Background
Kobayasi, Kiyosi was born on January 1, 1922 in Nagano, Japan. Son of Eizo and Shoko (Aoki) Kobayasi.
Kobayasi, Kiyosi was born on January 1, 1922 in Nagano, Japan. Son of Eizo and Shoko (Aoki) Kobayasi.
Bachelor in Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Doctor of Philosophy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1956.
Associate professor, Tohoku U., Sendai, 1949-1960;
professor, Tohoku U., Sendai, 1960-1970;
professor, Shizuoka U., Hamamatsu, Japan, 1970-1984;
dean, Shizuoka U., Hamamatsu, 1980-1984;
professor emeritus, Shizuoka U., Hamamatsu, since 1984;
vice president, Toyota Technology U., Nagoya, Japan, 1984-1990;
president, Toyota Technology U., Nagoya, Japan, since 1990. Member managing committee nuclear reactor Kyoto U., 1963-1969. Member special committee of academic Ministry Education, Japan, 1979-1982.
Trustee Nagoya Industrial Science Research Institute, since 1990. Trustee Toyota Physico-Chemical Research Institute, Nagoya, since 1991.
Trustee Research Foundation Electrotech, Chubu, Nagoya, 1991, Toyota Foundation, Nagoya, 1992. Member Japan Society Mechanical Engineers, Atomic Energy Society, Society Chemical Engineers Japan.
Married Fusae Tokunaga, October 12, 1948. Children: Fumiaki, Takaaki.