10 Facts About Ronald Takaki

Ronald Toshiyuki Takaki was an American academic, historian, ethnographer and author.

Ronald Takaki was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1966 to 1971 and University of California, Berkeley from 1971 to 2003.

Ronald Takaki was the descendant of Japanese immigrants who worked on the sugarcane plantations.

Ronald Takaki was awarded a bachelor's degree in history in 1961.

Ronald Takaki then began graduate studies in American history at the University of California, Berkeley and completed his master's degree in 1962 and Ph.

Ronald Takaki's dissertation was on the subject of American slavery, focusing on the rationale for slavery.

Ronald Takaki's initial teaching experience was in 1966 at the University of California at Los Angeles, where he taught the first Black History course offered at that institution.

Ronald Takaki was involved in developing the school's multicultural requirement for graduation: the American Cultures Requirement.

Ronald Takaki married Carol Rankin in 1961; they met as students at the College of Wooster.

Ronald Takaki died of suicide on 26 May 2009 in Berkeley, California after having multiple sclerosis for nearly 20 years, according to his son Troy.