Background
Hayakawa, Margedant Peters was born on February 5, 1915 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Frederick Romer and Clara Adelaide (Margedant) Peters.
Hayakawa, Margedant Peters was born on February 5, 1915 in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Frederick Romer and Clara Adelaide (Margedant) Peters.
Bachelor with high honors, University Wisconsin, 1936.
Associate editor prose department Poetry, A Magazine of Verse, Chicago, 1943—1946. Editor Co-op News, Center States Co-ops, 1942—1947, Fremontia public California Native Plant Society, 1973—1983. President Pacific Horticultural Foundation, 1977—1986, vice president, since 1987.
Publication Pacific Horticultural magazine, Berkeley, California, since 1977.
President Hyde Park Co-op Society, Chicago, 1954—1955. Board directors Consumers Co-op of Berkeley, 1963—1969. Fellow: California Native Plant Society.
Member: California Horticultural Society (board directors 1971-1977, president 1976-1977).
Married Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa, May 29, 1937. Children: Alan Romer, Mark, Wynne.