FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED FUNERAL HOMES SINCE 1881
| Dr. Eichi Karl Koiwai |
| February 21, 1920 - February 23, 2009 |
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Public Events and LocationsMemorial Service - Saturday, March 7, 2009, 1:00 PM at ,Visitation - Saturday, March 7, 2009, AFTER SERVICE at , |
ContactsFuneral Home - Wetzel and Son Funeral Home - 501 Easton Road, Willow Grove, PA 19090 - 215-659-0911 - Map |
| Clergy - Abington Presbyterian Church - 1082 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001 - 215-887-4530 - Map |
| Donation - Judo Foundation - To be provided, - Map |
| Donation - Turning Home Foundation - To be provided, - Map |
Dr. Eichi Karl Koiwai of Rydal, Pennsylvania died Monday, February 23, 2009 at Rydal Park. He was 89 years old. Eichi was born February 21, 1920 in Seattle, Washington, son of the late Eishichiro Koiwai and the late Shige Koiwai (nee - Tanka).
Relatives and friends were invited to his memorial service, Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 1:00 PM at the Auditorium of Rydal Park, 1515 The Fairway, Rydal, PA 19046. Visitation with the family followed the memorial service. Religious services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Brent J. Eelman from Abington Presbyterian Church, 1082 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001.
Memorial contributions honoring Dr. Koiwai's many years of service to Judo are being accepted for the Endowment Trust. Please mail your donation to: USJF, PO Box 338, Ontario, OR 97914-0338 and be sure to write "In memory of Dr. Eichi Koiwai" in the note section of your check.
Eichi K. Koiwai, MD, a.k.a. Karl Koiwai son of Eishichiro and Shige Koiwai was born and raised in Seattle Washington, February 21, 1920. Eichi excelled in academics and sports attaining his High School degree in 3 years graduating in 1937 and Black Belt in Judo at the age of 18 years. He entered the University of Washington and completed his pre-med undergraduate degree in May 1941.
On the day Pearl Harbor was attacked, December 7, 1941, Eichi was medical graduate teaching assistant at the University of Washington. With the declaration of war he immediately lost his position. In 1942 while awaiting entry in med-school Eichi, along with 130,000 other Japanese and Japanese-American were evacuated from the West Coast and interned into prison camps. The US Government relocated them first in Assembly Center (prison holding camps) and dispersed them into 10 prison camps throughout western USA. Working in the dispensary in Puyallup, WA Assembly Center Eichi met his future wife, Chiyoko Tamaki.
Applying for med-school from Minidoka prison camp in Idaho, Eichi was accepted at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia without an interview. He entered Hahnemann in January 1944 and married Chiyoko on September 3, 1944, who had gone to St Louis after being released from Minidoka to finish her last semester of nursing school. Eichi graduated Hahnemann in 1947 in pathology.
Dr. Koiwai delivered his daughter April on March 28, 1947 while interning at Hahnemann. Mark was born March 29, 1949 while Eichi was in his residency and Peter February 5, 1951. Jay the youngest also was born at Hahnemann on December 15, 1953 after Eichi got out of the Air Force and returned to Philadelphia.
With the outbreak of the Korean War Dr. Koiwai joined the US Air Force (USAF) and immediate ordered to March AF Base, Riverside, CA because of the base’s need of a pathologist. Lieutenant Koiwai, MD became USAF pathologist under the Strategic Air Command. In June 1952 Captain Koiwai attended the School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph AFB, TX and became a “flying doc,” a flight surgeon.
Upon discharge from USAF Dr. Koiwai was appointed Assistant Professor of Pathology in 1953, Associate Professor 1956, Professor of Anatomy 1981, and Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Emeritus Professor of Anatomy in 1989 at Hahnemann Medical College.
Continuing with Judo Eichi worked-out through his medical studies at the Central YMCA taught Judo and started Judo clubs. His involvement in Judo included organizational and membership associations. He became the President of US Judo Federation (USJF 1960-76) Chairman of the National AAU Judo Committee (1966-73). Dr Koiwai integrated his medical profession with long loved sport and 1967 was appointed to the International Judo Federation Medical Commission. From 1969 to 1993, he organized IJF Medical Symposiums at IJF World Championships in Mexico, Canada, Korea, and Western and Eastern European countries.
In 1971 Dr. Koiwai passed his IJF “A” Referee Examination which qualified him to referee international Judo venues. IJF selected Dr. Koiwai to four Olympic Games Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976 as an IJF referee and Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul, Korea 1988 as IJF Director of Doping Control. USA Olympic Committee appointed him to the 1996 games in Atlanta, GA as the physician for Judo venues. http://judo.teamusa.org/news/article/10000
In 1982 Eichi divorced Chiyoko and he remarried Phyllis Oxman Rogers the same year. Phyllis was fluent in four languages and taught languages at Bucks County Community College. She accompanied Eichi to domestic and international Judo events as venues’ announcer.
In 1993 Eichi and Phyllis bought their first horse and established the Koiwai Stables. They had attained 15 horses with 55 wins from 1993 to 2004 and that is not counting 2nd and 3rd places. The Koiwai Stables’ most winning horse was Lord Stanford. In his lifetime of 39 races he had 5 wins, 9 seconds, and 8 thirds for a total earnings of $204,403. In 2000 the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders’ Association named Lord Stanford PA Three Year Old Colt of the Year. When Phyllis died of cancer on December 18, 2001 Koiwai Stable went on the decline and in 2004 Eichi left the horseracing world.
Dr. Eichi and Phyllis Koiwai moved to Rydal Senior Center, Rydal PA in 2001 whereupon Phyllis passed soon after establishing residency. Eichi resided there 8 ½ years before his passing, February 23, 2009.
