Wark & Co. had an outstanding reputation and it was a period of extensive construction. so the Wark executives backed Nakano and countered that the company would withdraw if Nakanos services could not be used. In December 1953. Nakano was honored by the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce and 50 construction leaders for his outstanding contributions to his adopted city. He was praised as one of the outstanding construction engineers of the United States and one of the leading Japaneseborn Americans. In 1953. Nakano and his wife were among the first Issei in the area to become U.S. citizens. after the McCarrenWalter Immigration Act of 1952 made such naturalization possible. Wellrespected and wellliked. Nakano was active in community and civic affairs and a leader in Japanese and Japanese American associations.
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