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...??She still wanted to hold on to her culture,?? Giudice said. ??And she loved introducing us to it.?...
During her time at Harvard, she liked to play golf and was an Undergraduate Council representative. But Owada was never just another American Harvard student and was always aware of her Japanese identity, according to Nina S. Donnelly ??85, who lived in the same entryway of Lowell House as Owada...
...??She was much more of an observer than a partaker, but she didn’t remove herself from the normal undergraduate life,?? Juhon said. ??She was just always really dignified—even the way she dressed was very proper. I never saw her really cut loose. I don’t think that was her way.?...
Owada instead tried to bridge the gap between the two cultures, joining the Japanese Culture Society and introducing her friends to Japanese traditions. Lucia A. Giudice ??85—who lived on the fourth floor of Thayer with Owada and attended high school with her—said she remembers Owada organizing a trip for a group of friends to go to the Boston Children’s Museum to see an exhibit on traditional Japanese tea ceremonies...
Owada similarly used her academic interests in economics and politics to bring together her two cultures, including working as a research assistant translating Japanese documents for History Professor Andrew D. Gordon ??74 during the spring of her junior year. Gordon also served on the committee for Owada’s initial proposal for her economics senior thesis on Japanese-American trade relations in the 1980s, for which economist Jeffrey D. Sachs ??76 served as her advisor...