Fred Isamu Kamemoto

Background

Kamemoto, Fred Isamu was born on March 8, 1928 in Honolulu. Son of Shuichi and Matsu (Murase) Kamemoto.

Education

Student, University Hawaii, 1946-1948; Bachelor of Arts, George Washington University, 1950; Master of Science, George Washington University, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1954.

Career

Research associate, acting instructor, Washington State University, 1957-1959; assistant professor zoology, U. Missouri, 1959-1962; assistant professor, U. Hawaii, Honolulu, 1962-1964; associate professor, U. Hawaii, 1964-1969; professor zoology, U. Hawaii, 1969-1994; professor emeritus, U. Hawaii, since 1995; department chairman, U. Hawaii, 1964-1965, 71-80, 81-90; director biology program, U. Hawaii, 1992-1994. Visiting research scholar Ocean Research Institute, U. Tokyo, Biological Laboratory, Fukuoka U., 1968-1969. Visiting professor College Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon U., Tokyo, summer 1973, 1979.

Visiting scholar department biology Connecticut Wesleyan University, 1975-1976. Senior scientist department fisheries Nihon U., Tokyo, 1986. Visiting foreign researcher Tropical Biosphere Research Center University of Ryukyus Okinawa, Japan, 1994.

Achievements

• Fred Isamu Kamemoto has been listed as a noteworthy Zoologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman Hawaii State Natural Areas Reserve System Commission, 1985-1988. Served with Army of the United States, 1954-1957. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Member Hawaii Academy Science, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Alice Takeyo Asayama, July 20, 1963. Children: Kenneth, Garett, Janice.

Father:

Shuichi Kamemoto

Mother:

Matsu (Murase) Kamemoto

Spouse:

Alice Takeyo Asayama

child:

Janice Kamemoto

child:

Kenneth Kamemoto

child:

Garett Kamemoto