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The International who's who ; who's who in the world, incorporated with the International blue book … a biographical dictionary of the world's notable living men and women, 1910
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2Interatomic Interactions 1955, Strengthening of Metals and Alloys 1958-62, Phenomena of Quenching and Tempering of Steels 1960, Anomalies of Axial Ratio of Martensite Lattice and Mechanism of the Austenite-Martensite Transformation 1975, Behaviour of Carbon Atoms in Martensite 1966-75, Transformations in Iron and Steel 1977. Address: U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, 14 Leninsky Prospekt, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
4KURMAZENKO, Aleksandr Kirilovich; Soviet foreign trade official; b. 8 Sept. 1917; ed. Dniepropetrovsk Metallurgical Inst. and Acad. of Foreign Trade; mem. CPSU 1945-; Official, Main Dept. of Soviet Property Abroad 1948-56; Official, Ministry of Foreign Trade 1956-58; Deputy U.S.S.R. Commercial Rep. in Italy 1958-61; U.S.S.R. Commercial Rep. in Turkey 1961-65; Chair. Techmashexport Trust 1966-; Badge of Honour (three times). Address: Techmashexport Trust, 35 Mosfilmovskaya ulitsa, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
6KUROKAWA, Kisho, M.TECH.; Japanese architect; b. 8 April 1934 Aichi Prefecture; s. of Miki and Ineko Kurokawa; m. Sumie Tsuchiya; one s. one d.; ed. Kyoto and Tokyo Univs.; Pres. Kisho Kurokawa, Architect & Assocs., Urban Design Consultants Co. Ltd.; Dir. Inst. of Social Eng.; Adviser, Japan Nat. Railways, Ministry of Public Welfare, Ministry of Educ., Japan Broadcasting Assn.; mem. Architectural Inst. of Japan, Japan Soc. of Futurology, City Planning Inst. of Japan, Royal Soc. of Arts, etc.; awarded Takamura Kotaro Design Prize and prizes in int. competitions in Peru, France and Tanzania. Works include: Nitto Food Co. 1963, Cen. Lodge in Nat. Childrens Land 1964, Hans Christian Andersen Memorial Lodge 1964, Handicapped People's Town 1966, Saga City Hall 1967, Odakyu Rest House 1969, Sakura City Hall 1969, Takara, Toshiba and Theme Pavilions, Expo 1970, Sapporo Prince Hotel 1971, Nakagin Business Capsule 1971, Karuizawa Prince Hotel 1973, Shirahama Prince Hotel 1973, Bank of Fukuoka 1974, Sony Building 1974, Nat. Museum of Folklore 1974, Hotel New Ohtani, Bulgaria 1975, Sports Centre, Italy, Ishikawa Cultural Centre 1977, Head Office, Japanese Red Cross Society 1977, Nat. Ethnology Museum 1977. Publications include: Concrete Prefabricated House, Metabolism 1960, Urban Design 1964, Action Architecture 1967, Homo-Movens 1969, Works of Kisho N. Kurokawa 1969, Kisho N. Kurokawa 1969, Creation of Contemporary Architecture 1971, Complete Work Series of Existing Architects of Japan, Conception of Metabolism, Future of Life, Development of Post-Industrial Society, Entry into Urbanism, Kisho Kurokawa Metabolism in Architecture. Leisure interest: photography. Address: Aoyama Bldg. 11f., 1-2-3 Kita Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
8KUROSAWA, Akira; Japanese film director; b. 1910; ed. Keika Middle School; joined Toho Film Co. as Asst. Dir. 1936; dir. his first film Sugata Sanshiro 1943; First Prize, Venice Film Festival for Rashomon, Silver Lion for The Seven Samurai, American Motion Picture Acad. Award for Rashomon; Order of the Yugoslav Flag. Films: Sugata Sanshiro, Ichiban Utsukushiku, Torano Owo-fumu Otokotachi, Waga Seishun ni Kuinashi, Subarashiki Nichiyobi, Yoidore Tenshi, Shizukanaru Ketto, Norainu, Rashomon 1950, Hakuchi, Ikiru, The Seven Samurai 1954, Ikimon no Kiroku, Kumonosu Jio, Donzoko, Kakushi Toride no San Akunin, The Throne of Blood 1957, The Hidden Fortress 1958, The Bad Sleep Well 1959, Yojimbo 1961, Sanjuro 1962, High and Low 1962, Akahige, Redbeard 1964, Dodes'ka-den, Derzu Uzala 1976, Bar-Kerousse 1977.
