Background
Suzuki, Hiroshi was born on March 6, 1931 in Hakodate, Japan. Son of Zenshichi and Yae Suzuki.
Suzuki, Hiroshi was born on March 6, 1931 in Hakodate, Japan. Son of Zenshichi and Yae Suzuki.
Doctor of Letters, Tohoku University, 1960. Doctor in Sociology, Kanseigakuin University, 1986.
Instructor, Tohoku U., Sendai, Japan, 1958-1959; lecturer, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, Japan, 1959-1963; associate professor, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, Japan, 1963-1980; professor, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, Japan, 1980-1994; dean faculty of literature, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, Japan, 1990-1992; professor emeritus, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, Japan, since 1994; professor, Kurume U., Japan, since 1994. President Institute for Community Research, Fukuoka, since 1993.
Vice president Friends of KAHO Theatre, Iizuka, Fukuoka, since 1985. Board directors Fukuoka Foundation for Community Welfare, since 1982, president since 1994. Vice chairman Committee for Social Welfare of Fukuoka City, 1985-1994.
Member Japan Association for Urban Sociology (board directors since 1980, president 1980-1984), Japan Sociological Society (board directors since 1980).
Married Naoko; children: Tamao, Takuma, Koshiro.