Kazuo Hashimoto

Kazuo Hashimoto, M.D.
Dr. Kazuo Hashimoto, a long and important contributor to gnotobiology, died unexpectedly in early December. His scientific insights, warm, gracious demeanor, and sincere interest in the well-being of his fellow human beings will be missed far beyond his native country of Japan.
Dr. Hashimoto had been nursing an abdominal aneurysm for some time. Due to gradual increase in size and the risk of rupture, he opted for the prophylactic procedure which took an unforeseen course, leading to his death on Thursday, December 2, 1999.
Kazuo Hashimoto, M.D.
1925 - 1999

He is survived by his wife, Chieko, two younger sisters, one younger brother, and a son and daughter, both with families of their own. He had four grandchildren.
Dr. Hashimoto developed a love of music from youth, played the violin, and the orchestra of the School of Medicine at Tokai University, under his direction, has held 21 public concerts to date. The week before his operation, he played his violin long into the night accompanied by his grandson on the piano. Explaining the surgical procedure in detail to his grandchildren, he had been looking forward to a bright future in happy retirement.

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1 April 1925 Born in Tokyo, Japan

1948 M.D., Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo
Instructor, Dept. of Microbiology, Keio University School of Medicine

1956 Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Keio University School of Medicine

1957~ Research Fellow, Dept. of Genetics, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

1967 Associate Professor, Keio University School of Medicine

1974 Professor, Tokai University School of Medicine

1981 Secretary-General, VIIth ISG (Tokyo)

1982~ IAG Board Member

1994~ IAG Councilor

1995 Emeritus Professor, Tokai University

1996 President, XIIth ISG (Hawaii)

2 December 1999 Deceased

Memberships
Japanese Society for Bacteriology
Society of Japanese Virologists
The Genetics Society of Japan

Japanese Association for Infectious Disease
The Japanese Tissue Culture Association
Japanese Association of Germfree Life and Gnotobiology (JAGG)
Exec. Com., Pres., 23rd Ann. Meet. of JAGG, Association for Gnotobiotics (AG)
International Association for Gnotobiology (IAG)
Charter member, June 30, 1981; Sec.Gen., VIIth ISG, Councilor, Pres., XIIth ISG, Japanese Society for Immunology
Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Research interests
Involved in rearing germfree mice and experimentation primarily on mouse adenovirus, and cytomegalovirus from the 1960s. Succeeded in the breeding of germfree mice using liquid antigen-free diet in 1973. Publications to date include 26 books and writings, 35 original works and reviews, 73 congress presentations.

Shogo Sasaki, M.D. and Philip Carter, Ph.D.

Kazuo Hashimoto, M.D. Dr. Kazuo Hashimoto, a long and important contributor to gnotobiology, died unexpectedly in early December. His scientific insights, warm, gracious demeanor, and sincere interest in the well-being of his fellow human beings will be missed far beyond his native country of Japan. Dr. Hashimoto had been nursing an abdominal aneurysm for some time. Due to gradual increase in size and the risk of rupture, he opted for the prophylactic procedure which took an unforeseen course, leading to his death on Thursday, December 2, 1999.	1925 - 1999
He is survived by his wife, Chieko, two younger sisters, one younger brother, and a son and daughter, both with families of their own. He had four grandchildren. Dr. Hashimoto developed a love of music from youth, played the violin, and the orchestra of the School of Medicine at Tokai University, under his direction, has held 21 public concerts to date. The week before his operation, he played his violin long into the night accompanied by his grandson on the piano. Explaining the surgical procedure in detail to his grandchildren, he had been looking forward to a bright future in happy retirement.
R�sum�
1 April 1925	Born in Tokyo, Japan
1948	M.D., Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo Instructor, Dept. of Microbiology, Keio University School of Medicine
1956	Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Keio University School of Medicine
1957~	Research Fellow, Dept. of Genetics, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
1967	Associate Professor, Keio University School of Medicine
1974	Professor, Tokai University School of Medicine
1981	Secretary-General, VIIth ISG (Tokyo)
1982~	IAG Board Member
1994~	IAG Councilor
1995	Emeritus Professor, Tokai University
1996	President, XIIth ISG (Hawaii)
2 December 1999	Deceased
Memberships Japanese Society for Bacteriology Society of Japanese Virologists The Genetics Society of Japan Japanese Association for Infectious Disease The Japanese Tissue Culture Association Japanese Association of Germfree Life and Gnotobiology (JAGG) Exec. Com., Pres., 23rd Ann. Meet. of JAGG, Association for Gnotobiotics (AG) International Association for Gnotobiology (IAG) Charter member, June 30, 1981; Sec.Gen., VIIth ISG, Councilor, Pres., XIIth ISG, Japanese Society for Immunology Japanese Association for Laboratory Animal Science
Research interests Involved in rearing germfree mice and experimentation primarily on mouse adenovirus, and cytomegalovirus from the 1960s. Succeeded in the breeding of germfree mice using liquid antigen-free diet in 1973. Publications to date include 26 books and writings, 35 original works and reviews, 73 congress presentations.
Shogo Sasaki, M.D. and Philip Carter, Ph.D.