Background
Hiwatashi, Koichi was born on February 11, 1921 in Sendai, Japan. Son of Uzaemon and Kiyoshi Hiwatashi.
Hiwatashi, Koichi was born on February 11, 1921 in Sendai, Japan. Son of Uzaemon and Kiyoshi Hiwatashi.
Bachelor of Agriculture, Morioka (Japan) Agricultural College, 1946. Bachelor of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1949. Doctor of Philosophy, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1955.
Assistant professor Yamagata (Japan) University, 1949-1953, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1953-1961, professor Japan, 1962-1964, Miyagi College of Education, Sendai, Japan, 1965-1969, Tohoku University and Graduate School, Sendai, Japan, 1969-1984. Professor, chairman Senshu University, Ishinomaki, Japan, 1989-1995. Retired, 1995
Professor emeritus Tohoku University, Sendai, since 1984, visiting scholar Indiana University, Bloomington, 1961-1962, visiting professor East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, 1984, University Münster, Germany, 1985, Harbin Normal University, China, 1985.
Member International Commission Protozool (president 1987-1991), Society of Protozool (honorary, vice president 1987-1988), International Congr. Protozool (president 1989), Japanese Society Protozool (honorary, executive member 1968-1991), Genetics Society Japan (honorary), Genetics Society of America, Zoological Society Japan (honorary, Zoological Society prize 1976), Japan Society biomedical Gerontology (honorary), Japan Academy.
Married Hisako Hiwatashi, January 6, 1950. 1 child, Fumiko.