Yoshihisa Wakuta

Background

Wakuta, Yoshihisa was born on August 29, 1930 in Fukuoka, Japan. Son of Miyoshi and Sumiko Wakuta.

Education

Bachelor of Physics, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, 1953; M of Physics, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, 1955; Doctor of Physics, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, 1970.

Career

Research assistant, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, 1958-1968; lecturer, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, 1969-1971; associate professor, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, 1972-1988; full professor, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, 1989-1994; professor emeritus, Kyushu U., Fukuoka, since 1994; lecturer, Fukuoka U., since 1994. Associate professor National Laboratory for High Energy Physics, Tsukuba, Ibaragi, Japan, 1975-1980.

Achievements

• Yoshihisa Wakuta has been listed as a noteworthy Nuclear physicist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Interests

• Avocations: reading books, listening to classical music, painting.

Connections

Married Hiroko Iimori, 1963. Children: Mihoko, Minako.

Father:

Miyoshi Wakuta

Mother:

Sumiko Wakuta

Spouse:

Hiroko Iimori

child:

Minako Wakuta

child:

Mihoko Wakuta