S. I. Hayakawa
Canadian-American academic and politician (1906–1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a United States Senator from California. For the actor and matinee idol from Japan, see Sessue Hayakawa.
Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (July 18, 1906 – February 27, 1992) was a Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry. A professor of English, he served as president of San Francisco State University and then as U.S. Senator from California from 1977 to 1983.[1][2]
Quick Facts United States Senator from California, Preceded by ...
S. I. Hayakawa | |
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United States Senator from California | |
In office January 2, 1977 – January 3, 1983 | |
Preceded by | John V. Tunney |
Succeeded by | Pete Wilson |
9th President of San Francisco State University | |
In office November 26, 1968 – July 10, 1973 | |
Preceded by | Robert Smith |
Succeeded by | Paul Romberg |
Personal details | |
Born | Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa (1906-07-18)July 18, 1906 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Died | February 27, 1992(1992-02-27) (aged 85) Greenbrae, California, U.S. |
Political party | Republican (from 1973) |
Other political affiliations | Democratic (before 1973) |
Spouse | Margedant Peters |
Children | 3 |
Education | University of Manitoba (BA) McGill University (MA) University of Wisconsin, Madison (PhD) |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Oliver Wendell Holmes: Physician, poet, essayist (1935) |
Influences | Alfred Korzybski |
Academic work | |
Discipline | English |
Sub-discipline | Linguistics Semantics |
Institutions | University of Wisconsin, Madison Armour Institute of Technology University of Chicago San Francisco State College |
Notable works | Language in Thought and Action |
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