Norio Kato

Kato was born in Shanghai, China at Nagoya University, where he received a MSc in 1946 and a doctoral degree in physics in 1954. In 1950, Kato worked at the Kobayasi Institute of Physical Research (now part of RIKEN) under Shoji Nishikawa. Kato returned to Japan and Nagoya University in 1960 as an associate professor of Applied Physics and became a full professor in 1961. He later moved to the Department of Crystalline Materials Science of the same university and worked until his retirement in 1986. Afterwards, Kato moved to Meijo University, where he taught in the Department of Physics for more than ten years until 1998. Kato published textbooks in crystallography and X-ray diffraction in Japanese. His last book was about haiku, which came out in 2001. == Honors and awards ==

Kato was an associate editor of the Journal of Crystal Growth from 1967 to 1977. He was a member of the executive committee of the International Union of Crystallography from 1968 to 1972. He is a recipient of the Chunichi cultural award in 1976. He received the Ewald Prize in 1993 for his contribution to the dynamical theory of diffraction and diffraction topography. He was president of the Crystallographic Society of Japan in 1982 and president of the International Union of Crystallography from 1978 to 1981, the first Asian to lead the international organization. == Bibliography ==