Franklin Odo
Franklin S. Odo (May 6, 1939 – September 28, 2022) was a
Japanese American author, scholar, activist, and historian. Odo served as the director of the
Asian Pacific American Program at the
Smithsonian Institution from the program's inception in 1997 until his retirement in 2010. As the director of the APA Program, Odo brought numerous exhibits to the Smithsonian highlighting the experiences of
Chinese Americans,
Native Hawaiians,
Japanese Americans,
Filipino Americans,
Vietnamese Americans,
Korean Americans, and
Indian Americans. He was the first Asian Pacific American curator at the
National Museum of American History. He taught
American Studies at
Amherst College until his death.
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