Art was a greatest, kindest, and most generous person and scholar in the world! He has left us, but also left us with a huge legacy which will be remembered for many more years to come!!! I will miss him deeply! In 2005, Art and I led a group of faculty and graduate students to my village in China to interview villagers. We had a great time working and travelling together! Art was always our lead and mentor. He said something I will remember forever: "An old person is like a library, if we don't rescue him/her, s/he will be gone forever." Art, rest in peace and we will definitely miss you!

Laichen Sun, Professor of History

Art was a dear mentor, colleague, and friend. He was, in fact, the very first faculty member from CSUF that I met, months before I would be hired there. We met at the Oral History Association conference when I was a graduate student at University of North Carolina. He immediately became a champion and enthusiastic member of "team Cora," and I would always know he had my back in the years we were colleagues together. He was the kind of scholar who would uplift his fellow academics and sing their praises, rather that seek to focus attention just on himself, despite his amazing achievements. One of my most memorable experiences was when I had the honor to conduct an oral history interview of him for the Center for Oral and Public History. I so enjoyed listening to him share his story as a young oral historian conducting interviews with Japanese-Americans incarcerated during WWII at a time when very few in the field were discussing this tragedy. I was so proud that he brought me on to become part of the community of scholars that began COPH, something that was truly his brainchild.

Cora Granata, Professor of History

I remember Art as a champion of oral history and an innovator in the field of social and Japanese American histories. He had a big heart, a warm smile, and fierce commitment to research. One of my fondest memories was grabbing a slice of pizza with Art on a typically sunny day in Southern California outside the Titan food court just after I had accepted a position in the history department. Art advised me to be strategic in my research given the heavy teaching and service expectations at CSUF; create opportunities out of the unexpected. Art also shared his love of and research about baseball, a confession I think about each spring when I teach the history of baseball. He is missed.

Allison Varzally, Professor of History