Hisao Uetake

Background

Uetake, Hisao was born on December 10, 1916 in Tokyo. Son of Kyujiro and Fusano (Maruyama) Uetake.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Hokkaido Imperial U., Japan, 1940; Division of Medical Sciences, Hokkaido Imperial U., 1945.

Career

Instructor, Hokkaido Imperial U. School Medicine, Sapporo, Japan, 1940-1945; professor, Hokkaido Women's Medical College, Sapporo, Japan, 1945-1950; professor, Sapporo (Japan) Medical College, 1950-1964; professor, Kyoto (Japan) U., 1964-1980; director, Kyoto (Japan) U. Institute for Virus Research, 1965-1980; director, Toyama (Japan) Institute Health, 1980-1987. Research fellow Rockefeller Foundation, 1956-1958. President Society Japanese Virologists, 1975-1979.

Editor-in-chief Microbiology and Immunology, Japan, 1973-1987. Advisor Plant Virus Research Institute, Japan, 1981-1984.

Achievements

• Hisao Uetake has been listed as a noteworthy Microbiologist, researcher by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Congenital Anomaly Research Committee Toyama, Japan, 1982-1987, Specified Disease Control Committee, Toyama, 1984-1987. Vice chairman Toyama Prefecture Science and Technology Conference, 1983-1987. Director Tamura Science Foundation, Toyama, 1984-1987.

Honorary member Japanese Society for Bacteriology, Society Japanese Virologists.

Interests

• Avocations: photography, Japanese chess plays, tennis.

Connections

Married May 27, 1945. Children: Noriye, Yoshihisa.

Father:

Kyujiro Uetake

Mother:

Fusano (Maruyama) Uetake

Spouse:

May 27

child:

Noriye Uetake

child:

Yoshihisa Uetake