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Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Ariyoshi graduated in 1944 from McKinley High School. As World War II drew to a close, he served as an interpreter with the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service in Japan. Upon returning stateside, he first attended the University of HawaiiThe University of Hawai`i formally the University of Hawai`i System and popularly known as UH is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, doctoral and post-doctoral degrees through three university c at Manoa, then transferred to Michigan State UniversityMichigan State University is a university in East Lansing, Michigan near the state capital of Lansing. Michigan State University is known for its programs in agriculture and veterinary medicine. The school's most famous alum may be former basketball super, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1949. He then went on to receive his law degree from the University of MichiganThe University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public coeducational university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is the oldest and main campus of the University of Michigan, which also includes branches University of Michigan-Dearborn and University of Michi Law SchoolIn the United States, the institution where future lawyers obtain a legal degree is called a law school . Attendees are called law students. In most cases, law schools grant the degree Juris Doctor or J. though some schools still award the LL. degree whic.

Ariyoshi's politicalPolitics is the process and method of decision-making for groups of human beings. Although it is generally applied to governments, politics is also observed in all human group interactions including corporate, academic, and religious. Political science is career began in 1954Events January events January 14 The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with Nash-Kelvinator forming the American Motors Corporation January 14 Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio. January 15 Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya January 20 The Nati when he was elected to the territorial house of representativesThe Hawaii State House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Hawaii State Legislature which governs from Honolulu, Hawaii. There are fifty-one members from various electoral districts. It is led by the Speaker of the House elected from the member. He was later elected to the territorial senate in 1958, then to the State Senate in 1959. He served in the senate until 1970 when he ran for and was elected Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii in 1970 with Governor Burns. When Governor Burns fell ill in October 1973, Ariyoshi assumed his constitutional role as acting governor.

In the election of 1974, he was elected governor in his own right, with Nelson Doi as his first lieutenant governor. He was re-elected in 1978 with Jean King as lieutenant governor and in 1982 with John D. Waihee III as lieutenant governor. Ariyoshi's administration was marked by fiscal conservatism as the post-statehood economic boom came to an end. He guided the state through its first economic recession. Barred by term limits from seeking another term in 1986, Ariyoshi was succeeded by Waihee. After leaving public office, he served in a variety of corporate and non-profit capacities.