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Tadao Kasami was born on April 12, 1930 in Kobe, Japan. His father wasÌýa Buddhist monk at a temple on Mount Maya above Kobe. Tadao wasÌýexpected to follow in his father's foot- steps, but his interests andÌýabilities took him in a different direction. Tadao studied ElectricalÌýEngineering at Osaka University. ÌýHe received his B.E. degree in 1958,Ìýthe M.E. degree in 1960, and the Ph.D. in 1963. ÌýAt about that time heÌýbecame interested in information theory and in particular inÌýerror-correcting codes. He then became a faculty member at OsakaÌýUniversity, where he taught until 1994. He was Dean of the Faculty ofÌýEngineering Science 1990-1992 at Osaka University. He was a professorÌýin the Graduate School of Information Science at the Nara Institute ofÌýScience and Technology from 1992 until 1998. From then until 2004, heÌýwas a professor on the Faculty of Information Science at HiroshimaÌýUniversity. After retiring for the third time, he continued to work

part time at the Nara Institute of Science and Technology until a fewÌýmonths before his death. Ìý

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For his significant contributions to coding theory, he was awarded theÌýShannon Award for the year 2000, the highest honor given by the Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ÌýInformation Theory Society. Ìý

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In 1975 he was named a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical andÌýElectronics Engineers for his contributions to coding theory, automataÌýtheory, formal languages, and engineering education. In 1987, heÌýreceived the Achievement Award from the Institute of Electronics,ÌýInformation, and Communications Engineers of Japan.