Amy Suehiro (May 29, 1906 – January 27, 1968) was a Japanese-American entomologist, based at the Bishop Museum in Hawai'i.
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) |
Early life and education
editSuehiro 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
editSuehiro 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]
Publications
edit- "Insects of Honaunau" (1957)[17]
- "Insects of Moku Manu Inlet" (1959)[18]
- "Insects and other arthropods from Midway Atoll" (1960)[19]
Personal life and legacy
editSuehiro lived and traveled with her mother.[20][21] Hannah Gulick Suehiro died in 1967,[22] and Amy Suehiro died in 1968, at the age of 61.[1][23] The Amy Suehiro Memorial Fund at the Bishop Museum supported the publication of the Catalog of Entomological Types in the Bishop Museum.[24]
References
edit- ^ a b "Amy Suehiro". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1968-01-29. p. 45. Retrieved 2024-08-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Stevens, Louise (1940-07-27). "Schooling the Hard Way". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. p. 31. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mrs. Suehiro". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 1967-04-28. p. 16. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "In Hilo's High School World/Shunzo Sakamaki". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. 1922-02-08. p. 4. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Suehiro, Amy. "A Revision of the Genus Pseudococcus in the Hawaiian Islands" (Master's thesis, University of Hawai'i at Manoa, 1936); via ProQuest.
- ^ "Woman's Glee Club is Formed". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1924-10-20. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-08-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Museum Will Open Insect Exhibit Apr. 2". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 1954-03-28. p. 13. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bryan, E. H. Jr. (1952-01-27). "Bernice P. Bishop Museum... Research Center". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. pp. 57, 58, 59. Retrieved 2024-08-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bryan, E. H. Jr. (1956-06-17). "Museum Serves Bugmen". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. p. 87. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Van Zwaluwenburg, Reyer Herman. Check list of the Elateridae of Oceania. Pacific Entomological Survey Publication 3 (1932): 3.
- ^ Gressitt, J. L.; Quate, L. W. (1958-12-15). "Zoogeography and Evolution of Pacific Insects". Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America. 4 (4): 124–126. doi:10.1093/besa/4.4.124. ISSN 0013-8754.
- ^ Radovsky, F. J., G. A. Samuelson, and W. A. Steffan. "Catalog of the entomological types in the Bernice P. Bishop Museum" Pacific Insects 17, no. 1 (1976): 1-5.
- ^ "AAUW Sections Meet This Week". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 1935-02-10. p. 29. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kam Butterfly Population Cut by Parasites". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. 1961-12-14. p. 54. Retrieved 2024-08-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Japanese University Women Meet Saturday". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 1933-02-22. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Meeting Minutes, December 14, 1959". Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 17 (2): 180. July 1960 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Suehiro, Amy. "Insects of Honaunau" in E. H. Bryan Jr. et al, The Natural and Cultural History of Honaunau, Kona, Hawaii (Bishop Museum 1957): 51-111.
- ^ Suehiro, Amy. "Insects of Moku Manu Inlet" Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 17(1)(August 1959): 90-91.
- ^ Suehiro, Amy. "Insects and other arthropods from Midway Atoll" Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 17(2)(July 1960): 289-298.
- ^ "Suehiros Arrive Today". Hawaii Tribune-Herald. 1930-08-08. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Member of Museum Staff Leaves on Trip". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 1954-04-23. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-08-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mrs. Hannah Gulick Suehiro". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. 1967-04-28. p. 40. Retrieved 2024-08-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bryan, E. H. "Amy Suehiro, 1906-1968" Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society (1969).
- ^ Tenorio, JoAnn M.; Beatty, Joseph A. (September 25, 1978). "Catalog of Entomological Types in the Bishop Museum: Araneae (Spiders)" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 18 (3–4): 214.