U. of Oregon Awards Honorary Degrees to Japanese Americans Who Were Expelled in 1942

By PETER MONAGHAN

Eugene, Ore.

When Midori Funatake came here to the University of Oregon in 1940, she never suspected that she would not get her degree until Sunday, April 6, 2008. She had set out from home, on the outskirts of Portland, 100 miles to the north, with a...