Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Katsunuma, Dr. Tomizo November 10, 1863 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

DR. TOMIZO KATSUNUMA, Veterinarian. Requested to come to Honolulu in 1898 by 
several Japanese immigration companies for the purpose of aiding in the 
settlement of strikes and labor difficulties, then in progress on the sugar 
plantations of Hawaii, Dr. Tomizo Katsunuma was first an employee of the 
Hawaiian government in conjunction with the Japanese companies, and from the 
time of annexation until 1924 was an interpreter in the United States 
immigration office.
  During all of this period Dr. Katsunuma was engaged also in the private 
practice of his profession as a veterinarian, which he follows at the present 
time. He is also a director of Benson, Smith & Co., Ltd., and vice-president 
of the Nippu Jiji Co., Ltd.
  Born in Mihara, prefecture of Fukushima, Japan, on Nov. 10, 1863, Dr. 
Katsunuma is the son of Naochika and Yo (Hanazawa) Katsunuma. His father was 
formerly a professor of jiu-jitsu in Tokyo. Dr. Katsunuma attended the public 
schools of Japan, the preparatory school for the University of Tokyo, and in 
1888 was graduated from the Komaba Veterinary College in Tokyo.
  He then went to the United States, continued his studies in the Utah 
Agricultural College, practiced veterinary science in Logan City, Utah, and 
Chicago, Ill., and for a time was an assistant in the veterinary department of 
the Utah Agricultural College. While in Logan City, Dr. Katsunuma became a 
naturalized citizen of the United States and cast his first vote for William 
Jennings Bryan, when the Great Commoner ran for president of the “16 to 1” 
platform, and is now a registered voter and has voted in Hawaii since 
annexation. He is honorary president of the American Citizens of Japanese 
Ancestry, vice-president of the Japanese Benevolent Association, and a member 
of the Honolulu Ad and Pan-Pacific clubs.
  In 1888 Dr. Katsunuma married Mine Endo of Japan and they have five 
children, Mrs. Kaiji Suzuki of Honolulu, Jiobu K., Yasushi, Yoshiko and 
Woodrow Naochika Katsunuma.



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