Riojun Kinosita

Background

Kinosita, Riojun Son of Yukimichi and Nui (Tanabe) Kinosita.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Tokyo U., 1921; student, Frieburg U., Germany, 1922-1924; student, Cambridge (England) University, 1924-1926; Doctor of Philosophy, Kokkaido U., 1926.

Career

Professor pathology, Hokkaido U., 1922-1932; professor pathology, director cancer research, Osaka (Japan) U., 1932-1952; president, Osaka City U., 1946-1948; visiting professor pathology and infectious diseases, University of California at Los Angeles, from 1949; research director, then department chairman experimental pathology, City of Hope Medical Center, 1952-1962; research director emeritus, City of Hope Medical Center, from 1962. Special research carcinogenesis, cell multiplication, differentiation.

Achievements

• Riojun Kinosita has been listed as a noteworthy Pathologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Florence M. Ritson, November 6, 1925. 1 child, Akiko (Mistress Denis Lotspeich).

Father:

Yukimichi Kinosita

Mother:

Nui (Tanabe) Kinosita

Spouse:

Florence M. Ritson

child:

Akiko Kinosita (Mistress Denis Lotspeich)