The Onizuka Prop Wash Award was named in memory of irst Asian American and the first person of Japanese ancestry to what?
Ellison Onizuka Ellison Shoji Onizuka (June 24, 1946 – January 28, 1986 ) was an American astronaut from Kealakekua, Hawaii, who successfully flew into space with the Space Shuttle "Discovery" on STS-51-C. He died in the destruction of the Space Shuttle "Challenger", on which he was serving as Mission Specialist for mission STS-51-L. He was the first Asian American and the first person of Japanese ancestry to reach space.
Jerry Ito Jerry Ito (July 12, 1927 in New York City, New York – July 8, 2007 in Los Angeles, California) was a Japanese-American film and television actor, born as Gerald Tamekichi Itō, specializing in Japanese films throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was a cousin of Japanese-American composer Teiji Itō.