Robert T. Fujioka

(b. 1952) Former banking executive, born in Hawaii

Great grandfather working in Hawaii Great grandparents' hotel business in Hawaii Grandfather raised in the hotel business Grandfather picked up by US Army Grandfather's interrogations during World War II Grandparents were incarcerated in Jerome, Arkansas Grandfather's business in Hawaii while in camp Finding his mother's high school valedictorian speech Grandfather helping administration in camp Grandfather Fujioka in Wailua Growing up Japanese in Hawaii Entering banking business

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Robert Fujioka was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1952. He attended the University of Michigan earning a BA degree and earned an MBA from the University of Hawai'i. He has been in the banking industry since 1974 and currently serves as Vice Chair, Japanese American National Museum Board of Trustees, a Trustee of the Clarence T.C. Ching Foundation, and the First Hawaiian Bank Foundation. (November 2018)

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