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Don Nakanishi, a pioneering scholar in Asian-American studies and director emeritus of the Asian American Studies Center, died Monday of cardiorespiratory arrest. (Courtesy of David Yoo)

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Don T. Nakanishi, director emeritus of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, died of cardiorespiratory arrest March 21 in Los Angeles. He was 66. Nakanishi was a professor at UCLA for 35 years and was the director of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center from 1990 to 2010.

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Professor emeritus remembered for legacy of Asian-American scholarship

By Xinchen Li

March 25, 2016 8:40 p.m.