Yoshikazu Uchida - Chronology

Chronology

• 1885: Born in Fukagawa (currently Kōtō ward), Tokyo. His father died 4 years later.
• 1901: Enters the First Higher School, a preparatory high school.
• 1904: Enters the Department of Architecture, School of Engineering, at Tokyo Imperial University.
• 1907: Graduates from Department of Architecture and enters the real estate division of the Mitsubishi group, (currently Mitsubishi Estate Co.). Works on the design of office buildings.
• 1910: Enters graduate school at Tokyo Imperial University, studies structural engineering under Toshikata Sano.
• 1911: Lecturer at Tokyo Imperial University and Japanese army school of accounting.
• 1916: Assistant professor at Tokyo Imperial University.
• 1918: Awarded doctorate in engineering for thesis on structural engineering in architecture.
• 1921: Professor at Tokyo Imperial University.
• 1923: Director of buildings department of Tokyo Imperial University.
• 1924: Director of Dōjunkai Foundation (designs Nakanogō Apartments, the first modern apartment buildings in Japan).
• 1935: President of Architectural Institute of Japan.
• 1943: Appointed 14th president of Tokyo Imperial University (until December, 1945).
• 1972: Order of Culture award.