Amy Suehiro
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Amy Suehiro | |
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 Amy Suehiro, from the 1927 yearbook of the University of Hawai'i | |
| Born | May 29, 1906 Fukuoka, Japan |
| Died | January 27, 1968 (aged 61) |
| Occupation | Entomologist |
| Relatives | J. T. Gulick (grandfather) |
Amy Suehiro (May 29, 1906 – January 27, 1968) was a Japanese-American entomologist, based at the Bishop Museum in Hawai'i.
Suehiro was born in Japan.[1] Her mother, Hannah Gulick Suehiro, was the adopted daughter of American missionary and naturalist J. T. Gulick; she was a piano teacher and school principal in Japan, and an educator in Hawaii.[2][3]
Suehiro attended Hilo High School.[4] She graduated from the University of Hawai'i in 1927, and earned a master's degree there in 1936. Her thesis was titled "A Revision of the Genus Pseudococcus in the Hawaiian Islands" (1936).[5] Like her mother, Suehiro was musical, and she sang in the University of Hawaii's Women's Glee Club, as an alto.[6]
Career
Suehiro was an entomologist and curator of entomological collections at the Bernice P. Bishop Museum in Honolulu.[7] She managed the preservation and storage of specimens,[8] and compiled, maintained, and annotated a card catalog of insects in the South Pacific,[9] and helped other entomologists with finding and identifying species in the region.[10][11][12] She spoke about her work to community groups,[13] and newspaper stories about insects in Hawaii included her comments, given as an expert on the subject.[14]
She was a member of the executive board of the Japanese Women's University Club in Honolulu.[15] She was elected treasurer of the Hawaiian Entomological Society in 1959.[16]