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Roy "Leroy" Ito was born on September 1, 1929 in Los Angeles, California. In April 1942 he and his family were evacuated and sent to Santa Anita Assembly Center, Arcadia, California then later that year to Amache Relocation Center, Granada, Colorado. Returning to Los Angeles in 1945, he completed high school and graduated from UCLA in 1951and later received a master's degree in public administration from USC. He worked in various administrative positions in Los Angeles County government for 33 years and retired in 1987. He has served as a volunteer with the Japanese American National Museum for several years collecting oral histories for various museum projects most notably the history of the Japanese in the Los Angeles produce industry.
Updated December 2008