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JAPANUniversity Colleagues and Associates
Tetsuichi Asaka, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Ms. Toshimi Fujimori, Former Lecturer, School of Engineering, The University ofTokyo;
Former Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Science University ofTokyo;
Professor, School of Economics, University of Nagasaki
Shoichi Furuhama, Acting President, Musashi Institute of Technology
Hiroto Harusawa, Chairman, Student Association of Musashi Institute of Technology
Nobuo Ikebe, Former Instructor, School of Engineering, The University ofTokyo;
President, QMI
Yoshio Kamiya, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Youichi Kataoka, Professor, School of Engineering, Science University of Tokyo
Jiro Kondo, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo;
President, Science Council of Japan
Ikuro Kusaba, Formar Professor, Musashi Institute of Technology;
Professor Emeritus, Nagoya Institute of Technology
Ms. Noriko Kusaba, Former Secretary to Prof. Kaoru Ishikawa,Musashi Institute of Technology
Sigeiti Moriguti, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Takashi Mukaibo, Former President, The University of Tokyo
Shiro Nakayama, Secretary General, Musashi Institute of Technology
Ms. Hiroko Narabayashi, Former Secretary toProf. Kaoru Ishikawa, The University of Tokyo
Koichi Ohba, Professor, School of Engineering, Science University of Tokyo
Hidesuke Yamada, Managing Director, Goto Ikuei-kai(Educational Foundation for Musashi Institute of Technology)
Nobuhiko Tawara, Associate Professor, Musashi Institute of Techonology
Toshisuke Ushiba, Former Lecturer, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

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Tadao Yoshida, Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Former Students
Shinsuke Furuya, Lecturer, Seikei University
Masumasa Imaizumi, Professor, Musashi Institute of Techonology
Yasutaka Kainuma, Lecturer, Tokyo Metropolitan College of Commerce
Noriaki Kano, Professor, School of Engineering, Science University of Tokyo
Mikio Kawai, Deputy Chief Manager, Showa Denko
Hitoshi Kume, Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Keiju Kurozumi, Former Technical Manager, Showa Shell Sekiyu
Shuichi Ochiai, President, Yayoi Real Estate
Katsushi Ogawa, General Manager, Showa Shell Sekiyu
Hiroshi Osada, Assistant General Manager, Specialty Plastics Division,
Asahi Chemical Industry
Takenori Sumida, Senior Executive Director, Optrom
Hideki Takahashi, KOMATSU
Nobuyoshi Takamatsu, Chief Manager, Showa Denko
Toshihiro Uehara, Quality Control Manager & Coordinator,
Subaru-Isuzu Automotives (U.S.A.)Top Management Scholars
Yukio Horie, President, PentelKan-ichiro Ishibashi, Chairman Emeritus, Bridgestone
Ryoichi Kawai, Chairman, KOMATSU
Yutaka Kume, President, Nissan Motor
Saburo Ohnishi, Chairman, Nippon Zeon
Keizo Saji, Chairman, Suntory
Kenzo Sasaoka, President, YHP
Ichiro Shinji, Former Chairman, Victor Company of Japan
Yoshijiro Soda, Chairman, Soda Aromatic
Kiyoshi Tani, Former Chairman, Rhythm Watch
Shoichiro Toyoda, President, Toyota Motor
Mahito Uchiyama, Former President, JUKI
Rokuichi Yamada, President, Sankyo Seiki Mfg.
Takeo Yamaoka, President, JUKIviii

