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Ushijima was born in [[Hilo, Hawaii]]. During the [[World War II|Second World War]] he served in Europe with the [[442nd Infantry Regiment (United States)|442nd Regimental Combat Team]]. After the War, attended [[Grinnell College]] and [[George Washington University Law School]].{{Cite book |last=Yount |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtnBE9CcxOAC |title=Who Runs the University?: The Politics of Higher Education in Hawaii, 1985-1992 |date=1996 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |isbn=9780824818210 |page=137 |via=[[Google Books]]}}
Ushijima was born in [[Hilo, Hawaii]]. During the [[World War II|Second World War]] he served in Europe with the [[442nd Infantry Regiment (United States)|442nd Regimental Combat Team]]. After the War, attended [[Grinnell College]] and [[George Washington University Law School]].{{Cite book |last=Yount |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZtnBE9CcxOAC |title=Who Runs the University?: The Politics of Higher Education in Hawaii, 1985-1992 |date=1996 |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |isbn=9780824818210 |page=137 |via=[[Google Books]]}}


Ushijima served in the [[Hawaii Senate]]{{Citation |title=State Elective Officials and the Legislature |date=1981 |publisher=Council of State Governments}} from Hawaii's first [[Hawaii#Political changes of 1954 – State of Hawaiʻi (1959–present)|post-statehood]] election in 1959{{Cite news |date=September 18, 1959 |title=Results of First Hawaii State Election July 28 |url=https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/en/newspapers/thi19590918-01.1.23 |access-date=April 7, 2026 |work=Hawai Hōchi |pages=23}} until his retirement in 1982, and was the Senate President for 1974-1978.{{Cite news |last=Dayton |first=Kevin |date=August 15, 2006 |title=Obituaries - 1924-2006 Former Sen. John Ushijima was 'major architect of modern Hawai'i' |work=The Honolulu Advertiser|pages=B1}}{{Cite news |last=Reyes |first=B.J. |date=November 6, 2010 |title=Senate Picks New Leader |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2010/11/06/hawaii-news/senate-picks-new-leader/ |access-date=April 6, 2026 |work=Honolulu Star Advertiser}} Ushijima later served on the [[Governing boards of colleges and universities in the United States|Board of Regents]] for the state-wide [[University of Hawaiʻi|University of Hawaii]] system.
Ushijima served in the [[Hawaii Senate]]{{Citation |title=State Elective Officials and the Legislature |date=1981 |publisher=Council of State Governments}} from Hawaii's first [[Hawaii#Political changes of 1954 – State of Hawaiʻi (1959–present)|post-statehood]] election in 1959{{Cite news |date=September 18, 1959 |title=Results of First Hawaii State Election July 28 |url=https://hojishinbun.hoover.org/en/newspapers/thi19590918-01.1.23 |access-date=April 7, 2026 |work=Hawai Hōchi |pages=23}} until his retirement in 1982. and was the Senate President for 1975-1978, chairing several Senate committees along the way.{{Cite book |url=https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2014/docs/SenateYearBook.pdf |title=55 Years of Statehood: A chronicle of legislative history |publisher=Hawai‘i State Senate |year=2014 |pages=134 |access-date=2026-04-20}}{{Cite news |last=Dayton |first=Kevin |date=August 15, 2006 |title=Obituaries - 1924-2006 Former Sen. John Ushijima was 'major architect of modern Hawai'i' |work=The Honolulu Advertiser|pages=B1}}{{Cite news |last=Reyes |first=B.J. |date=November 6, 2010 |title=Senate Picks New Leader |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2010/11/06/hawaii-news/senate-picks-new-leader/ |access-date=April 6, 2026 |work=Honolulu Star Advertiser}} Ushijima later served on the [[Governing boards of colleges and universities in the United States|Board of Regents]] for the state-wide [[University of Hawaiʻi|University of Hawaii]] system.


Ushijima died{{Cite web |last=Borreca |first=Richard |date=August 15, 2006 |title=WWII vet helped craft early social legislation: John T. Ushijima / Former Senate President |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/08/15/news/story07.html |access-date=September 23, 2023 |work=[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]]}} on August 13, 2006, at the age of 82.
Ushijima died{{Cite web |last=Borreca |first=Richard |date=August 15, 2006 |title=WWII vet helped craft early social legislation: John T. Ushijima / Former Senate President |url=https://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/08/15/news/story07.html |access-date=September 23, 2023 |work=[[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]]}} on August 13, 2006, at the age of 82.
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