Michael Hoshiko, Canadian speech pathologist, consultant, educator. Grantee National Institutes of Health, 1958-1967, American Cancer Society, 1959-1962, Illinois Department Mental Health, 1962-1964.
Background
Ethnicity:
Parents were Japanese immigrants to Canada, and Michael was a Canadian citizen until the 1960s.
Hoshiko, Michael was born on April 8, 1921 in Surrey, Canada. Son of Tsunehachi and Toshiye (Kuroda) Hoshiko.
Education
Student, Sir George Williams University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1945. Bachelor, Heidelberg College, 1948. Master of Arts, Bowling Green (Ohio) State University, 1949.
Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1957.
Career
Assistant instructor University Kansas, Lawrence, 1949-1950. Intern Peoria (Illinois) State Hospital, 1950. Psychology assistant Illinois State University, Normal, 1950-1951.
Intern Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1951. Psychologist Prep School, Montreal, 1951-1952. Research psychologist medical school University Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1952-1955.
Professor communication disorders Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, since 1957. Professor behavioral science medical school MacMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1981.
Membership
Volunteer examiner Federal Communications Commission American Radio Relay League, Newington, Connecticut, since 1983. Member American Psychological Association, Psycholphysiol. Research Society, American Speech, Language and Hearing Association (member multicultural board since 1991), Japanese American Citizens League (board directors St. Louis chapter since 1988).
Connections
Married Rose Dege, April 7, 1955. Children: Cecily, Sumi, Lance.