Background
Ichiro Sakurada was born in 1904 in Kyoto, Japan.
Ichiro Sakurada was born in 1904 in Kyoto, Japan.
He graduated from the chemical branch, Chemical Industry Section, Engineering Department, Kyoto University (1926). Studied at Leipzig University and the Kaiser Wilhelm Chemical Institute during his stay in Germany (1929-1931).
He was appointed instructor, assistant and professor of the Kyoto university (1935). He received his doctorate after returning from Germany. A top authority on chemical fibers, he succeeded in making vinylon on a commercial basis.