IPR is featuring research and some of the many AAPI pioneers who have had an impact on the world today in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month. Fred Korematsu was born on Jan. 30, 1919, in Oakland, California to parents who had immigrated from Japan. In 1941, Korematsu was 22 years old when Pearl Harbor was … Continue reading Civil Rights Activist Fred Korematsu (1919 – 2005)
IPR is featuring some of the many AAPI pioneers who impacted the field of public relations in celebration of AAPI Heritage Month Thelma Garcia Buchholdt was born in the northern Philippines in 1934. After graduating high school, Buchholdt moved to the U.S. and attended Mount Saint Mary’s University and University of Nevada Las Vegas. In 1965 … Continue reading Thelma Garcia Buchholdt (1934-2007)