Kan-Ichi Hayakawa

Background

Hayakawa, Kan-Ichi was born on August 12, 1931 in Shibukawa, Gumma, Japan. Son of Chyogoro and Kin (Hayakawa) Hayakawa. came to the United States, 1961, naturalized, 1974.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Tokyo U. Fisheries, 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Rutgers University, 1964.

Career

Research fellow, Canners' Association Japan, 1955-1960; assistant professor food science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1964-1970; associate professor food science, Rutgers University, 1970-1977; professor food engineering, Rutgers University, 1977-1982; Distinguished professor food engineering, Rutgers University, since 1982. Organization of American States visiting professor U. Campinas, Brazil, summers 1972, 73, visiting professor, 1994. Consultant to food processing companies.

Organizer, chairman, participant National Science Foundation sponsored United States-Japan Cooperative Conference, Tokyo, 1979. Lecturer Industry Research and Development Institute and National Taiwan U., 1982, Wuxi Institute Light Industry, China, 1986, Tokyo University of Fisheries, 1992.

Achievements

• Kan-Ichi Hayakawa has been listed as a noteworthy Food science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Institute Food Technologists. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Institute Chemical Engineers, American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers (life, chairman technical commission on thermophys. property values of food 1981-1985, member committee 1981-1996), American Society Agricultural Engineers, Canada Institute Food Science and Technology, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married Setsuko Maekawa, February 18, 1967.

Father:

Chyogoro Hayakawa

Mother:

Kin (Hayakawa) Hayakawa

Spouse:

Setsuko Maekawa