About
Thomas and Frances Blakemore spent more than 50 years living and working in Japan. They established the Blakemore Foundation in 1990 to encourage Americans to develop greater fluency in Asian languages and to increase the understanding of Asian art in the United States.
The Blakemore Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charitable trust organized under the laws of the State of Washington. Located in Seattle, Washington, the Foundation is managed by a Trustee and a Board of Managers.
Thomas Blakemore (1915-1994)
Born in 1915 in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, Thomas
Blakemore graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1936 with an
B.A. in physics, and received his law degree from its Law School in
1938.
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Blakemore's life.
Frances Blakemore (1906-1997)
Frances Blakemore (1906-1997) was born in Pana, Illinois but grew up in Eastern Washington, where her family moved when she was four. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1935 with a degree in painting, sculpture and design.
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