Eichi K. Koiwai, MD is survived by his brother Tosh, daughter April Goral and her sons Greg and Brian; Sons Mark, Peter and his daughter Abigail and son Harrison, and Eichi K. Koiwai, Jr. a.k.a. Jay and his wife Marie Anne Koiwai a.k.a. Teusa and son Kiyoshi Casey Koiwai.
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Relatives and friends were invited to his memorial service, Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 1:00 PM at the Auditorium of Rydal Park, 1515 The Fairway, Rydal, PA 19046. Visitation with the family followed the memorial service. Religious services were conducted by Rev. Dr. Brent J. Eelman from Abington Presbyterian Church, 1082 Old York Road, Abington, PA 19001.
Memorial contributions honoring Dr. Koiwai's many years of service to Judo are being accepted for the Endowment Trust. Please mail your donation to: USJF, PO Box 338, Ontario, OR 97914-0338 and be sure to write "In memory of Dr. Eichi Koiwai" in the note section of your check.
Eichi K. Koiwai, MD, a.k.a. Karl Koiwai son of Eishichiro and Shige Koiwai was born and raised in Seattle Washington, February 21, 1920. Eichi excelled in academics and sports attaining his High School degree in 3 years graduating in 1937 and Black Belt in Judo at the age of 18 years. He entered the University of Washington and completed his pre-med undergraduate degree in May 1941.
On the day Pearl Harbor was attacked, December 7, 1941, Eichi was medical graduate teaching assistant at the University of Washington. With the declaration of war he immediately lost his position. In 1942 while awaiting entry in med-school Eichi, along with 130,000 other Japanese and Japanese-American were evacuated from the West Coast and interned into prison camps. The US Government relocated them first in Assembly Center (prison holding camps) and dispersed them into 10 prison camps throughout western USA. Working in the dispensary in Puyallup, WA Assembly Center Eichi met his future wife, Chiyoko Tamaki.
Applying for med-school from Minidoka prison camp in Idaho, Eichi was accepted at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia without an interview. He entered Hahnemann in January 1944 and married Chiyoko on September 3, 1944, who had gone to St Louis after being released from Minidoka to finish her last semester of nursing school. Eichi graduated Hahnemann in 1947 in pathology.
Dr. Koiwai delivered his daughter April on March 28, 1947 while interning at Hahnemann. Mark was born March 29, 1949 while Eichi was in his residency and Peter February 5, 1951. Jay the youngest also was born at Hahnemann on December 15, 1953 after Eichi got out of the Air Force and returned to Philadelphia.
With the outbreak of the Korean War Dr. Koiwai joined the US Air Force (USAF) and immediate ordered to March AF Base, Riverside, CA because of the base’s need of a pathologist. Lieutenant Koiwai, MD became USAF pathologist under the Strategic Air Command. In June 1952 Captain Koiwai attended the School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph AFB, TX and became a “flying doc,” a flight surgeon.
Upon discharge from USAF Dr. Koiwai was appointed Assistant Professor of Pathology in 1953, Associate Professor 1956, Professor of Anatomy 1981, and Emeritus Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Emeritus Professor of Anatomy in 1989 at Hahnemann Medical College.
Continuing with Judo Eichi worked-out through his medical studies at the Central YMCA taught Judo and started Judo clubs. His involvement in Judo included organizational and membership associations. He became the President of US Judo Federation (USJF 1960-76) Chairman of the National AAU Judo Committee (1966-73). Dr Koiwai integrated his medical profession with long loved sport and 1967 was appointed to the International Judo Federation Medical Commission. From 1969 to 1993, he organized IJF Medical Symposiums at IJF World Championships in Mexico, Canada, Korea, and Western and Eastern European countries.
In 1971 Dr. Koiwai passed his IJF “A” Referee Examination which qualified him to referee international Judo venues. IJF selected Dr. Koiwai to four Olympic Games Munich 1972 and Montreal 1976 as an IJF referee and Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul, Korea 1988 as IJF Director of Doping Control. USA Olympic Committee appointed him to the 1996 games in Atlanta, GA as the physician for Judo venues. http://judo.teamusa.org/news/article/10000
In 1982 Eichi divorced Chiyoko and he remarried Phyllis Oxman Rogers the same year. Phyllis was fluent in four languages and taught languages at Bucks County Community College. She accompanied Eichi to domestic and international Judo events as venues’ announcer.
In 1993 Eichi and Phyllis bought their first horse and established the Koiwai Stables. They had attained 15 horses with 55 wins from 1993 to 2004 and that is not counting 2nd and 3rd places. The Koiwai Stables’ most winning horse was Lord Stanford. In his lifetime of 39 races he had 5 wins, 9 seconds, and 8 thirds for a total earnings of $204,403. In 2000 the Pennsylvania Horse Breeders’ Association named Lord Stanford PA Three Year Old Colt of the Year. When Phyllis died of cancer on December 18, 2001 Koiwai Stable went on the decline and in 2004 Eichi left the horseracing world.
Dr. Eichi and Phyllis Koiwai moved to Rydal Senior Center, Rydal PA in 2001 whereupon Phyllis passed soon after establishing residency. Eichi resided there 8 ½ years before his passing, February 23, 2009.
Eichi K. Koiwai, MD is survived by his brother Tosh, daughter April Goral and her sons Greg and Brian; Sons Mark, Peter and his daughter Abigail and son Harrison, and Eichi K. Koiwai, Jr. a.k.a. Jay and his wife Marie Anne Koiwai a.k.a. Teusa and son Kiyoshi Casey Koiwai.
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