Robert Shu Yasui (1923-). Robert graduated from high school in 1941, valedictorian of his senior class, with letters in baseball, football, and track. In September 1941, he enrolled at the University of Oregon in pre-medicine. In May 1942, Robert received word that his mother and younger siblings were being evacuated. He requested an early grading from each of his professors then took a bus beyond the curfew boundary, to Denver. He urged his sister, Michi, still at the University of Oregon, to join him. After his first year at the University of Wisconsin, Robert wrote to 20 medical schools in the Midwest and East—but only two would send him application forms. He applied to Temple University Medical School of Philadelphia, and enclosed a letter addressed to the Dean, explaining his circumstances, and asked to be considered on the basis of scholastic merit. He received a personal letter from the Dean one week later, telling him he'd been accepted, even though he hadn't taken the qualifying exams.

Robert graduated from medical school in 1947, at the age of 23. He spent two years in Germany as an officer in the Army Medical Corp. After his tour of duty, he returned to Williamsburg with his family and opened his own surgical practice. He had five children, was active in his church, and received awards for various professional and civic activities (including the Rotary and the local National Conference of Christians and Jews). Robert served as the athletic physician with the Little League World Series for several decades. In 1987 he published a book, The Yasui family of Hood River, Oregon.