Background
Daifuku, Hiroshi was born on April 7, 1920 in Honolulu. Son of Kuniyasu and Tomu (Nagatani) Daifuku.
Sites and monuments preservation consultant
Daifuku, Hiroshi was born on April 7, 1920 in Honolulu. Son of Kuniyasu and Tomu (Nagatani) Daifuku.
University of Hawaii, 1938-1942, Bachelor of Arts. Harvard University, 1943-1945, Master of Arts, 1947-1949, Doctor of Philosophy. Spoken languages: English, French.
Teaching fellow department anthropology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, l948-49; instructor anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, l949-52; assistant curator, State History Society Museum, Madison, 1952-1953; program specialist for music development, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 1954-1962; for conservation cultural property, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, l962-66; chief sites and monuments section, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, l967-80; consultant on preservation cultural property, Washington, l980-. Visiting professor international programs in conservation U. Hawaii, Honolulu, l988.
Chairman property committee American Church in Paris, 1977-1979. Trustee American and Foreign Christian Union, New York City, 1980-1989. Fellow United States Committee International Council on Monuments and Sites.
Member Preservation Roundtable (Washington).
Married Alice Coan, 1944 (divorced 1957). Children: Jonathan, Lisa, Richard. Married Alison May Reid, 1957.
Children: Peter, Karen, Alan.