Background
Dykstra, Andrew was born on June 14, 1923 in Lushan, Kiangsi, China. Son of Harald Andrew and Florence V. Friesen (Borgmann) Dykstra.
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Andrew Dykstra
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Bachelor, University Redlands, California, 1948. Master of Arts, University Redlands, 1960. Postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1964.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Sarasota, 1972. Diploma, School Oriental Languages, 1946.
Career
Translator, researcher, Claremont (California) Graduate School, 1961-1963; Translator, researcher, University of California at Los Angeles, 1961-1963; director satellite, law libraries, bindery, California Conservation Center, Susanville., 1963-1972; chairman foreign language department, instructor, Lassen College, Susanville, 1969-1972; director RGC, law libraries, bindery, California Medical Facility, Vacaville, 1972-1978; coordinator symposium, Kansas U. Foreign Studies, Osaka, Japan, 1977; associate director, Kansai Gaidai Hawaii College, Honolulu, 1978-1980; provost, Kansai Gaidai Hawaii College, Honolulu, since 1980.
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Membership
Speaker Hungarian-Americans of Hawaii Center Union Church, 1981. Radio interviewer Station KNDI Broadcast House of the Pacific, Honolulu, 1983-1983. Delegate Governor's Conference on Hawaii's Role, Honolulu, 1988.
Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member Japan American Society, Japanese Chamber of Commerce, National Association Foreign Student Advisors, Hawaii Association of Language Teachers, Teachers English to Speakers of Other Languages, California State Employees Association, California State Teachers Association, Shanghai American School Alumni Association, Rotary, Maunalua Bay Club.
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Married Yoshiko Angela Kurata, May 20, 1965.
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Religion
Presbyterian
Awards
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Recipient Interpersonal Relations award Immaculate Heart College, 1969. Carnegie fellow California State University at San Francisco, 1965. NDFL grantee, 1961, 62.Recipient Interpersonal Relations award Immaculate Heart College, 1969. Carnegie fellow California State University at San Francisco, 1965. NDFL grantee, 1961, 62.