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Associates in Quality
Yoji Akao, Professor, School of Engineering, University of Tamagawa
Shigeo Aoki, Former Manager, Technical Control Dept., Kawasaki SteelMasashi Asao, Former Executive Director, Tanabe Seiyaku
Tadasu Fujita, President, Fujita Management Research
Masao Goto, Member of the House of Councillors;
Former Minister of Justice
Akira Harada, President, Oken Associates
Ms. Keiko Hasegawa, Former TQC Promotion Manager, IHI
Rokuro Hattori, Former Senior Managing Director, Bridgestone
Hidehiko Higashi, Former Executive Director, Advisor, JSA
Katsuya Hosotani, President, Quality Control Research InstituteTatsuo Ikezawa, Professor, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Ken-ichiro Imai, Former Senior Managing Director, IHI
Katsuyoshi Ishihara, Former Member of the Board, Matsushita Electronic Components
Hironori Ishii, Former Chief Manager, Mitsubishi Material
Masaji Ita, Chief Engineer of Quality Control, Training Dept., Nachi-Fujikoshi
Isao Itsukage, Former Manager, Hakushu Distillery, Suntory Ltd.
Akira Iwata, Former Manager, Quality Management Dept., Nissan MotorNoriharu Kaneko, Executive Director, Service Quality Management
Hajime Karatsu, Professor, Tokai University;President, Tokai University Fukuoka Junior College
Ms. Tatsumi Kawauchi, QC Circle Leader, Machine & Tool Engineering Plant,
Nissan Motor
Ryuichi Kobayashi, Professor Emeritus, Rikkyo University
Masao Kogure, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yoshio Kondo, Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Kozo Koura, Lecturer, Saitama Institute of Technology
Kosuke Kuji, Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Showa University
Bunteru Kurahara, Counselor, JUSE
Kenji Kurogane, Counselor, JUSE
Hajime Makabe, Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kamematsu Matsuda, Former Deputy Manager, Nippon Steel Corporation
Yo Matsumoto, Advisor, KDD Engineering & Consulting
Shin Miura, Former Professor, University of Tamagawa
Takashi Miyazu, Professor, Management Engineering, The Nishi Tokyo Universityix

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Koji Morooka, Professor, School of Engineering, Tokai University
Akira Murakami, Former General Manager, Quality Control Dept., Nippon-denso
Yoshihisa Nagaoka, Director, Tokyo Electric Power
Hiroaki Nakazato, Former Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology
Yoshinobu Nayatani, Professor, School of Engineering,Osaka Electro-Communication University
Kenyu Nishi, Professor, University of the Ryukyus
Hiroshi Odajima, Director, RicohYoshitaka Ogiwara, Professor Emeritus, Gunma University
Tadakazu Okuno, Director & Professor, Science University of Tokyo
Tokushiro Ozato, Former Senior Managing Director, Chuo Spring
Takuzo Sato, Former Senior Manager, Nippon SteelTaiji Sayo, Former Executive Vice President, Kajima
Shoji Shiba, Professor, University of Tsukuba
Tetsuo Shimabukuro, Deputy General Manager, Bank of The Ryukyus
Shoichi Shimizu, Professor Emeritus, University of Nagoya
Kaoru Shimoyamada, Senior Managing Director, Komatsu Career Creation
Hiroshi Shiomi, Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo UniversityKenji Suda, Retired from Nissan Liquid Fuel
Tatsuo Sugimoto, Board Member and Executive Advisor, Former President, Daiwa Seiko
Katsuhiko Tsunoda, Counselor, JUSE
Eizo Watanabe, Counselor, JUSE
Yoshiaki Yamada, Project Manager, Komatsu Zenoah
Atsushi Yamagata, Senior Managing Director, Nippon Zeon
Noboru Yamaguchi, Former Senior Managing Director, Toshiba
Taro Yasukawa, President, New Wave; Retired from Honda
Teiji Yokobori, President, Nakayo Telecommunications
Takanori Yoneyama, President, Konica
Hideo Yoshikawa, President, Intellect
Professional Supporters
Katsuharu Arai, Managing Director, JUSE PressToshihiro Arai, Deputy Manager, JUSE
Takamichi Endo, Section Chief, JUSE
Kunio Inoue, Director for International Standardization Affairs, AIST, MITI
Masanobu Kawamura, Executive Director, JSAx

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Takeshi Kunugi, Manager, JUSE
Masami Mita, Section Chief, JUSE
Ms. Haruko Mitsuaki, Former Managing Director, JUSE Press
Yozo Mori, Manager, JUSE
Kazuyoshi Nio, Deputy Manager, JUSE Press
Junji Noguchi, Executive Director, JUSE
Akio Ohkubo, Section Chief, JUSE
Masahiro Ohnishi, Former Executive Director, JSA
Katsuhiko Okada, Deputy Manager, JUSE
Ichiro Sano, Chief Director, NHKYoshihito Sohma, Manager, JUSE
Kohei Suzue, President, JUSE
Shigeru Takamizawa, Director of General Affairs Department, JSA
Yawara Tomiyama, Assistant Chief, JSA
Ms. Hiroko Yamada, Manager, AOTS
Nagaaki Yamamoto, Director General, AOTS
Kohei Yokota, Managing Director, JUSE Press

