Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite | |
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Born | 24 August 1927 ![]() Boston ![]() |
Died | 4 May 2020 ![]() Taylor ![]() |
Education | doctorate ![]() |
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Occupation | Researcher, teacher ![]() |
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Motoko Fujishiro Huthwaite (born Motoko Fujishiro, August 24, 1927 – May 4, 2020)[1] was an American teacher. She served during World War II with the Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives program. In 2015, she was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in a Washington, D.C., ceremony alongside Harry Ettlinger, another Monuments Man.[2] Fujishiro Huthwaite also worked closely with the Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art and its founder Robert M. Edsel to continue the mission of the MFAA.[3]