RYONOSUKE SHIONO

SHIONO RYONOSUKE
Ryonosuke Shiono, 89, Professor Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh, died on December 11, 2012 at his home in O'Hara Township. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Teruko (Utagawa) Shiono; two brothers, Taro Shiono and Kikuo Ikeda in Japan; three children, Chizu (Ronn Beck), Masako (Hyun-Soo Lee), and Ryoichi (Erin); six grandchildren, Megumi, Jaeho, and Kenjiro Lee, and Delaney, Tate, and Brock Shiono; and three nieces. A graduate of Konan Elementary and Konan High School, Dr. Shiono earned an undergraduate degree in chemistry and D.Sc. in physics from Osaka Imperial University (now Osaka University). He received a Fulbright Scholarship and was awarded a British Consul Fellowship for post-doctoral work at the University of Leeds in England. In 1956, he accepted an invitation from the University of Pittsburgh to join the faculty of the newly-created Department of Crystallography. Dr. Shiono, an early pioneer in crystallographic computing, was active in the American Crystallographic Association and the International Union of Crystallography until his retirement in 1993. Dr. Shiono and his wife were early leaders in Pittsburgh's Japanese community, helping to establish the Japan Association of Greater Pittsburgh and serving on the boards of the Asian American Heritage Month Committee of the Federal Executive Board and Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania. They were instrumental in the creation of the Japanese Nationality Room at the University of Pittsburgh and endowed the Dr. Ryonosuke and Teruko Shiono Summer Travel Scholarship for student research in Asia. In recognition of his effort to promote Japanese culture in the U.S., Dr. Shiono was nominated for the Emperor of Japan's Medal. He also appeared in several movies filmed in Pittsburgh, notably Lorenzo's Oil, Gung Ho, and the PBS special, Between Two Cultures: Japan in America. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made in memory of Dr. Shiono to: "The University of Pittsburgh," (Ryonosuke and Teruko Shiono Summer Travel Scholarship), Office of Institutional Advancement, 128 N. Craig Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 or online at: www.giveto.pitt.edu. You may also donate to a fund of your choice in memory of Dr. Shiono. Friends will be received on Saturday, December 15, 1:00-3:00 p.m., at JOHN A. FREYVOGEL SONS, INC., 4900 Centre Avenue at Devonshire Street in Pittsburgh.
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