Synopsis of the Administration
As of August 26, 2011
Title, name, term, and professional experience of administration members
| President: | HIRANO
Toshio |
| Term: August 26, 2011 - August 25, 2015 |
| 1972 | Mar. | Graduated from Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University |
| 1972 | Apr. | Assistant, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University |
| 1977 | Jun. | Resident, Osaka University Hospital |
| 1978 | Oct. | Joined Osaka Prefecture Habikino Hospital |
| 1980 | May | Assistant Professor, Immunology Research Center, Kumamoto University |
| 1984 | Jan. | Assistant Professor, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology at Osaka University |
| 1989 | Nov. | Professor, Biomedical Research Center, Osaka University |
| 1997 | Oct. | Director, Biomedical Research Center, Osaka University (through Mar. 1999) |
| 1997 | Oct. | Councilor, Osaka University (through Oct. 1999) |
| 2001 | Apr. | Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University |
| 2002 | Aug. | Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University |
| 2003 | Apr. | Councilor, Osaka University (through Mar. 2004) |
| 2003 | Nov. | Director, Institute of Experimental Animal Sciences, Osaka University (through Mar. 2004) |
| 2004 | Apr. | Dean, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University (through Mar. 2006) |
| 2005 | Apr. | Administrative Councilor -- National University Corporation Osaka University (through Mar. 2006) |
| 2007 | Apr. | Education and Research Councilor, National University Corporation Osaka University (through Mar. 2008) |
| 2008 | Apr. | Dean, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University (through Mar. 2011) |
| 2010 | Apr. | Administrative Councilor, National University Corporation Osaka University (through Mar. 2011) |
| 2011 | Aug. | President, National University Corporation Osaka University |
Trustees
| Trustee & Vice President: | EBISU
Shigeyuki |
| Term: August 26, 2011 - August 25, 2015 |
| 1976 | Mar. | Graduated from Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University |
| 1976 | Apr. | Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Michigan Medical School |
| 1978 | Apr. | Assistant, School of Dentistry, Osaka University |
| 1981 | Jun. | Lecturer, School of Dentistry, Osaka University Dental Hospital |
| 1983 | Dec. | Assistant Professor, School of Dentistry, Osaka University |
| 1990 | Feb. | Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, Tokushima University |
| 1996 | Aug. | Professor, School of Dentistry, Osaka University |
| 2000 | Apr. | Professor, Graduate School of Dentistry, Osaka University |
| 2004 | Apr. | Director, Osaka University Dental Hospital (through Mar. 2006) |
| 2005 | Apr. | Administrative Councilor, National University Corporation Osaka University (through Mar. 2006) |
| 2011 | Apr. | Education and Research Councilor, National University Corporation Osaka University (through Mar. 2011) |
| 2011 | Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, National University Corporation Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President: | HIGASHIJIMA
Kiyoshi |
| Term: August 26, 2007 - August 25, 2011 |
| 1974 | Sep. | Left doctor's course of physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University |
| 1974 | Oct. | Assistant, School of Science, The University of Tokyo |
| 1977 | Mar. | Research Associate, College of Science, Purdue University |
| 1983 | Mar. | Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota |
| 1987 | Apr. | Assistant Professor, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization |
| 1993 | Mar. | Professor, School of Liberal Arts, Osaka University |
| 1994 | Apr. | Professor, School of Science, Osaka University |
| 1996 | Apr. | Professor, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University |
| 2008 | Apr. | Dean, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University (through Aug. 2011) |
| 2008 | Aug. | Adviser to Osaka University President (through Aug. 2011) |
| 2011 | Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, National University Corporation Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President: | BABA
Akio |
| Term: August 26, 2011 - August 25, 2015 |
| 1976 | Mar. | Completed doctor's course of petrochemistry, School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| 1976 | Apr. | Joined Mitsubishi Chemistry Research Center |
| 1981 | Aug. | Assistant, School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| 1987 | May | Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| 1995 | Jan. | Professor, School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| 1998 | Apr. | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University |
| 2004 | Apr. | Education and Research Councilor, National University Corporation Osaka University (through Mar. 2006) |
| 2007 | Apr. | Director, Center for Advanced Science and Innovation, Osaka University (through Mar. 2009) |
| 2008 | Apr. | Dean, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University (through Mar. 2011) |
| 2008 | Apr. | Adviser to Osaka University President (through Aug. 2011) |
| 2008 | Apr. | Director, Research Center for Sustainability Design (through Sep. 2010) |
| 2010 | Apr. | Administrative Councilor, National University Corporation Osaka University (through Aug. 2011) |
| 2010 | Oct. | Director, Center for Environmental Innovation Design for Sustainability, Osaka University (through August, 2011) |
| 2011 | Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, National University Corporation Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President: | AIMOTO Saburo |
| Term: August 26, 2011 - August 25, 2015 |
| 1972 | Aug. | Left doctor's course of organic chemistry, School of Science, Osaka University |
| 1972 | Sep. | Assistant, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University |
| 1978 | Dec. | Doctoral fellow, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, USA |
| 1979 | Nov. | Doctoral fellow, Molecular Cellular and Development Biology, Yale University, USA (through Oct. 1980) |
| 1987 | Dec. | Assistant Professor, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University |
| 1994 | Jan. | Professor, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University |
| 2004 | Apr. | Professor, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University |
