Michi Yasui Ando (1920-). Michi graduated as salutatorian in her high school class of 1938, and attended the University of Oregon with the ambition of being a teacher like her mother. Michi was in her senior year when the government imposed curfew and travel restrictions. She completed her senior year, but was unable to attend the graduation ceremony, as it would violate the 8 p.m. curfew. The University officials petitioned the Army to grant her an exception for that evening, but it was denied. That same evening, she packed her belongings, sneaked out to the bus depot, and traveled to Denver, to join her brother, Robert. The Eugene area was evacuated just a few days later.

After raising six children, she resumed her dream of being a teacher, and completed her Masters in Education. At the age of 42, she became a teacher in the Denver Public Schools. Michi was an honored guest at the University of Oregon’s graduation ceremony in 1986, as partial recompense for being denied permission to graduate with her class 44 years earlier.