Yoneo Ono

Background

Ono, Yoneo was born on April 25, 1925 in Bakersfield, California, United States. Son of George Yoneshiro and Tome (Suenaga) Ono.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Connecticut, 1959; postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1954; postgraduate, California State University, 1960-1961, 64-68, 70-75.

Career

Nurseryman, Evergreen Nursery, Bakersfield, California, 1948-1950; landscape architect, contractor, Evergreen Nursery, Bakersfield, California, 1951-1956; landscape architect, Yoneo Ono Landscape Architect, Bakersfield, 1956-1960; urban/regional planner, County of Kern, Bakersfield, 1960-1963; city planner, City of Bakersfield, 1963; city planner, City of Fresno, California, 1963-1981; landscape architect, ONO Design Group, Clovis, California, 1984-1990. Invited speaker on urban renewal and central area planning, Japan, 1975. Invited ambassador environmental horticulture delegate Peoples Republic ofChina, 1985.

Achievements

• Yoneo Ono has been listed as a notable Landscape architect by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors County Mental Health Advisory Board, Fresno, 1980-1988. President Self Help Enterprises, 1969-1971. Founder, incorporator Rural Community Assistance Corporation, 1978.

Fellow American Society Landscape Architects. Member American Institute Certified Planners, Society American Foresters, International Erosion Control Association.

Connections

Children: Steve M. Ono, M. Miyoko Ono-Moore, Victoria J. Spotts.

Father:

George Yoneshiro Ono

Mother:

Tome (Suenaga) Ono

child:

M. Miyoko Ono-Moore Ono

child:

Steve M. Ono

child:

Victoria J. Spotts Ono