and was invited the next summer to Tanglewood by then BSO Music Director Charles Munch.

and a board member of the Japanese American Cultural Community Center.After earning his masters degree at the University of Southern California.

We will honor his legacy by redoubling our efforts to ensure that what happened to Japanese Americans never happens to any other group.We will light up the JANM beacon each night until the end of January to remember him and to honor his life.where he regularly spoke in public programs and was honored at its annual benefit in 2008.

where he shared powerful stories of family history with his grandchildren and.His lifelong dedication to educating future generations about the injustice of the World War II incarceration was evident in his recent visit to the Ireichō with his wife Yvonne.

Nishio was a founding member of the National Coalition for Redress/Reparations (now Nikkei for Civil Rights and Redress).

Alan NishioBorn in Manzanar concentration camp in 1945.a real estate developer who is serving a six-year prison sentence for his convictions for honest services wire fraud.

000 in the form of collateral from Huang through a foreign shell company.When Huizars final term for the CD-14 council seat was set to expire in 2020.

His sentencing hearing is scheduled for Aug.and he resigned from his council and committee positions later that year.