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medical microbiologist

Riichi Sakazaki, Japanese Medical microbiologist. Recipient Asahi Culture award Asahi Newspaper, Japan, 1965. Bergey's award Bergey's Trust, 1994. Member Japanese Society Bacteriology (honorary), Japanese Society Food Microbiology, Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology (trustee), Japanese Society forEnviron. Microbiology (trustee), Japanese Society for Infectious Diseases (councilor).

Background

Sakazaki, Riichi was born on August 21, 1920 in Yokkaichi, Japan. Son of Rizoh and Kinu Sakazaki.

Education

Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine, Nippon Veterinary College, Tokyo, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Hokkaido, Sapporo, Japan, 1957; DVS (honorary), Royal U. Veterinary and Agriculture, Copenhagen, 1974.

Career

Medical microbiologist, National Institute Animal Health, Tokyo, 1953-1959; medical microbiologist, National Institutes of Health, Tokyo, 1959-1985; guest professor, Tokai U., Kanagawa, Japan, since 1985.

Membership

Member Japanese Society Bacteriology (honorary), Japanese Society Food Microbiology, Japanese Society for Clinical Microbiology (trustee), Japanese Society forEnviron. Microbiology (trustee), Japanese Society for Infectious Diseases (councilor).

Connections

Married Shigeko Nishiyama, September 24, 1948. 1 child, Shin-Ichiroh.

Father:
Rizoh Sakazaki

Mother:
Kinu Sakazaki

Spouse:
Shigeko Nishiyama

child:
Shin-Ichiroh Sakazaki