ORIGINAL D L I INSTRUCTOR S.S.

A MAN WHO WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL INSTRUCTORS AT A LANGUAGE SCHOOL THAT BECAME THE DEFENSE LANGUAGE INSTITUTE HAS PASSED AWAY. 90 YEAR-OLD SHIGEYA KIHARA WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 4 INSTRUCTORS, THAT TAUGHT SOLDIERS OTHER LANGUAGES, DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. THEY BEGAN THE CLASSES IN NOVEMBER OF 1941, AND BY THE END OF THE WAR 6 THOUSAND LINGUISTS HAD GRADUATED FROM THE ORIGINAL SCHOOL. KIHARA IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 62 YEARS. HE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS SON AND DAUGHTER, AS WELL AS HIS BROTHER AND SISTER.