Gordon Hideaki Nagai and his family were forcibly evacuated to a concentration camp in Colorado and returned to their family-owned farm in February of 1945 before the end of the war. He graduated from the University of California with a master's degree in social welfare and served 32 years as a social worker, including two years of alternative service as a conscientious objector with the California Department of Mental Hygiene. Gordon last worked with the Golden Gate Regional Center, which serves clients with developmental disabilities, retiring in 2000. He and his wife now live in Eugene Oregon, close to their children and grandchildren.
