Tasuku Fuwa

Background

Fuwa, Tasuku was born on August 2, 1915 in Kumamoto, Japan. Son of Masaki and Masuko (Tochihara) Fuwa.

Education

Bachelor in Engineering, Tohoku Imperial U., 1941; D Engineering, Tohoku Imperial U., 1962; Doctor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1958.

Career

Associate professor, Tohoku Imperial U., Sendai, Japan, 1946-1962; professor metallurgy, Tohoku Imperial U., Sendai, Japan, 1962-1979; professor emeritus, since 1979; executive counsellor, Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, 1979-1981; executive advisor, Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, since 1981. Member visiting committee Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1989. Visiting professor U. New South Wales, Australia, 1969, 79, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1980, U. Toronto, Canada, 1981, Beising (China) U. Science and Technology, 1983, 87.

Honorary professor East China Institute Metallurgy, since 1987, Northeastern U., Shenyang, China, since 1993.

Achievements

• Tasuku Fuwa has been listed as a noteworthy Steel company advisor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Metallurgical Society, American Society for Microbiology International. Member National Academy of Engineering (foreign associate), Japan Institute Metals (president 1979, 80, Gold medal), Iron and Steel Institute Japan (Nishiyama medal 1976).

Interests

• Avocations: classical music, jogging.

Connections

Married Yoshiko Koizumi, March 24, 1944. Children: Makoto, Hikari.

Father:

Masaki Fuwa

Mother:

Masuko (Tochihara) Fuwa

Spouse:

Yoshiko Koizumi

child:

Hikari Fuwa

child:

Makoto Fuwa