15 Facts About Philip Yampolsky

Philip Yampolsky was born in New York City on October 20,1920, and was one of a pair of identical twins.

Philip Yampolsky's grandfather Franz Boas was an anthropologist who founded Columbia's Department of Anthropology.

Philip Yampolsky took his secondary education at the Horace Mann School and graduated with his undergraduate degree in 1942 from Columbia College.

Philip Yampolsky joined the United States Navy that year in the midst of World War II, which the United States had entered following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.

Philip Yampolsky studied Japanese, training as a translator in an elite group at the Navy Language School in Boulder, Colorado.

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Philip Yampolsky rose to the rank of lieutenant and fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Philip Yampolsky was awarded the Bronze Star, being cited for his "meritorious service as a translator".

Philip Yampolsky returned to the United States in 1962 to pursue further study at Columbia.

Philip Yampolsky joined the staff of the East Asian Library and completed his Ph.

Philip Yampolsky was promoted to a full professorship of Japanese in 1981.

Philip Yampolsky retired in 1990 but continued as a special lecturer until 1994.

Philip Yampolsky died on July 28,1996, at St Luke's Hospital in New York City at the age of 75.

Philip Yampolsky was survived by his wife, Yuiko, and their two children: Ruri and Robert.

Philip Yampolsky had a daughter, Susan, from a previous marriage and left six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Philip Yampolsky's translations included the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch and The Zen Master Hakuin: Selected Writings, both published by Columbia University Press.