Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Seto, Anthony Yuen November 18, 1890 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

ANTHONY YUEN SETO, Lawyer. Born at Hanapepe, Kauai, Nov. 18, 1890, and 
educated in an Eastern university and law college, Anthony Y. Seto is one of 
the few American citizens of Chinese descent admitted to the practise of law 
in Hawaii and established in that profession in Honolulu.
  On Nov. 8, 1916, he was admitted to the Supreme Court of Hawaii. He now 
practises alone. In addition, he is a director of the Honolulu Canning Co. and 
of the Hawaiian Mahogany Co., Ltd.
  Mr. Seto is a Scottish Rite Mason, a Shriner and a member of the American 
Legion, Honolulu Ad Club, Bar Association of Hawaii, Chinese University Club 
and the executive committee of the Hawaiian-Chinese Civic Association. During 
the World War he attended the first R. O. T. C. at Schofield Barracks, Oahu, 
and served in the U. S. Q. M. C. until honorably discharged in February, 1919. 
He is a Republican in politics.
  Mr. Seto is a son of Chung Sing and Char (Shee) Seto. He attended the public 
schools at Hanapepe, Mills School in Honolulu, San Rafael High School in San 
Rafael, Calif.; Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Mich., University of 
Michigan, and in 1916 the Detroit College of Law granted him his LL.B. degree. 
In 1919 Mr. Seto married Mamie Loretta O’Connor of Detroit, Mich.


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