Background
Kuroiwa, Julio was born on April 22, 1936 in Cañete, Lima, Peru. Son of Juan and Elvira (Horiuchi) Kuroiwa.
Kuroiwa, Julio was born on April 22, 1936 in Cañete, Lima, Peru. Son of Juan and Elvira (Horiuchi) Kuroiwa.
Diploma in civil engineering, National University Engineering, Lima, 1959. Diploma International Institute, Seismology/Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo, 1962. Master of Science, California Institute of Technology, 1966.
Diploma in Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 1967.
Assistant professor civil engineering National University Engineering, Lima, 1962-1965, associate professor civil engineering, 1965-1969, professor engineering, 1969-1994, professor engineering emeritus, since 1995. President Kukova Engineers, Lima, since 1971. Consultant various United Nations Agencies, since 1981.
Chairman organizing committee Japan-Peru Center Earthquake Engineering Research and Disaster Mitigation-CISMID, 1984-1986, 1st director, 1986-1989. Chairman Committee 1997 Peruvian Seismic Code.
Chairman science committee Peru's Civil Defense, Lima, 1978-1980. Chief advisor to Peruvian National Committee for International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction 1990-2000, since 1992. Member international advisory committee United Nations Centre Regional Development, Nagoya, Japan, since 1998.
Member International Association for Earthquake Engineering (director 1980-1984, 84-88), Club Social Miraflores, Association Estadio La Unión.
Married Gloria Ana Zevallos, July 24, 1965. Children: Julio Martin, Hector Eduardo.