Dornheim, Arthur, January 15, 1979

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Transcript of interview with Arthur Dornheim, January 15, 1979

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Dates

Creation: January 15, 1979

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Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Arthur Dornheim (February 12, 1921 - June 23, 2008) was born in Bronxville, New York. He lived in New York throughout his childhood until he went to college at Yale University. During the war, he was recruited to go out to Boulder, Colorado, with the Navy to the Japanese language school, which led him to go to Japan after graduation with the Shipping Control Authority for the Japanese Merchant Marine (SCAJAP). After leaving SCAJAP, Dornheim worked for the Civil Information and Education Section of MacArthur’s GHQ. He worked there for a few months and then returned to the United States. Upon his return to the U.S., he worked for the State Department starting in 1949 as a Foreign Service economics officer. In 1977, Dornheim retired and became the Executive Director of the Japanese–American Society. He passed away at 87 in Maryland.