succeeded death_date death_place birth_name birth_place profession party preceded birth_date term_start article_title term_end name alma_mater
pete wilson 27 february 1992 greenbrae , california samuel ichiye hayakawa vancouver , british columbia english professor republican john v. tunney 18 july 1906 january 2 , 1977 s. i. hayakawa
 january 3 , 1983 s. i. hayakawa university madison of manitoba mcgill university university of wisconsin --
s. i. hayakawa

samuel ichiye `` s. i. '' hayakawa -lrb- july 18 , 1906 -- february 27 , 1992 -rrb- was a canadian-born american academic and politician of japanese ancestry .
he was an english professor , and served as president of san francisco state university and then as united states senator from california from 1977 to 1983 .
