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RP: You said that your sort of personal connection and sort of intellectual connection with Maki and this other social worker shaped your future in that you decided to go into social work.

SK: Yes, yes.

RP: Can you tell us a little bit about that?

SK: Well, it was mostly because of Maki. She was, to me, an exemplary human being. And she was always thinking about the other person. And I felt I would like to emulate her in some way. And although I could never be the social worker she was, I wanted to be in the field. So that's how I applied... in 1958 is when I started in L.A. and I worked for fourteen and a half years. Then went to Hawaii and worked as a social worker or fourteen years. So, is that what you wanted to know?

RP: Any, any particular field in social work?

SK: Oh, (I worked with families but) I ended up doing mostly crisis intervention with the aged and disabled. I enjoyed that, but it was stressful. I mean, (there) was always something going on. But, anyway, once I retired I didn't miss a day of it. That was all I knew how to do.

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