Harvey Akio Itano (1920 - 2010)

Born 3 Nov 1920 in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States

Husband of Rose Nakako (Sakemi) Itano — married 15 Nov 1949 in Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 8 May 2010 at age 89 in La Jolla, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States

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Biography

Harvey Itano is Notable.

Biochemist best known for his work on the molecular basis of sickle cell anemia and other diseases

Harvey was born in 1920. His parents are まさお (板野) Itano and すまこ (中原) Itano. He attended the University of California, Berkeley. He and his family were sent to an internment camp. He attended St. Louis University medical school where he obtained his M.D. He received his doctorate at the California Institute of Technology.

He worked in the lab of Linus Pauling on sickle cell anemia. Using electrophoresis, he demonstrated the difference between normal hemoglobin and sickle cell hemoglobin. He conducted landmark research in both molecular medicine and protein electrophoresis. He brought the new field of "molecular medicine" to other genetic and blood diseases. In 1954, he won the Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry. In 1972, he won the Martin Luther King Jr. Medical Achievement Award, recognizing his sickle cell work.

He passed away in 2010.

Sources

• "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VLBG-81H : 27 November 2014), Akio Itano, 03 Nov 1920; citing Sacramento, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC6Q-FFD : accessed 7 August 2020), Akio Itano in household of Masao Itano, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 74, sheet 9A, line 33, family 156, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 186; FHL microfilm 2,339,921.
• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K82Q-7Z3 : 8 December 2017), Harvey Akio Itano and Rose Nakako Sakemi, 15 Nov 1949; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,117,397.
• "United States National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, 1954-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KLWQ-W85 : 7 July 2017), Harvey A Itano, California, United States, Oct 1953; citing 1954 National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel, 622629, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• "United States Public Records, 1970-2009", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KYHX-FF5 : 4 January 2020), Harvey A Itano, 2001.
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQSF-Y3T : 23 July 2020), Harvey Itano, 08 May 2010; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK25-NP3H : accessed 7 August 2020), Harvey Akio Itano, California, United States, 30 May 2010; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing San Diego Union-Tribune, The, born-digital text.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Harvey Itano
• Wikidata: Item Q3128036, en:Wikipedia
• Find A Grave: Memorial #76434112