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History of the Greater Manchester Club 1987 The Manchester Club was established in 1987 by around 20 alumni as well as visiting researchers then based in Japan from the predecessor institutions of UMIST and The University of Manchester. Professor Takahiko Kunoh of Keio University was elected as the first chairman. The number of members grew gradually while Professor Kuno and the Professor Kenzo Kobayashi (the second chairman) worked as the chairman and it was 54 when Professor Yoshiteru Takei was elected as the third chairman in 1993 (Manchester Club News No. 1).
Club gathering on 28th November 1993 at Nippon Paint House
Establishment party of MBS Alumni Association at the New Hall in the British Embassy 1993 Manchester Business School Alumni Association (MBSAA) was established in 1993. Thirty one alumni of MBS and Management program had an establishing gathering at the New Hall of the British Embassy on 10th of December, based on alumni information provided by Dr. Nigel Campbell. Mr. Yutaka Toda was elected as the president in the gathering. Mr. Kazuo Murakami, Mr. Kasei Ninomiya and Mr. Hideto Hashimoto were elected as the committee members. 1994 The Greater Manchester Club (GMC) was established as a league of alumni associations of the universities in the Greater Manchester area. This new club includes alumni from Manchester University, UMIST, Salford University and alumni from the Manchester Business School (MBS), previously organised by Mr. Yutaka Toda. Professor Brian Robson, Pro-vice Chancellor of the University of Manchester, Professor D. E. Winterbone of UMIST, Mr. C. Rowland of UMIST Ventures Ltd., Dr. Nigel Campbell, the first president of the Centre for Japanese Studies at Manchester, Dr. Geoffrey Broad, the second president of the Centre and 90 members joined the party establishing the GMC. Also, the GMC presented a wooden KANBAN made of KISO Hinoki, with letters written by Mr. Hoshino of Keio University to the Centre for Japanese Studies (the former name for the Japan Centre North West) as a memorial. Dr. Hiroshi Matsumoto was elected as the first Chairman of the GMC. 1994 Membership of the club reaches 100
The party celebrating the establishment of the GMC held at the International House of Japan. From right: Professor Yoshiaki Takei (second Chairman of the Manchester Club), Dr. Nigel Campbell, Professor D. E. Winterbone, Dr. Hiroshi Matsumoto, Professor Brian Robson, Ms. Kaori Kawachi, (Japan representative of the North West Inward Investment Agency). At the far left is Dr. Katsura Kawakami (current President of the Club).
How the Japan Times reported the establishment of the GMC (29.10.1994)
Explanation letter of KANBAN.
Professor Robson (centre left) and Professor Winterbone (centre right) wearing GMC club ties. 1996 The GMC club held a gathering in Shirabu on the 2nd November and visited the old Yamagata Koto Kogyo School in the Faculty of Engineering, and Yamagata University on the 3rd November.
Gathering in Shirabu on the 2nd of November 1998 Hiroshi Matsumoto was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Law (LL.D) from the University of Manchester for his contribution to both the Centre for Japanese Studies and the University through his activities within the GMC.
Dr Hiroshi Matsumoto (furthest right, front) being awarded the Honorary Doctor of Law (LL.D). 1998 The first HEST (The Higher Education Science and Technology) Forum was held at the University of Kobe (Manchester Club News No. 2). The GMC promoted the forum on the 24th of October 1998 at Takigawa Memorial Hall in Kobe University. Ten professors from universities in the North West of England and 100 GMC members discussed new methods of university-industry collaboration in Japan and England. The forum was opened with a welcome message from Dr. Akito Arima, the Minister of Education, and the opening speech was by Professor Takeshi Sasaki, the head of Postgraduate Natural Science at the University of Kobe. Professor Martin Harris, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester proposed four ways to further develop collaborative research between the UK and Japan. At the banquet after the forum, the Honorable Professor Tomotada Iwakura of Kyoto University, and the descendant of Mr. Tomomi Iwakura, made a speech with the Iwakura delegation. The professors visited Japan as members of a delegation for the Osaka-Manchester Forum that was a memorial to commemorate the 125 years since Mr. Tomomi Iwakura was the first Japanese Prime Minister to visit Manchester.
The message from Dr. Akito Arima, the Minister of Education.
Staff members of the forum at Takigawa Memorial Hall.
How a Kobe newspaper reported the HEST forum (25.10.1998).
How Nikkan Kogyo Shinbun reported the four proposals discussed at the HEST forum by Professor Martin Harris (18.11.1998). 1999 Mr. Yutaka Toda was elected as the second chairman of GMC at the annual gathering. 2004 The GMC established collaboration with JAAUS (Japan Alumni Association of the University of Stirling). Club members of the GMC and JAAUS now participate in annual gatherings held by each society. 2005 Alumni of MBS organized by Mr. Tetsuo Iida and many young graduates joined GMC. Membership of the club now reaches 200. 2006 The University of Manchester held an alumni event at the British Embassy in Tokyo on the 6th February 2006. The Vice President for Innovation and Economic Development, Professor Rod Coombs, delivered the keynote speech describing Manchester's plans to become one of the world's top 25 universities by 2015. Seventy five graduates were in attendance. The British Ambassador to Japan, His Excellency Sir Graham Fry was also in attendance. The club held a party at the British Consulate-General, Osaka on 22nd September 2006. The British Consul-General, Mr. Paul Lynch, four British Consulate-General staffs and 26 members enjoyed the party. 2007 The GMC club held an annual gathering on the 3rd of February in the New Hall of the British Embassy. Professor John Pickstone from the Centre for History of Science and Medicine (CHSTM) and Professor Michael Luger, the new Dean of Manchester Business School, each gave a lecture. Dr Katsura Kawakami was elected as the third Chairman of the GMC.
Banquet after the lectures by Professor Pickstone and Professor Luger. |
