Chairman and President, J. F. Oberlin University and Affiliated Schools

Toyoshi Satow was born on Audust 13, 1944 in Beijing, China. He joined J. F. Oberlin University, Tokyo, in 1970. He rose through the academic rank to full professorship in 1989 and at the same year he became department chair of the college of International Studies. During the three decades, Toyoshi Satow involved many international projects. In 1974, he was the representative board of PEACE(Pacific Educational and Cultural Exchange). In 1974, he was the director of English Language Program at JFOU. In 1987, he was the chair of the office of the University Planning.

Since 1990, when he was appointed as a special assistant at the rank of provost to the president, he started his career as a top administrator of the university and the industry of Higher Education in Japan. In 1993, he was named as Vice President. Three years later, he was appointed as President of J. F. Oberlin University, Tokyo. In 2003, he also became Chair of J. F. Oberlin University and Affiliated Schools.

He has served as many executive posts in Japan. To name some major ones, President of Liberal and General Education Society of Japan, Chair of Inter-University Seminar House, and executive committee members of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan. He also has a distinct career as a specialized judge of accreditation organizations of Higher Education in Japan.

After Keio University, he studied abroad at University of California at Berkley for a year. He graduated from J. F. Oberlin University with a major in English and American Minority Studies, and completed a graduate program at Nihon University. He was awarded three honorary doctorates: Honorary doctorate of Literature from Hanseo University, Korea; Honorary Doctorate of Education from Ohio Dominican University, and honorary Doctorate of Public Administration from Myonji University, Korea.

Dr. Toyoshi Satow has published numerous articles and books in Literary Studies, International Studies, and Higher Education, including The World of American Literature, The Language Program for Undergraduate Students, and Reconstruction of University Curriculum (all published in Japanese).