Akira Eddie Takemori

Background

Takemori, Akira Eddie was born on December 9, 1929 in Stockton, California, United States. Son of Matsutaro and Haruko (Teshima) Takemori.

Education

Associate of Arts, University of California, Berkeley, 1949; AB, University of California, Berkeley, 1951; Master of Science, University of California, Berkeley, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1958.

Career

Instructor pharmacology, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1959-1961; assistant professor pharmacology, State University of New York, Syracuse, 1961-1963; assistant professor pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1963-1965; associate professor pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1965-1969; professor pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1969-1994; professor emeritus, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, since 1995. Consultant in field.

Achievements

• Akira Eddie Takemori has been listed as a noteworthy pharmacology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Precinct delegate Democratic-Farm Labor, Minneapolis, 1972, 76, 78. Board directors, president Minnehon Arts Center, Minneapolis, 1973-1979. Board directors Edina Baseball Association, 1978-1981.

Board directors Homeward Bound, New Hope, Minnesota, 1984-1987. With United States Army, 1953-1955. Member Fellow College on Problems of Drug Dependence (Executive Board 1983-1987), American Society Pharmacol. and Experimental Therapeutics (councillor 1978-1981, president 1992-1993), International Narcotics Research Council (Executive Board 1979-1982).

Connections

Married Valerie Williams Takemori, June 22, 1958. Children: Tensho, Rima.

Father:

Matsutaro Takemori

Mother:

Haruko (Teshima) Takemori

Spouse:

Valerie Williams Takemori

child:

Tensho Takemori

child:

Rima Takemori