As of March, 2004

KAZUO INAMORI Founder and Chairman Emeritus, KYOCERA CORPORATION Honorary Adviser, KDDI CORPORATION President, THE INAMORI FOUNDATION
	Born: January 30, 1932, Kagoshima City, Japan
	Education: 1955 Bachelor of Sciences, Applied Chemistry, Kagoshima University
	Career Highlights: April 1955 Joined an insulator manufacturing company 'Shofu Industries' in Kyoto and started working as an engineer. Dec. 1958 Left Shofu Industries. April 1959 Established 'Kyoto Ceramic Co., Ltd. (later renamed Kyocera Corporation)' with a capital of 3 million yen and 28 staff members. First title - Director and General Manager for Engineering May 1966 Appointed President of the company. July 1969 Established 'Kyocera International, Inc.' in San Diego, CA, U.S.A. July 1983 Started the activity of 'Seiwajyuku Management School.' April 1984 Established 'The Inamori Foundation' on a private property. June 1984 Established 'DDI Corporation' responding to deregulation of Japan's telecommunications industry. Appointed Chairman of the Board. June 1985 Appointed Chairman of the Board of Kyocera Corporation. Feb. 1991 Appointed Chair of the committe on 'Japan's Position in the International Community' within the 3rd Special Administrative Reform Comittee (-1993). Jan. 1995 Assumed the chairmanship of the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry to work for the city (-2001). Nov. 1996 Established 'The U.S.-Japan 21st Century Committe' with an American thinktank CSIS. June 1997 Resigned Chairman of the Board and was appointed Founder and Chairman Emeritus (without the right of representation) at both of Kyocera and DDI. Sep. 1997 Entered the Buddhist priesthood (given a priest name - 'Dai-wa'). Oct. 2000 DDI merged with IDO and KDD (later renamed 'KDDI'). Title changed to Chairman Emeritus. June 2001 Resigned Chairman Emeritus of KDDI. Appointed Honorary Adviser.
	Awards and Degrees: Mar. 1972 The 18th Okochi Memorial Grand Production Prize, Japan April 1974 The 16th Commendation by the Minister of State for Science and Technology, Japan   1979 Honorary Citizen of San Diego County, California, U.S.A. May 1984 National Medals of Honor with Purple Ribbon, Japan   1988 Honorary Doctrate, Human Letters, Alfred University, U.S.A. Honorary Doctrate, Science, University of Denver, U.S.A. Nov. 1990 Honorary Citizenship of Shilong Town, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China   1995 Honorary Doctorate, Science, Cranfield University, U.K.   1996 Doctor of Humane Letters, University of San Diego, U.S.A. May 1997 The Japan Society of Boston Distinguished Leadership Award in U.S.-Japan Relations, U.S.A. July 1998 Lifetime of Innovation Award of the International Union of Materials Research Societies, U.S.A. Feb. 1999 Honorary Citizen of Asuncion, Paraguay April 1999 Frontiers of Science - Rustum Roy Lecture, The American Ceramic Society, U.S.A. Oct. 1999 John Francis McMahon Lecturer, Alfred University, U.S.A. Dec. 1999 Person of the Year, The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Japan Aug. 2000 Honorary Professor, Xinjiang University, China Sep. 2000 National Order of the Southern Cross, Brazil Oct. 2001 Honorary Professor, Northeast Normal University, China Dec. 2001 Honorary Citizenship of Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, China Dec. 2003 The 2003 Andrew Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy, U.S.A.
	Memberships: Nov. 1984 - Foreign Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, Sweden April 1999 - Distinguished Lifetime Member, The American Ceramic Society, U.S.A. Oct. 2000 - Foreign Associate, National Academy of Engineering, U.S.A. Feb. 2001 - Honorary Chairman, the Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Japan Oct. 2001 - Economic Adviser to the Tianjin Municipal Government, China Mar. 2002 - Honorary Consul, Republic of Paraguay May 2002 - Trustee Emeritus, Carnegie Institution of Washington, U.S.A.