Bert T. Kobayashi
American judge
About Bert T. Kobayashi
Lived 1916 – 2005 (aged 89). Bert T. Kobayashi was an American.
Bert Takaaki Kobayashi Sr. (, July 8, 1916 – October 6, 2005) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii from July 17, 1969, to December 29, 1978.
Kobayashi was born in 1916 to Japanese immigrant parents. He attended President William McKinley High School, graduating in 1935. He attended Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, and Harvard Law School.
In 1962, Governor John Burns appointed Kobayashi Attorney General of Hawaii, after Kobayashi turned down a previous offer from Burns to run as his lieutenant governor. Burns appointed Kobayashi to the state supreme court in 1969. Kobayashi retired from the court in 1978 and returned to private practice. He was also a law partner of former Governor George Ariyoshi.
Kobayashi and his wife, Victoria Tsuchiya, had four children, including lawyers Bert T. Kobayashi Jr. and Josephine L. Chang, and Dr. Lincoln K. Kobayashi and Dr. Victoria P. Kobayashi.
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Who was Bert T. Kobayashi?
American judge
When was Bert T. Kobayashi born?
Bert T. Kobayashi was born on 8 July 1916 in Territory of Hawaii.
When did Bert T. Kobayashi die?
Bert T. Kobayashi died on 6 October 2005.
What nationality was Bert T. Kobayashi?
Bert T. Kobayashi was American.
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