Background
Hayakawa, Katumitu was born on March 7, 1943 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Son of Tsukijun and Yoshie (Kobayashi) Hayakawa.
Hayakawa, Katumitu was born on March 7, 1943 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Son of Tsukijun and Yoshie (Kobayashi) Hayakawa.
Bachelor Technology in Industrial Chemistry, Kobe University, 1965. Master Technology in Industrial Chemistry, Kobe University, 1967. Doctor of Science in Chemistry, Osaka University, 1974.
Research associate Kobe University, Hyogo, 1967-1968, Kagoshima University, 1968-1974, lecturer, 1974-1977, associate professor chemistry, 1977-1997, presidential assistant, since 2001. Professor chemistry, since 1988. Research fellow Osaka University, 1970, 73.
Postdoctoral fellow Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1980-1982. Technical consultant Oshima-tsumugi Association, Naze, Kagoshima, 1989-1992. Member Committee for Local Area Industrial Development, Kagoshima, 1990-1992, 99-2001.
Member Chemical Society Japan (board directors division colloid and surface chemistry), American Chemical Society.
Married Taeko Araki, March 28, 1970. Children: Mitsuo, Yona, Miyuki.