Kiguma Jack Murata Explained

Birth Date:December 29, 1909
Birth Place:Marysville, California, U.S.
Death Place:Sacramento, California, U.S.
Awards:Fulbright Scholar (Geology,)
Footnotes:[1] [2] [3]

Kiguma Jack Murata (December 29, 1909 MarysvilleDecember 27, 2001 Sacramento) was a Japanese American geochemist of the U.S. Geological Survey who served as Scientist-in-Charge of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory from 1958 to 1960.[4] Murata was a fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America and the Geological Society of America,[5] [6] and served on the Standards Committee of the Geochemical Society in 1957.[7]

In 1980, Murata received a Distinguished Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior in 1980,[8] [9] the department's highest honor.[10]

Personal life

Murata married Fumiko Elizabeth Kozono in 1938.[11] [12] She was also known as Elizabeth F. Murata by the time of her death.

Kiguma Murata's son, Stephen K. Murata, won an Air Force Commendation Medal in 1967.[13]

Mineralogy

The mineral murataite-(Y), commonly known as murataite, was named for him in 1974.[14] [15] The tree species Ochroma murata (genus Ochroma)[16] is also named for him.[17] Murata was also involved in naming minerals, such as faheyite, which he, with Marie Louise Lindberg, named for Joseph John Fahey.

Memberships

During the 1940s and 50s, he was a member of the Optical Society of America,[18] [19] as well as a member of both the Hawaiian Academy of Science around 1960 and the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists in the 1970s.[20] [21]

Impact

Murata died 2001 in Sacramento, California to pneumonia, following a stroke months earlier.

After his death, he was extended a tribute in the House of Representatives by Robert T. Matsui, who described him as "one of the most distinguished scientists and Government employees among Americans of Japanese ancestry in this country."[22]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: American Men of Science . American Men of Science . Science Press . 1949 . Cattell . Jaques . Jaques Cattell . 8th . Lancaster, PA . 1782 . Murata, Kiguma Jack . https://books.google.com/books?id=Ea9CC4lCicQC.
  2. Web site: Elizabeth F. "Betty" Murata . The Sacramento Bee . Legacy.com.
  3. Web site: Directory of American Fulbright Scholars 1984–85 . .
  4. Babb . Janet L. . Kauahikaua . James P. . Tilling . Robert I. . 2011 . The story of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory—A remarkable first 100 years of tracking eruptions and earthquakes . U.S. Geological Survey General Information Product 135 . General Information Product . i-63 . 10.3133/gip135.
  5. Hurlbut . C. S. Jr. . 1947 . Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the Mineralogical Society of America at Chicago, Illinois . American Mineralogist . 32 . 3–4 . 189–214.
  6. 1998 . GSA Honors 50-Year Fellows . GSA Today . 8 . 10 . 18.
  7. February 1958 . Report of the Council Meeting of the Geochemical Society: November 3, 1957 . Geochemical News . 9 . 1–3 . 0016-7010.
  8. Web site: Appendix Three: Distinguished Service Award Recipients . Orders & Medals Society of America.
  9. News: February 6, 1981 . Awards . 92 . 5 . . 0030-8579.
  10. Web site: Awards & Recognition . 2023-05-21 . . 12 September 2019 . en.
  11. Web site: Marriage Licenses 1853 - 1957: GROOM . . YUMPU [//yumpu.com/en/document/view/3879715 3879715].
  12. Web site: Marriage Licenses 1853 - 1957: BRIDE . . YUMPU [//www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/3687363 3687363].
  13. News: February 24, 1967 . Meritorious Service . 64 . . 8 .
  14. Web site: Kiguma Murata Obituary (2001) - Sacramento, CA . 2023-05-20 . . Legacy.com.
  15. 涼介 . 牧 . Structural Analysis and Electrical Properties of Synthetic Murataite Series . 2017 . University of Tsukuba . .
  16. Web site: Ochroma murata . Mindat.org.
  17. Brown . Roland W. . 1934 . The recognizable species of the Green River flora . U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 185-C . en . 10.3133/pp185C . 2330-7102. free .
  18. 1949-07-01 . Annual Report of the Secretary of the Optical Society of America, Inc., For the Calendar Year 1948 . JOSA . EN . 39 . 7 . 616–618 . 10.1364/JOSA.39.000616.
  19. 1954-12-01 . Geographical Directory of Members . JOSA . EN . 44 . 12 . 1182–1193 . 10.1364/JOSA.44.001182.
  20. 1960 . Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting . Proceedings Hawaiian Academy of Science . en . Honolulu, Hawaii . 10524/2155 . 0374-1915 . .
  21. Shaver . Robert H. . Maher . John C. . 1973 . Society Records and Activities . Journal of Paleontology . 47 . 2 . 336–400 . 1302900 . 0022-3360.
  22. Web site: 126 Cong. Rec. (Bound) - Extensions of Remarks: December 3, 1980 . 2023-05-28 . en . GovInfo.

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