Background
Tachibana, Sei was born on March 9, 1923 in Izumo, Japan. Son of Kanichi and Sume (Kawakami) Tachibana.
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Tachibana, Sei was born on March 9, 1923 in Izumo, Japan. Son of Kanichi and Sume (Kawakami) Tachibana.
Bachelor of Engineering, Kyoto Imperial University, 1946. Doctor of Philosophy, Kyoto University, 1957.
Vice-assistant Kyoto Imperial University, 1947-1949. Assistant Kyoto University, 1949-1958, lecturer, 1950. Professor Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, 1958-1988, professor emeritus, since 1988.
Research associate University Washington, Seattle, 1958-1959. Dean The Research Institute of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University, 1966-1968. Member University Conference of Ritsumeikan, Kyoto, 1970-1972.
Councilor The Vitamin Society of Japan, Kyoto, since 1965, Izumi Science and Technology Foundation, Osaka, 1988-1995. Counsellor Hakusui Chemical Industies, Ltd., Osaka, 1988-1995. Councilor Kansai section Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan, Kyoto, since 1968.
President Parent-Teachers Association, Shimogamo-gakku, Kyoto, 1972. Committee Municipal Administration Cooparation Committee of Kyoto City, 1983. Member Chemical Society Japan, Brewing Society Japan, Bioindustry Development Center, Agricultural Chemical Society Japan, Vitamin Society Japan, Society Fermentation Technology.
Married Taeko Sonoyama, October 29, 1946. Children: Hirokazu, Akitomo, Shigeki.