Background
Kawata, Tomio was born on November 13, 1924 in Imari-shi, Japan. Son of Yukimatsu and Masa (Fukushima) Kawata.
Kawata, Tomio was born on November 13, 1924 in Imari-shi, Japan. Son of Yukimatsu and Masa (Fukushima) Kawata.
Doctor of Medicine, Kyushu University, 1949. Division of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 1954.
Assistant Kyushu University School Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan, 1953—1954. Associate professor department bacteriology Tottori University School Medicine, Yonago, 1954—1967. Professor department food microbiology Tokushima University School Medicine, Japan, since 1967, director, University Library., since 1985.
Member of New York Academy of Sciences, American Society Microbiology (board directors 1979-1984), Japanese Society Electron Microscopy (trustee since 1974), Japanese Society Bacteriology.
Married Michiko Kawata, February 26, 1955. Children: Takeshi, Satoshi.