Akio Kawauchi Present Professional Positions: Professor of Osaka City University, Department of Mathematics Academic Degrees: Ph.D./Doctor of Science: Osaka City University (Graduate School, Division of Natural Science, Mathematics) M.A.: Kobe University (Facurity of Science, Department of Mathematics) B.S./A.B.: Sophia University (Faculty of Science and Engineering, Department of Mathematics) Visiting Appointments: Fellowship Researcher of Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, U.S.A. (1978-1980) Academic Honors and Awards: Geometry Prize, the Mathematical Society of Japan (1987) Inoue Prize for Science, Japan (1995) Osaka Science Prize (1996) Website: http://www.sci.osaka-cu.ac.jp/~kawauchi/index.html