Tadashi Katata

Background

Katata, Tadashi was born on March 16, 1927 in Osaka, Japan. Son of Yoshiharu and Tadako (Katata) Fujii.

Education

Bachelor, Osaka Kyoiku U., 1953; Master of Arts, Doshisha U., Kyoto, Japan, 1958; postgraduate, Doshisha U., Kyoto, Japan, 1961.

Career

Assistant professor archaeology, Osaka Shin-ai College, 1961-1965; assistant professor archaeology, Tezukayama U., Nara, Japan, 1965-1968; professor, Tezukayama U., Nara, Japan, since 1968; director, Tezukayama Archaeol. Research Institute, Nara, since 1982. Guest professor Institute Statistical Mathematics Tokyo, since 1991.

Visiting professor Nara Institute Science and Technology, since 1993.

Achievements

• Tadashi Katata has been listed as a noteworthy Archaeologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee School Judicial Person, Tezukayama Gakuen, since 1965. Board directors Osaka Center for Cultural Heritage, since 1976. Member Japanese Archaeologists Association, Japan Association for Quaternary Research, Japan Society for Archaeol.

Information (president since 1995), Anthropological Society Nippon (board directors since 1991).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, photography, listening to music, dancing.

Connections

Married Yoshiko Yoda, March 8, 1947. Children: Atsuko Okamoto, Sanryu Katata.

Father:

Yoshiharu Fujii

Mother:

Tadako (Katata) Fujii

Spouse:

Yoshiko Yoda

child:

Sanryu Katata

child:

Atsuko Okamoto Katata