10KUROWSKI, Zdzisław; Polish politician; b. 14 April 1937, Joniec, Ciechanów, Voivodship; s. of Henryk and Lucyna Kurowski; m.; one s. two d.; ed. Cen. School of Agriculture, Warsaw; mem. of Peasant Youth Union (ZMW), Chair Cen. Board 1966-71; mem. of Exec. of Warsaw Voivodship Cttee., Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR) 1964-66, Deputy mem. Cen. Cttee. 1968-71, mem. 1971-, mem. Secr. of Cen. Cttee. 1975-; Deputy to Seym (Parl.) 1969-; First Sec. Białystok Voivodship Cttee. of PZPR 1972-75; Chair. of Białyfostok People's Prov. Council 1973-75; Chair. Cen. Board of Fed. of Polish Socialist Youth Unions 1975-77; Chief, Dept. of Light Industry, Trade and Consumption of Cen. Cttee. PZPR April 1977.-Address: Komitet Centralny PZPR, ul. Nowy Swiat 6, 00-497 Warsaw, Poland.
12KUROYEDOV, Vladimir Alexeyevich; Soviet politician; b. 1906; ed. Gorky Teachers' Training Inst.; teacher, Secondary School Dir., Deputy Head of Dept. of Educ., Gorky 1928-34; Dir. Gorky Automechanical Technical Coll. 1934-39; mem. CPSU 1936-; Instructor, Gorky Regional Cttee. of CPSU 1939-40; Dept. Head, Central Cttee. of CP of Lithuania 1940-41; Sec. Gorky City Cttee. CPSU and Editor Gorkovskaya Kommuna (regional newspaper) 1941-46; Dept. Head, Central Cttee. of CPSU 1946-49; Sec. Sverdlovsk Regional Cttee., CPSU 1949-59; Chair. of Council for Russian Orthodox Church of U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers 1960-66; Chair. of U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers' Council for Matters of Religion 1966-; Order of Red Banner of Labour. Address: Council for Matters of Religion, U.S.S.R. Council of Ministers, 11/2 Smolensky Boulevard, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
14KURSANOV, Andrey Lvovich, SC.D.; Soviet plant physiologist; b. 8 Nov. 1902, Moscow; ed. Moscow Univ. Cen. Inst. of Sugar Industry 1929-34; A. N. Bakh Inst. of Biochem. 1934-54; Dir. K. A. Timiryazev Inst. of Plant Physiology and Head of Lab. of Translocation of Substances 1952-; mem. U.S.S.R. Acad. of Sciences 1953-, Leopoldina German Acad. of Natural Science 1958-, Acad. of Agric. of France 1964-, Polish Acad. of Sciences; Hon. mem. German Botanical Soc. 1961-, American Acad. of Arts and Sciences 1962-; Hero of Socialist Labour 1969, Order of Lenin (four times), Red Banner of Labour (twice), Commdr. Ordre de Léopold II (Belgium). Publications: The Reversible Action of Enzymes in Living Grown Cells 1940, Synthesis and Transformation of the Tannins in Tea Leaves 1953, The Root System as an Organ of Metabolism 1957, The Interaction of Physiological Processes in Plants 1960, Metabolism and the Transport of Organic Substances in the Phloem 1963, Competition of Sugars for Penetrations into Cells 1964, Biochemical basis of transport and accumulation of Sucrose in the Sugarbeet plant, Translocations of Assimilates in the Plant (monograph) 1976. Address: K. A. Timiryazev Plant Physiology Institute, Academy of Sciences, 35 Botanicheskaja, Moscow 127273, U.S.S.R.
