Background
Nakamura, Mitsuru James was born on December 17, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Jingo and Michie (Inadomi) Nakamura.
Nakamura, Mitsuru James was born on December 17, 1926 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Jingo and Michie (Inadomi) Nakamura.
Student, Drake University, 1945. AB, University of California at Los Angeles, 1949. Postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1952.
Master of Science, University Southern California, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Boston University, 1956. Doctor of Science (honorary), Albert Szent-Gyorgyi Medical University, 1991.
Research assistant, University of California, San Francisco, 1950-1952;
assistant professor, Northeastern U., 1952-1954;
associate professor, Northeastern U., 1954-1956;
associate professor, U. Montana, Missoula, 1956-1962;
professor, U. Montana, 1962-1986;
professor emeritus, U. Montana, since 1986;
department chairman, U. Montana, 1963-1985. Associate professor research Washington State University, summers 1957, 58. International visiting professor Medical U. Pecs, Hungary, 1987.
Visiting professor Yang Ming Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, 1988, Albert Szent Gyorgyi Medical U., Szeged, Hungary, 1989, U. West Indies, Trinidad, 1990, Barbados, 1990, Jozsef Attila U. Sciences, Szeged, 1991, Institute Microbiol. Bulgarian Academy Sciences, 1992. Research fellow Louisiana State University School Medicine, 1959, 60.
With Army of the United States, 1945-1947, captain United States Public Health Service, since 1959. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Public Health Association, Royal Society Tropical Medicine (London), American Academy Microbiology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Elks.
Married Judith Ann Frohreich. Children: Monica Suzan, Nancy Midori, Mark James.