Taizo Sasaki

Background

Sasaki, Taizo was born on February 14, 1925 in Kobe, Japan. Son of Yasufumi and Tazu (Hashimoto) Sasaki.

Education

B. in Physics, Osaka (Japan) U., 1951; postgraduate, Osaka (Japan) U., 1951-1956; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Tokyo, 1973.

Career

Assistant, U. Tokyo, 1956-1963; professor, U. Tokyo, 1963-1982; professor, division director photon factory, National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, Tsukuba, Japan, 1980-1985; director general photon factory, National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, Tsukuba, Japan, 1984-1985; honorary professor, U. Tokyo and National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, since 1985; professor, Osaka U., 1985-1988; research consultant, Research Institute for Physics and Chemistry, Tokyo, since 1988. Guest professor of University Hamburg, Germany, 1966-1968. Honorary member International Advisory Board of VUV Radiation Physics, since 1989.

Membership

Member Japanese Physical Society, Japan Society Applied Physics (Award for Optical Publication 1963), Japanese Society Synchrotron Radiation Research (president 1989-1990), American Physical Society.

Interests

• Avocations: music, sports.

Connections

Married Fusako Sato, October 17, 1953. 1child, Masako.

Father:

Yasufumi Sasaki

Mother:

Tazu (Hashimoto) Sasaki

Spouse:

Fusako Sato