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| Dr. George Wada |
George Wada was born on February 22, 1912 in Oakland, California to Japanese immigrant parents, Shukichi and Sawato Wada, who arrived to the U.S. in 1905. Other children in the family was an older sister, Chiye and younger brother, Henry Kiroku Wada and they lived in San Leandro.
In 1940, George Wada earned a B.A degree and later, a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine. He completed his internship at the San Francisco City and County Hospital.
Dr. George Wada was practicing medicine in Los Angeles before the evacuation in May 1942. He arrived at the Poston, Arizona internment camp I on June 3, 1942. His record albums were used for the summer of 1942 Starlight Symphony. He was served on the Poston General Hospital medical staff. In December of 1942, he traveled to Grants, New Mexico to visit his mother, who voluntarily evacuated. Dr. Wada helped to established the Poston III Medical Clinic. Dr. Wada departed from Poston on November 23, 1943 and went to Philadelphia, where he served as a resident physician at the Stetson Memorial Hospital. He later opened his practice for many years in Los Angeles, California.
Dr. George Wada died on April 10, 1981 in Los Angeles. He was preceded in death by his mother, Sawato (1952), and brother, Henry Wada(1981).
He was survived by his sister, Chiyeko Fujii.
Source: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf596nb4h0&doc.view=items&style=oac4&item.position=4541
