Editing Ellison Onizuka (section)

==Early life==
Onizuka was born on June 24, 1946, to [[Japanese Americans|Japanese American]] parents Masamitsu and Mitsue Onizuka. He was a [[Buddhist]]. Onizuka had two older sisters, Shirley and Norma, and a younger brother, Claude, who became the family spokesman after the ''Challenger'' disaster.<ref>{{Closed access}} {{Cite web|url=http://www.staradvertiser.com/2016/01/28/hawaii-news/hawaii-to-honor-homegrown-hero/|title=Hawaii to honor homegrown hero|last=Hurley|first=Timothy|date=January 28, 2016|website=staradvertiser.com|publisher=Honolulu Star-Advertiser|location=Honolulu, HI|access-date=October 25, 2016|url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026080132/http://www.staradvertiser.com/2016/01/28/hawaii-news/hawaii-to-honor-homegrown-hero/ |archive-date=October 26, 2016 |url-status=live}} [http://actioncenter.agu.org/app/document/11622335 Alt URL]</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Schmidt |first=William E. |date=March 26, 1986 |title=FAMILIES SAY REMAINS OF 2 ASTRONAUTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/03/26/us/families-say-remains-of-2-astronauts-have-been-identified.html |access-date=October 25, 2016 |newspaper=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Growing up, Ellison Onizuka was an active participant in [[National FFA Organization|FFA]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archives.iupui.edu/bitstream/handle/2450/5460/FFANationalFutureFarmer_34_4_AprMay1986.pdf?sequence=11|title=''The National Future Farmer''|website=iupui.edu|access-date=April 16, 2018}}</ref> [[4-H]], and the [[Scouting in Hawaii|Boy Scouts of America]], where he reached the level of [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]].<ref name="honor">{{cite book | last = Townley | first = Alvin | year = 2006 | url = http://www.thomasdunnebooks.com/TD_TitleDetail.aspx?ISBN=0312366531 | title = Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts | publisher = St. Martin's Press | location = New York | pages = 79 | isbn = 0-312-36653-1 | access-date = December 29, 2006 | archive-date = December 19, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20061219180428/http://www.thomasdunnebooks.com/TD_TitleDetail.aspx?ISBN=0312366531 | url-status = dead}}</ref>

Onizuka graduated from [[Konawaena High School]] in 1964. He received a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[Aerospace Engineering]] in June 1969, and a [[Master of Science]] degree in that field in December of the same year, from the [[University of Colorado at Boulder]]. Onizuka participated in the [[Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps]] during his time there and is an alumnus of [[Triangle Fraternity]], the AFROTC [[Arnold Air Society]], as well as a member of the [[Tau Beta Pi]] honor society.

Onizuka married Lorna Leiko Yoshida on June 7, 1969,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bouldercounty.org/clerk/recording/search/icris.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226114045/http://www.bouldercounty.org/clerk/recording/search/icris.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 26, 2008 |title=iCRIS Record Search |publisher=Boulder County Recording Division |access-date=July 22, 2008}}</ref> while completing his studies at the University of Colorado. They had two daughters, Janelle Onizuka-Gillilan (b. 1969) and Darien Lei Shizue Onizuka-Morgan (b. 1975).