SOLD Signed Photograph of Emperor Hirohito
In Its Original Presentation Frame From Emperor Hirohito to Noted Marine Biologist Dr. Cadet Hand.
Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Bodega Marine Laboratory (BML) in Bodega Bay, California, Cadet Hand is one of the world’s experts on marine life, has written many books on the subject, and is a member of the medusozoa (jellyfish) hall of fame.
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Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Bodega Marine Laboratory (BML) in Bodega Bay, California, Cadet Hand is one of the world’s experts on marine life, has written many books on the subject, and is a member of the medusozoa (jellyfish) hall of fame.
He has been particularly interested in anthozoans (like the corals that build great reefs in tropical waters, as well as sea anemones, sea fans, and sea pens) and hydroids, but he has extensive knowledge of marine flora and fauna. The BMLlibrary was named in his honor in 1996 and is now known as the Cadet Hand Library.
As Dr. Hand states in a recent letter to us, Japanese Emperor Hirohito shared the same interests and was himself a marine biologist. “I published my first paper on a hydroid in 1950 when I was still a graduate student. One of my professors at Cal knew that Emperor Hirohito was a well-published hydroid taxonomist and said I should send a reprint on my paper to the Emperor…I did that and received a thank you from the consulate. Later I received a small bound volume on some hydroids published by the Biological Laboratory, Imperial Household authored by the Emperor. As I published papers on hydroids, I continued to send them to the Emperor and continued to receive publications authored by him.
In early 1975 I had a phone call from a Japanese consular official in San Francisco that the Emperor wished to have a meeting with me when he was in San Francisco in October. After several more phone calls a date and meeting about hydroids and our mutual interests was set… I was scheduled for a 30 minute meeting which actually lasted for 45 minutes. An interpreter was also present. The Emperor did not speak in English though he appeared to understand some of my comments and chuckled a couple of times before the interpreter spoke to him. We spoke about his long-time interest in hydroids, and he asked how his work was received by other workers. I assured him that his work was considered to be excellent and in the finest traditions of studies on hydroids…He said some of my papers were highly regarded by some of his laboratory personnel…The time passed quickly and it was an exciting and rewarding experience..” This meeting was on October 9, 1975.
An 8 by 10 inch signed photograph of the Emperor, in its original frame with the imperial mum at top, presented to Dr. Hand at that meeting. Just a few days previous, Hirohito had visited President Gerald Ford at the White House. Asuperb photograph obtained by us directly from Dr. Hand, and a fascinating view of the Emperor’s concerns and the value he placed on being considered a serious scientist.
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