Background
Hirai, Hidefumi was born on December 1, 1926 in Wakamatsu, Fukuoka, Japan. Son of Jitsuzo and Mitsuka (Yoshida) Hirai.
Hirai, Hidefumi was born on December 1, 1926 in Wakamatsu, Fukuoka, Japan. Son of Jitsuzo and Mitsuka (Yoshida) Hirai.
Bachelor in Engineering, University Tokyo, 1951. Doctor in Engineering, University Tokyo, 1962.
Engineer, researcher, Asahi Chemical Industry Limited company, Nobeoka, Miyazaki., Japan, 1951-1962;
associate professor, U. Tokyo, 1962-1972;
professor, U. Tokyo, 1972-1987;
department chairman industrial chemistry, U. Tokyo, 1980-1981;
professor emeritus, U. Tokyo, since 1987;
professor industrial chemistry, Science University of Tokyo, since 1987;
department chairman industrial chemistry, Science University of Tokyo, 1987-1991. Member county of chemicals Ministry of International Trade and Industry, 1984-1991. Member science county Ministry of Culture and Education, 1988-1990.
Member science and technical county Ministry of Science and Technology, 1988-1989. Chairman research group Macromolecular Complex, Tokyo, 1976-1978. Chairman International Symposiumon Macromolecule-Metal Complex, Tokyo, 1986-1987.
Trustee Okochi Memorial Foundation, 1991-2002, executive managing director, since 2002. Member Chemical Society Japan (vice president 1985-1987, award 1984, 85), Society Polymer Science Japan (award 1976, 77, award 1986, 87), Catalysis Society Japan, Society Synthetic Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Engineering Academy Japan, Society Cyclodextrins Japan (award 1998, 98).
Married Tomoko Okada, November 21, 1955. Children: Reiko Hirai Nii, Keiko Hirai Skillman, Tamako Hirai Hashimoto.