The Kay Sugahara Electronic Archive
  • About Kay Sugahara
    • Biography of Mr. Sugahara >
      • Early life
      • 1920s
      • 1930s
      • 1940-1942
      • 1943-1955
      • 1956-1969
      • 1970s
      • 1980s >
        • 1980-1982
        • 1983-1986
        • 1987-1988
    • The Life and Legacy of Mr. Sugahara >
      • Coda
      • Afterword
  • As a noteworthy figure
    • In his own words >
      • Accounts and Commentary
      • Speeches
    • In the Press
    • Remarks by others
  • Histories & Projects
    • Internment
    • OSS service
    • Dooman group and American Council on Japan
    • Fairfield-Maxwell Ltd.
    • US-Asia Institute
    • Partners in Progress
  • CVs and related documents
  • Family-related and Sendai reunion
  • Photographs
  • Contact site manager
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Documenting the remarkable life and career of a pioneering 20th century business leader. 

This site provides an overview of Kay Sugahara's life using selected correspondence, institutional records, press coverage, personal writing and photographs.

Mr. Sugahara achieved prominence as a businessman, though his activities and interests included governmental service, international relations and the political power of Asian Americans.


Kay Sugahara was a self-made man of exceptional talents who lived the proverbial American Dream.

The complex story of his rise from orphanhood to the heights of global influence is truly amazing.

                            Keiichi Kay Sugahara
                 March 18, 1909 – September 25, 1988
 

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