16KURTÁG, György; Hungarian composer; b. 19 Feb. 1926, Lugos; ed. Budapest Music Acad. and in Paris; Deutsche Akad. Austauschdienst (West Berlin) 1971; Prof. of Composition, Music Acad. of Budapest; Erkel Prize (three times), Kossuth Prize 2nd Degree 1973. Compositions: Concerto for Viola 1954, String Quartet 1959, Quintet for Wind Instruments 1959, Eight pieces for piano 1960, Signs (for solo viola) 1961, Eight duets for violin and dulcimer 1961, The Sayings of Peter Bornemissa (for soprano and piano) 1968, Four fragments for soprano, dulcimer and violin 1969, Four capriccios for soprano and chamber ensemble 1970, Splinters solo for cimbalom 1974. Address: 1064 Budapest VI, Rózsa Ferenc utca 46, Hungary. Telephone: 420-819.
18KURTI, Nicholas, C.B.E., M.A., DR.PHIL., F.R.S.; British physicist; b. 14 May 1908, Budapest, Hungary; s. of Charles and Margaret (née Pinter) Kurti; m. Georgiana Shipley 1946; two d.; ed. Minta Gymnasium, Budapest, Paris and Berlin Univs.; Asst. Breslau Tech. Univ. 1931-33; attached to Clarendon Lab., Oxford 1933-40, U.K. Atomic Energy Project 1940-45; Demonstrator in Physics, Oxford Univ. 1945-60, Reader 1960-67, Prof. 1967-75, Emer. Prof. 1975-; Senior Research Fellow, Brasenose Coll. 1947-67, Professorial Fellow 1967-75, Emer. Fellow 1975-; Vice-Pres. Royal Soc. 1965-67; Foreign Hon. mem. American Acad. of Arts and Sciences 1968; Hon. mem. Hungarian Acad. of Sciences 1970, Société Française de Physique 1974; Foreign mem. Finnish Acad. of Sciences and Letters 1974, Acad. of Sciences of G.D.R. 1975; Holweck Prize and Medal (British and French Physical Socs.) 1955, Fritz London Award 1957, Hughes Medal, Royal Soc. 1969. Publications: Papers on low temperature physics and magnetism. Leisure interest: cooking. Address: Department of Engineering, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PJ (Office); 38 Blandford Avenue, Oxford, OX2 8DZ, England (Home). Telephone: Oxford (0865) 59988 (Office); Oxford (0865) 56176 (Home).
20KURTZ, Efrem; American conductor; b. 7 Nov. 1900, St. Petersburg (now Leningrad), Russia; m. Elaine Shaffer 1955 (died 1973); ed. St. Petersburg Conservatory and Stern Conservatory, Berlin; conductor, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 1921-24; Musical Dir. Stuttgart Philharmonic 1924-33; Guest conductor New York Philharmonic, NBC Symphony, San Francisco, Cleveland and Chicago Symphony Orchestras 1933-54; Musical Dir. Kansas City Symphony Orchestra 1941-46, Houston Symphony Orchestra 1948-54; during recent years has been guest conductor of major orchestras of Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada, Israel, U.S.A., U.S.S.R., South Africa and at numerous festivals; Commdr. Order of Merit of Italy, Medal of Honor of Bruckner Soc. of America, awarded golden disc by Columbia Records Inc. after three millionth sale of his recordings with the New York Philharmonic. Leisure interests: drawing, collecting (paintings, stamps, historical letters), mountaineering. Address: c/o 19 Air Street, Regent Street, London W1R 6QL, England. Telephone: 01-734 5459.
22KUSCH, Polykarp, M.S., PH.D.; American physicist; b. 26 Jan. 1911; ed. Case Inst. of Technology and Univ. of Illinois; Asst. in Physics, Univ. of Illinois 1931-36; Research Asst. Univ. of Minn. 1936-37; Instructor in Physics, Columbia Univ. 1937-41; Vacuum Tube Engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corp. 1941-42; staff mem. Div. of War Research, Columbia Univ. 1942-44; mem. Tech. staff,
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