

Woody and Betty Emlen Named Fund*

Kei Enomoto Named Fund (established by Jiro J. Enomoto)

Emi Kimura Fujii Named Fund (established by Midori Fujii and Sono Fujii)

Joseph Goodman Named Fund (Established by Ryozo G. Kumekawa)

Suezo and Kikuyo Hayashida Named Fund (Established by Michihiko and Bernice Hayashida) Michihiko & Bernice Hayashida

Junzo and Ito Hibino Named Fund (Established by Yosh and Nobu Hibino)

Nobu and Yosh Hibino Named Fund (Established by Michihiko and Bernice Hayashida)

Shim and Chiyo Hiraoka (Established by Ann Graybill Cook and Michael Hoshiko) Ann Graybill Cook

James Zenichi Imamoto (Established by Grace Imamoto Noda)

Frank and Hisako Ishikawa Family (Established by Michi I. Tashjian)

The Issei Generation (Established by Lillian Ota Dotson)

Elinor Umezawa Kajiwara (Established by Elinor U. Kajiwara)

Dr. Chosaburo Kato (Established by Kane and Rose Senda)

Jin and Kay Kinoshita (Established by Jin and Kay Kinoshita)

Fred Kishi (Established by Susan M. Kishi)

Harutoyo and Haru Kobayashi (Established by Yutaka and Maureen Kobayashi)

Yuri and William Kochiyama (Established by Michi and Walter Weglyn)

Haru and Keiroku Kumekawa (Established by Nobu and Yosh Hibino)

Livingston Yamato Colony Pioneers
(Established by Lafayette and Mayme Noda)

Fred Hoshiyama
Fred Kishi
Janet Kishi & Brian Kehoe
Patti Kishi
Carole Koda
Audrey Logan
Cromwell & Kyoko Mukai
Tom & Caroline Nakashima
David Noda
Kesaya E. Noda
Lafayette & Mayme Noda
Ida Nakashima Schneck
John Yin

Judge William M. and Victoria Marutani Named Fund (By David K. Nitta)

Alice Abe Matsumoto Named Fund (Established by friends of Alice Abe Matsumoto)

Susan T. Matsumoto Named Fund (Established by Alice and Yo Matsumoto)

Takashi and Yuri Moriuchi Named Fund *

John W. Nason Named Fund*

Dr. Lee Lowry Neilan Scholarship Fund (Yoshiko and Ryozo Glenn Kumekawa)

Masamoto and Kimi Nishimura Named Fund (By Rhoda Nishimura Iyoya, Dwight Nishimura, Joseph Nishimura, Jonathan Nishimura)

Shichiro and Sachi Noda Named Fund (Established by Lafayette and Mayme Noda)

Sekizo and Kinuko Nomura Named Fund (Established by Mary S. Ozamoto)

Bob O'Brien Named Fund (Established by Mrs. Chihiro Kikuchi)

Madeleine Haas Russell/Columbia Foundation Scholarship Fund (Established by Glenn Ryozo Kumekawa)

Eleanor and Emil Sekerak Named Fund (By Michihiko and Bernice Hayashida) Michihiko & Bernice Hayashida

Hikokuma and Koyoshi Shigeno Memorial Named Fund (By Ted K. Shigeno, Agnes Miyakawa, Rosie Tani, and Florence Kawagoe)

Margaret Cosgrave Sowers Named Fund *

Bill Stevenson Named Fund *

Bobby and Lily Takatsuka Named Fund (By Bobby and Lily Takatsuka)

Charles William Tanioka Named Fund (Anna T. Kuniyoshi)

Trudy King Toll Named Fund *

George and Virgie Tsuda Named Fund (Established by George and Virgie Tsuda)

UC Berkeley Student YWCA Named Fund (Established by Mary Yamashiro Otani)

Yoshiko Uchida Named Fund (Established by Virginia Scardigli)

Paul R. Wada Named Fund (Established by Yasuko and Yukio Wada)

Michi N. and Walter Weglyn Named Fund (Established by Robert H. and Agnes Suzuki, Lafayette and Mayme Noda, and Nobu Hibino)

Mabel Sheldon Williams Named Fund *

Amache Alumni Named Fund

Gila River Alumni Named Fund

Heart Mountain Alumni Named Fund

Jerome Alumni Named Fund

Manzanar Alumni Named Fund

Minidoka Alumni Named Fund

Poston Alumni Named Fund

Rohwer Alumni Named Fund

Topaz Alumni Named Fund

Tule Lake Alumni Named Fund

* The NSRC Fund board of directors established these and the following Named Funds in the hope that what happened during World War II will never be forgotten, and also that future generations will continue to have the opportunity to receive a higher education:

In 1996, Mayme Noda shared the following reflections regarding why she established the Livingston Yamato Colony Pioneers Named Fund.

I grew up in the Yamato Colony, an intentional farm settlement established in California in 1906. The community was a wonderful place to grow up, though it was restricting in some ways. It was difficult yet wonderful. All the children of the community knew each other very well. Age didn't matter so much. We knew everybody. I have wonderful memories ? swimming in the irrigation canals, playing baseball at dusk, the annual picnic that we all looked forward to, the community movies.

I have tremendous respect for the Issei pioneers who established the community. They were so aware, so Japanese. They were people with a vision who really wanted the best for their children. The first kindergarten in the area was established by the Issei because they wanted their children to learn English. If it had not been for the pioneers, there would have been no kindergarten for anyone ? the children in the community or the white children in the nearby town.

The Issei tried really hard to get along with the people of the white community, to integrate their children well. They protected us the best they could from the kind of prejudices everyone ran into in those days. They were so aware of children's needs, they even built a tennis court for us! We all learned to play tennis. And for them it was given that everyone would get an education beyond high school ? perhaps not university or college, but some kind of education.

In establishing the Livingston Yamato Colony Pioneers Named Fund, I wanted to commemorate and remember many things. I wanted to remember our parents and how they struggled for the sake of their children. If we had not gotten the encouragement we received from them, we certainly couldn't have gone forward in our lives the way we have. I really needed to show my appreciation to our parents and to the upbringing they gave to us.

I also wanted to keep the name of the community itself alive. I am afraid that the community is going to die. We are now in the fourth generation of children, the yonsei, and I can't imagine these children coming back to the farms. I wanted to keep the community alive in memory.

Finally, I gave to the NSRC Fund because I wanted to help others as our parents helped us. The Issei struggled for their children ? not for themselves ? wanting to give their children every chance for an education and a better life. I want to commemorate that spirit and love and vision. I want to help give other opportunities like we had.