Isao Fujimoto is part of the Asian American Studies faculty and Senior Lecturer Emeritus in the Community and Regional Development department. The Colleges apartment complex has a building named after him, the first and only one in the complex to be named after an Asian person. He was also a featured speaker at the Fall 2007-2008 Convocation.
Fujimoto is often mentioned as a mentor or inspiration to students. He has taught hundreds in unique courses such as ABS 47, a four day Winter or Spring Break class that takes ![[WWW]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/sycamore-www.png){kind=small}
a group of UCD students to San Francisco's Tenderloin district. This class was originated by Fujimoto and Orville Thompson (of Thompson Hall fame) as a way of teaching undergraduates about communities by direct exposure and interaction.
His background in California includes being interned with his family during the Second World War, and competing as a wrestler while a student at UC Berkeley.
