1972 Death Shunryu Suzuki Roshi, founder (SF Zen Center), ashes buried 1971 Death Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of San Francisco Zen Center, dies 1969 Death Gertrude Dixon, compiler of Shunryu Suzuki's Zen Mind, dies 1959 Event Shunryu Suzuki completes his historical Japan to San Francisco voyage 1928 Birthday Dainin Katagiri, Osaka Japan, Zen teacher, associate of Shunryu Suzuki 1904 Birthday Shunryu Suzuki, Japanese Leader