President’s Disaster Contribution Award is given to individuals who made a great contribution to Tohoku University at the risk of their lives during the Great East Japan Earthquake. The presentation ceremony has been held at Sendai Gymnasium on March 27, 2012.

[Recipients]

Toyokazu Hiratsuka

Katsuo Abe

Field Science Center, Graduate School of Agricultural Science

[The reason to be awarded]

They have protected our two ships for practical investigation, “Suiko” and “Kaisei” with their lives, escaping from tsunamis and evacuating two ships to the offing with their manipulation.

[Contact]

Public Relations Division, Tohoku University

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