Shozo Kito

Background

Kito, Shozo was born on January 29, 1927 in Nagoya, Japan. Son of Chiyoju and Tane (Goshima) Kito.

Education

Doctor of Medicine, Tokyo U., 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Tokyo U., 1959.

Career

Instructor, Tokyo U. School Medicine, 1959-1967, 68-71; assistant professor, Tokyo Women's Medical College, 1971-1973; professor, Hiroshima (Japan) U. School Medicine, 1973-1990; emeritus professor, Hiroshima (Japan) U., since 1995; professor, University of Air Japan, Chiba, 1990. Visiting professor U. Arizona, 1982, U. B.C., Vancouver, Canada, 1989-1994. Managing director community medical care research committee Hiroshima Prefecture, 1973-1990, member intractable diseases research committee, 1973-1990.

Achievements

• Shozo Kito has been listed as a noteworthy Pharmacology and neurology educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Society Neuroscience (emeritus), International Brain Research Organisation, International Society Development Neurosci., International Basal Ganglia Society, International Society Neurochemistry, Japanese Medical Association (award 1976), New York Academy Sciences, numerous other science organizations.

Interests

• Avocations: theater, tennis.

Connections

Married Sachiko Wada, May 16, 1955. 1 child, Tatsuo.

Father:

Chiyoju Kito

Mother:

Tane (Goshima) Kito

Spouse:

Sachiko Wada

child:

Tatsuo Kito