Early days and Education Eizaburō Nishibori was born in
Kyoto in 1903. He graduated from the First Middle School in Kyoto and, entered the
Third High School. There were
Takeo Kuwabara and
Kinji Imanishi, who were his friends from middle school, and they enjoyed the
mountaineering. Eizaburō had joined a lecture about the
first Japanese Antarctic Expedition (1910–12) by
Nobu Shirase at
Minami-za in his 11 age, and he had been attracted to exploration since then. When he was a high school student, he met Mr. and Mrs.
Einstein and Eizaburō guided them in
Kyoto and
Nara with his brother. Eizaburō entered the
Kyoto Imperial University and majored
chemistry at
Faculty of Science. In May 1928, he graduated BA course.
After graduating from the University He became a lecturer at his alma mater after his graduation. On the other hand, he continued to love
mountaineering, and was a member of the "
Paektu Mountain expedition" of Kyoto Imperial University. In 1936, he submitted his doctoral dissertation titled
"Chemical research using molecular beams" (分子線による化學的研究). He was promoted to assistant professor in the same year, but he resigned from the university and moved to
Toshiba Corporation as an engineer. He became the chief of the engineering division, and supervised the creation of an advanced
vacuum tube named "Sora" in response to the
Imperial Japanese Navy's request. Thereafter, he won the
AIST prize.
After the Pacific War After the
Pacific War, he served as an independent company consultant, and brought the technique of statistical quality control to the industrial world of Japan. Among various other prizes, he won the
Deming Prize. His findings paved the way for the rapid industrial development of Japan after the war. After returning to Kyoto University as a professor, he held the captaincy of the Japanese
Antarctica wintering party, and the chairmanship of the Japan Mountaineering Association. Nishibori also led negotiations with the Nepal government to send a Japanese expedition to climb
Manaslu. It would become the first mountain above 8000 m in height to be first summoned by Japanese climbers. Nishibori also backed the Japanese adventurer,
Naomi Uemura, and taught him how to use scientific observation equipment,
sextants, and other instruments. Nishibori died in 1989. ==Honners==