Background
Kitagawa, Tosio was born on October 3, 1909 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. Son of Jun-nosuke and Sada (Sano) N.
Kitagawa, Tosio was born on October 3, 1909 in Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan. Son of Jun-nosuke and Sada (Sano) N.
Bachelor of Science, University Tokyo, 1934. Doctor of Science, University Tokyo, 1939.
Assistant lecturer, Osaka (Japan) U., 1934-1939;
assistant professor, Kyushu U., Fukoka, Japan, 1939-1943;
professor, Kyushu U., Fukoka, 1943-1973;
director library, Kyushu U., Fukoka, 1961-1967;
director faculty science, Kyushu U., Fukoka, 1968-1969;
director, Institute Fundamental Information Science, Fukoka, 1967-1974. Director International Institute for Social Information Science, 1974-1983. President Information Science.Fijitsu Ltd., Tokyo, 1983-1989.
Visiting professor Indian Statistics Institute, Calcutta, 1953, Iowa State College, Ames, 1955-1956, Princeton (New Jersey) U., 1957-1958, Western Australian U., Perth, 1961.
Trustee Very Large Data Base Society, 1980-1985. Member International Statistics Institute (permanent member), Research Association Statistics Science (chief editor since 1941), Information Processing Society Japan (honorary member).
Married Misao Kusakabe, December 1936.