Sutemi
Chinda was born December 24, 1856 at Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture,
Japan and died in Japan, January 16, 1929. He married (Miss) Sato
in 1882, and they had a son, Hideho. After graduating from Indiana
Asbury University (DePauw, A.B. 1881, A.M. 1884), Chinda returned
to Japan, where he entered the foreign service. He later served as
Ambassador to Germany (1908-1911), to the United States (1911-1914)
and to England (1914-1920). He also served as Japan's representative
to the Paris Peace Conference in 1918 and was serving as Lord Chamberlain
to the Emperor at the time of his death.
http://www.depauw.edu/news/index.asp?id=12880
Also:
In the summer of 1877 four Japanese young men arrived in Greencastle,
sent to study at the university by Asbury alumnus John Ing, who directed
a mission school in Hirosaki, Japan. All were professed Christians
of the samurai class with little financial resources, but willing
to work.
