Background
Yamakawa, David Kiyoshi was born on January 25, 1936 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of David and Shizu (Negishi) Yamakawa.
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David Kiyoshi Yamakawa
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Bachelor of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1958; Juris Doctor, University of California, Berkeley, 1963.
Career
Principal, Law Offices David K. Yamakawa Junior, San Francisco, since 1964. Deputy director Cmty. Action Agency, San Francisco, 1968-1969.
Director City Demonsration Agency, San Francisco, 1969-1970. Member of advisory county California Senate Subcommittee on the Disabled, 1982-1983, Center for Mental Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Superior vena cava syndrome, Administration unites states department Health and Human Superior vena cava syndrome, since 1995. Chairman community residential treatment system advising committee California Department Mental Health, 1980-1985, San Francisco Human Rights Commission, 1977-1980.
President Legal Assistance to the Elderly, 1981-1983. 2d vice president National Conference Social Welfare, since 1983. Vice president Region IX National Mental Health Association, 1981-1983.
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Membership
Vice chairman Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, 1986-1988. Board directors United Neighborhood Centers of America, 1977-1983, American Red Cross Bay Area, 1988-1991, Goldman Institute on Aging, since 1993, vice president 1994-1996, vice-chairman since 1996. Trustee Mount Zion Medical Center University of California, San Francisco, 1993-1997, University of California, San Francisco/Mount Zion, University of California, San Francisco Stanford Health Care, since 1997.
Chairman of the board of trustees United Way Bay Area, 1983-1985. Chief Financial Officer Action for Nature, Inc., since 1987. Vice president Friends of Legal Assistance to the Elderly, since 1984.
Board directors independent sector, 1986-1992. Friends ofthe San Francisco Human Rights Commission, since 1980, Chief Financial Officer, 1980-1985, 94-, vice chairman 1985-1994, Father Alfred Boeddeker's La Madre Foundation, since 1982, vice president since 1994, National Concilio American, since 1987, legal county, since 1996, Hispanic Cmty. Foundation of the Bay Area, 1989-1998, legal county, 1989-1998.
Board directors Non-Profit Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., since 1987, secretary 1987-1990. Chairman since 1990; president Council International Programs, San Francisco, 1987-1989, International Institute San Francisco, 1990-1993. Member citizens advising committee San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund Grants for the Arts Program, since 1991.
Member American Bar Association (Liberty Bell award 1986).
