Background
Kinno, Hitoshi was born on March 10, 1917 in Tokushima, Japan. Son of Keihichi and Maki (Isoda) Kinno.
Kinno, Hitoshi was born on March 10, 1917 in Tokushima, Japan. Son of Keihichi and Maki (Isoda) Kinno.
Graduate, Tokushima Technology College, 1939. Doctor of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan, 1959.
Design engineer, Sumitomo Machine Company, Niihama, Japan, 1939-1945; assistant professor, Tokushima Technology College, 1945-1951; assistant, U. Tokushima, 1951-1954; lecturer, U. Tokushima, 1954-1956; assistant professor, U. Tokushima, 1956-1961; professor, U. Tokushima, 1961-1982; professor emeritus, U. Tokushima, since 1982; president, Earth Science Laboratory Corporation, Tokushima, since 1996. Director Yoko Civilization Institute, Tokyo, 1986-1990.
Member New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Chikako Nii, December 27, 1950 (deceased 1995). Children: Hiroshi, Yukio.