| 2008 | Apr. | Director, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University (through Mar. 2010) |
| 2008 | Apr. | Administrative Councilor, National University Corporation Osaka University (through Mar. 2010) |
| 2011 | Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, National University Corporation Osaka University |
| Trustee
&
Vice President: |
ABE
Kenzo |
| Term: August 26, 2011 - August 25, 2015 |
| 1985 | Mar. | Completed doctor's course, Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University of Commerce |
| 1985 | Apr. | Assistant, Faculty of Economics, Nagoya City University |
| 1986 | Apr. | Assistant Professor, College of Economics, Ritsumeikan University |
| 1991 | Mar. | Visiting fellow, International Monetary Fund |
| 1991 | Oct. | Lecturer, Osaka City University |
| 1992 | Apr. | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Osaka City University |
| 1995 | Oct. | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University |
| 1998 | Apr. | Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University |
| 1999 | May | Visiting Professor, Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration, University of British Columbia, Canada |
| 2002 | Nov. | Finance and Accounting Board Member, Osaka University |
| 2006 | Apr. | Finance and Accounting Board Member, Osaka University |
| 2008 | Apr. | Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University (through Mar. 2010) |
| 2010 | Jun. | Dean, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University (through Aug. 2011) |
| 2011 | Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, National University Corporation Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President: | OYAMA Shinnosuke |
| Term: August 26, 2011 - August 25, 2015 |
| 1978 | Apr. | Ministry of Education |
| 1995 | Jul. | Director, Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau, Ministry of Education |
| 1996 | Jul. | Chief, Youth Education Section, Life-Span Development and Life Long Learning, Ministry of Education |
| 1998 |
Jul. | Chief, Teacher and Staff Section, Scientific Research Aid Division, Ministry of Education |
| 2000 | Jun. | Chief, Art and Culture Section, Agency for Cultural Affairs |
| 2002 |
Apr. | Chief, Policy Planning Bureau, Ministry of Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| 2003 |
Jul. | Chief, Policy Planning Section, Agency for Cultural Affairs |
| 2004 |
Jul. | Director General, Sports and Youth Bureau, Ministry of Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| 2005 |
Apr. | Deputy Director General, National Institute for Educational Policy Research |
| 2006 |
Jul. | Deputy Director General of Secretariat, Ministry of Education Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| 2007 | Jan. | Director, Department of Culture, Agency for Cultural Affairs |
| 2008 | Jul. | Trustee,
Financial Aid
Division, Japan Student Services Organization |
| 2010 | Apr. | Trustee & Vice President, National University Corporation Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President: | EGUCHI
Taro |
| Term: August 26, 2011 - August 25, 2015 |
| 1976 | Mar. | Left doctor's course of inorganic chemistry and physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University |
| 1976 | Apr. | Assistant, School of Liberal Arts, Osaka University |
| 1989 | Apr. | Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts, Osaka University |
| 1994 | Apr. | Assistant Professor, School of Science, Osaka University |
| 1996 | Apr. | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University |
| 2002 | Mar. | Professor, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University |
| 2002 | Apr. | Professor, The Museum of Osaka University |
| 2005 | Apr. | Director, The Museum of Osaka University Osaka University (through Aug. 2011) |
| 2011 | Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, National University Corporation Osaka University |
| Trustee & Vice President: | TAKAHASHI Akira |
| Term: August 26, 2011 - August 25, 2015 |
| 1982 | Jun. | Completed master's course of letters, Department of Hindi, University of Dehli |
| 1983 | Mar. | Completed master's course of letters, West Asia Language Department, Graduate School of Foreign Studies, Osaka University of Foreign Studies |
| 1987 | Oct. | Part-time Lecturer, School of Foreign Studies, Osaka University of Foreign Studies |
| 1991 | Jan. | Lecturer, School of Engineering, Osaka University of Foreign Studies |
| 2002 | Jan. | Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Osaka University of Foreign Studies |
| 2006 | Apr. | Specially Appointed Adviser to the President, Osaka University of Foreign Studies (through Sep. 2007) |
| 2007 | Oct. | Professor, Research Institute for World Languages, Osaka University |
| 2007 | Oct. | Director, Research Institute for World Languages, Osaka University (through Aug. 2011) |
| 2011 | Aug. | Trustee & Vice President, National University Corporation Osaka University |
Auditors
| Full-time: | SEKI
Jun-ichiro |
| April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2012 |
| 1972 | Apr. | Joined Suntory Limited |
| 1992 | Aug. | Manager, Office of Secretariat, Osaka, Suntory Limited |
| 1996 | Mar. | Manager, Management Planning Division, Suntory Limited |
| 1998 | Mar. | Manager, Health Food Division, Suntory Limited |
| 2000 | Mar. | President, Haagen Dazs Japan, Inc. (temporary transfer) |
| 2006 | Mar. | Executive director, Suntory Foundation (temporary transfer) |
| 2008 | Mar. | Resigned executive director, Suntory Foundation (temporary transfer) |
| 2008 | Apr. | Auditor, National University Corporation Osaka University |
| Part-time: | YAMASAKI
Masaru |
| April 1, 2008 - March 31, 2012 |
| 1981 | Apr. | Joined Kamakura Law Office |
| 1987 | Mar. | Left Kamakura Law Office |
| 1987 | Apr. | Established Umeda Sogo Law Office |
| 2003 | Apr. | Mediator, Osaka Family Court (through March 31, 2009) |
| 2003 | Nov. | Part-time auditor, Mandai Co., Ltd. (through Feb. 29, 2008) |
| 2005 | Apr. | Lawyer, Legal Office, Osaka University |
| 2005 | Jul. | Part-time auditor, Nippon Telephone Inc. (through May 31, 2010) |
| 2006 | Jan. | Mediator, Osaka District Court (through March 31, 2009) |
| 2007 | Apr. | Chairperson, Dispute Mediation Committee, Osaka Bar Association (through March 31, 2009) |
| 2008 | Apr. | Part-time auditor, Corporation Osaka University |
