1930
Born in Honolulu, Hawaii to Midori and Yasue Yamashiroya.
1953
Receives a Bachelor of Arts in bacteriology from the University of Hawaii.
1953
Serves as a 2nd to 1st lieutenant in the Medical Service Corps in the U.S. Army.
1955
Serves as a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves.
1956
Becomes a supervisor of clinical laboratories for the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission of the National Academy of Sciences in Hiroshima, Japan.
1957
Marries Kiyoka Jyone.
1960
Becomes a research and teaching assistant in the Department of Microbiology at the University of Illinois Medical Center.
1962
Receives a Master of Science in microbiology from the University of Illinois College of Medicine.
1964
Serves as associate to senior bacteriologist at the Illinois of Technology Research Institute.
1965
Receives a Doctor of Philosophy in microbiology from the University of Illinois College of Medicine.
1971
Becomes an associate professor and director of graduate studies in the Department of Pathology at the University of Illinois.
1975
Co-authors “Essentials of Medical Virology.”
1980
Co-authors “Medical Microbiology.”
1980
Is appointed to the Clinical Laboratory and Blood Bank Advisory Board of the State of Illinois.
1982
Receives the Tanner-Shaughnessey Merit Award from the Illinois Society of Microbiology.
1994
Serves as president of the University of Illinois at Chicago Chapter of Sigma Xi.