Background
Akinaka, Asa Masayoshi was born on January 19, 1938 in Honolulu. Son of Arthur Yoshinori and Misako (Miyoshi) Akinaka.
Akinaka, Asa Masayoshi was born on January 19, 1938 in Honolulu. Son of Arthur Yoshinori and Misako (Miyoshi) Akinaka.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Yale University, 1959; postgraduate (Rotary Foundation fellow), Trinity College, University of Oxford, 1959-1960; postgraduate (Rotary Foundation fellow), Yale Law School, 1960-1961; Bachelor of Laws, Stanford Law School, 1964.
Admitted to the bar, 1964, Hawaii and United States. District Court, District of Hawaii. 1970, United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Recipient, Benjamin North. Cardozo Prize, 1961.
Member, Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, 1971-1974. Member: Hawaii State (President, 1977.
Director, 1973-1978) and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law. Corporation, Banking and Business Law.
Taxation) Bar Associations.
Member, Stanford Law School Board of Visitors, 1971-1974. Member: Hawaii State (President, 1977. Director, 1973-1978) and American (Member, Sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law.
Corporation, Banking and Business Law.
Taxation) Bar Associations.
Married Betsy Yoshie Kurata, October 7, 1967. Children— David Asa Yoshio, Sarah Elizabeth Sachie.