Background
Kochi, Jay Kazuo was born on May 17, 1927 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Tsuruzo and Shizuko (Moriya) Kochi.
Kochi, Jay Kazuo was born on May 17, 1927 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Tsuruzo and Shizuko (Moriya) Kochi.
Kochi received his Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1949 and his Doctor of Philosophy at Iowa State University in 1952 with George South. Hammond and Henry Gilman as advisors. Foreign most of his career, he was located at Indiana University and then at the University of Houston, where he was Welch Professor.
Faculty, Harvard University, 1952-1955; National Institutes of Health fellow, Cambridge U., England, 1956; member of faculty, Iowa State University, 1956; with, Shell Development Company, 1957-1961; member of faculty department chemistry, Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, 1962-1969; professor, Case Western Reserve U., 1966-1969; professor of chemistry, Indiana U., Bloomington, 1969-1974; Earl Blough professor of chemistry, Indiana U., 1974-1984; Robert A. Welch Distinguished professor of chemistry, U. Houston, since 1984. Consultant chemist, since 1964.
Member American Chemical Society, Chemical Society (London), National Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi.
Married Marion Kiyono, March 1, 1959. Children— Sims, Julia.