Tamako Ishibashi ('53)

Tamako Ishibashi Ishii ('53)

Tamako Ishibashi Ishii was a member of the Class of 1953 at Wellesley College. Before Wellesley, she graduated from Tsuda College in 1949. She and Keiko Okamoto ('53) were the first Japanese students to be accepted to Wellesley after the war.

Studies at Wellesley: English Literature

After Wellesley...

A daughter of Seiichiro Ishbash who found Bridgestone Company with his brother
Married Mr. KoichiroIshii, a businessman and senior managing director of the Bridgestone Tire Company
Practiced yoga well into her 70's
Her husband was a business executive and politician (served in the Japanese parliament.)
Had three children: one son, Sotaro, and two daughters, Haruko and Nobuko

Ishii recently passed away on August 11th, 2017.

Tamako Ishi (far right) with fellow Japanese Wellesley alumnae Sumie Mishima ('27), Yuki Maki ('24), and Teruko Tanaka ('26), along with Professor T. James Kodera.

Photos from a 1983 event for Dee Sherwood, who was writing articles on Wellesley alumnae. Included in the photos are Miye Mitsutani ('36), Michiko Asano ('55), Yuki Maki ('24), Keiko Chiba ('53), Kumiko Matsumura, and Tamako Ishii.