Kisaku Mayekawa

Kisaku Maekawa (前川 喜作) was a Japanese industrialist and philanthropist who founded Mayekawa Manufacturing Company in Tokyo, Japan in 1924. A graduate of Japan's Waseda University, he also founded the all-male Dormitory Wakeijuku through his philanthropic work.


 * 1920: Graduated from Waseda University School of Science and Engineering
 * 1924: Founded Mayekawa Manufacturing Ltd.
 * Supplied imperial Japan with war supplies.
 * 1948: Councilor of Waseda University (Later trustee)
 * 1955: Established the Wakeijuku Foundation