ASIA
Asian Productivity Organization
S. Nazim Zaidi, Head, Information & Public Relations Div.,
Asian Productivity Organization
China
Han Qing-yu, Managing Director,
Japan-China Scientific and Engineering Cultural Center
Ms. Ma Lin, Deputy Secretary General, China Quality Control Association
Sha Yie, Vice Chairman, China Quality Control Association
Yue Zhi-jin, Director, China Quality Control AssociationKorea
Chang Se Yung, Managing Director, Korean Standards Association
TaiwanC. S. Tsong, Former Student of Prof. Ishikawa;
President, Pioneer Enterprise Think Tankxi

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Q. Z. Tsong, Managing Director, Chinese Society for Quality Control
ThailandKlahanVoraputhaporn, Vice Chairman QC Headqurters of Thailand;
Former President, Technological Promotion Association (Thai-Japan)

EUROPE
Belgium
Jacques F. M. Gillis, Former Secretary for ISO/TC 102/SC 5
Secretary General/CONI
Czechoslovakia
Ms. Agnes H. Zaludova, Honorary President, Czech Society for Quality;
Member IAQ AcademicianFinland
Anders Diehl, Chairman, Finnish Society for Quality;
Former Attache (Sci-ence & Tech.), the Finland Embassy at Tokyo
FranceJean-Marie Gogue, President, French Deming Association;
Former President, the French Association for Quality Control;
Emeritus Member, IAQ
Sweden
Lennart Sandholm, President, Bjorkllund & Sandholm AB;
Adjunct Professor, the Royal Institute of Technology;
Former President, Swedish Society for Quality Control;
Member, IAQ
SwitzerlandH. D. Seghezzi, Professor, the University of St. Gallen;
Former President, EOQ;Member, IAQxii

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United Kingdom
David Hutchins, Chairman. David Hutchins International

NORTH AMERICA
U.S.A.
Charles A. Bicking, Consultant;
Retired from the Carborundum
Larry J. Blake, Former President, Oregon Institute of Technology
W. Edwards Deming, Chairman Emeritus, Deming Prize Committee
William A. J. Golomski, President, W.A. Golomski & Associates;
Former President, ASQC;
Member, IAQ
James A. Henderson, President and COO, Cummins Engine
John J. Hudiburg, Former Chairman & CEO, Florida Power & Light;
Chair-man, the Foundation MBNQA 1989
J. M. Juran, Chairman Emeritus, Juran Institute
Ms. Nancy A. Karabatsos, Editor of “Quality Progress”, ASQC
Murray Liebman, Former President, IAQ
Wayne Rieker, Consultant;
Former Director of Manufacturing, Lockheed

OCEANIA
Australia
R. Merv Burt, Managing Director, MBC Management System;
Former National President, the Australian Organization for Quality Control

SOUTH AMERICA
BrazilJose Eustaquio M. Carvalho, General Director, QA & T-Associate Consultants

Family and Relatives
Brothers and Sisters
Kiyoshi Ishikawa, Chairman, Mitsubishi OilMakoto Ishikawa, Senior Advisor to the Board, Kajima Road
Rokuro Ishikawa, Chairman, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry;xiii

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Chairman, Kajima
Mrs. Kiyoko Ishikawa, Spouse of the Late Shichiro Ishikawa,
who was Former Managing Director, Honshu Paper
Shin-ichiro Shimojo, Husband of Yasuyo who was Sister of Prof. Kaoru Ishikawa;
Member of the House of Councilors;
Former Minister of Public Welfare
Hachiro Ishikawa, Managing Director, Mitsubishi Chemical Industries
Relatives
Eiichi Ujiie, Brother of Mrs. Keiko Ishikawa;Director & Advisor to the Board, The 77 Bank
Tsuguo Nozaki, Father of Mrs. Kazuko Ishikawa who was Spouse of Akira Ishikwa;
Former Director, Mitsubishi Materials
FamilyMrs. Keiko Ishikawa, Spouse
Tadashi Ishikawa, Son;
Vice President, Komatsu Dresser (U.S.A.)
Mrs. Noriko Ishikawa, Spouse of Tadashi Ishikawa
Mrs. Hiroko Kurokawa, Daughter
Yasushi Kurokawa, Husband of Hiroko;
Division Manager, NEC Home Electronics
Akira Ishikawa, Son; President, Aim
Mrs. Kazuko Ishikawa, Spouse of Akira Ishikawa

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