Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Ryugo, Masako Miyake
Parallel form(s) of name
- Miyake, Masako
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Description area
Dates of existence
1921-2008
History
Masako Miywake Ryugo was one of six Japanese American students to attend St. Cloud State University during World War II. She arrived on campus in 1943 and graduated in 1944. She was released from the Tule Lake Internment Camp in northern California to complete her education at St. Cloud State.
Born in Portland, Oregon on December 5, 1921, Masako passed away on December 14, 2008. She married her husband Kay shortly after her 1944 graduation and they had five children together - Martha, David, James, Karen, and Thomas.