Mamoru Nakamura

Mamoru Nakamura was born in 1939 or 1940 and died on 25 April 1992 at the age of 52. A Palauan jurist, he earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Hawaii in 1965 and a Bachelor of Laws from Willamette University School of Law in 1969. He served as Acting Legislative Counsel for the Congress of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from July 1971 to August 1972, then as Deputy Attorney General from 1972 until his elevation to the bench, serving as a justice of the High Court of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 27 October 1977 to 1988. He became the first Chief Justice of Palau in 1981, serving until his death in 1992, and is remembered as a founder of Palau's court system, which he modeled on the judiciary of the United States.