1. Kenjiro Shoda was born on February 25,1902, in Tatebayashi, Gunma to a wealthy family.
16 Facts About Kenjiro Shoda
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Kenjiro Shoda was the second son of Teiichiro Shoda, who was the founder of Nisshin Seifun Group, one of the biggest companies in Japan, a member of the House of Peers, and a great-grandfather of the Emperor.
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Kenjiro Shoda was educated in Tokyo until he finished junior high school.
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Kenjiro Shoda went to the National Eighth High School in Nagoya, today succeeded to Faculty of Liberal Arts of Nagoya University.
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Kenjiro Shoda was supervised by Teiji Takagi, one of the best mathematicians in Japan at that time, and Takagi inspired Kenjiro Shoda to study algebra.
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Kenjiro Shoda graduated at Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science at Tokyo University in 1925 and continued his graduate study under Takagi's supervision.
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In 1925, in his second year at the Graduate School of Tokyo University, Kenjiro Shoda got a scholarship which allowed him to study in Germany.
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In 1933, Kenjiro Shoda was appointed as professor in the Faculty of Science at Imperial Osaka University, which was founded in 1931, as the eighth Imperial University of Japan and hence the second one in the Kansai region, to promote industries in Osaka, therefore focusing on natural science, engineering and medicine in particular.
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In 1949 Kenjiro Shoda was awarded the Japan Academy Prize in recognition of his fine achievements.
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In 1955, Kenjiro Shoda was appointed as President of Osaka University, a role in which he remained for six years.
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Kenjiro Shoda is remembered by the students and alumni of Osaka University as the founder of the Kenjiro Shoda Cup, which is given for the winning team of five people in an athletics contest.
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When his term as president ended in 1961, Kenjiro Shoda left Osaka University but suddenly returned as a professor in the Faculty of Engineering Science founded that year, and was appointed its first dean.
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Kenjiro Shoda taught in Musashi University in Tokyo and became its president.
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On March 20,1977, Kenjiro Shoda died unexpectedly while driving with his family.
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Kenjiro Shoda was posthumously raised to the second degree in the official order of precedence, and awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun.
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Kenjiro Shoda fathered one son and two daughters during this marriage.