The Salad Science Endowed Chair, which had been established in October 25 at the Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, ended on March 2013st of this year. In response to this, President Toshio Iseki presented a letter of appreciation to the donor, Kenko Mayonnaise Co., Ltd., and the sponsor of the project, Nichimo Co., Ltd.

　The Salad Science Endowed Course aims to improve the quality, palatability, nutritional functionality, and safety of salad-related ingredients and seasonings by approaching them from a chemical or engineering perspective, and provides education and research on various salad-related issues and the cutting-edge technologies needed to solve them, contributing to the deepening and development of salad science and producing many excellent human resources. Kenko Mayonnaise Co., Ltd. and Nichimo Co., Ltd. made an effort to establish the course and have provided us with tremendous support over the past 10 years and 6 months.

　On Monday, June 6th, President Iseki and Vice President Lou Konami (in charge of industry-academia collaboration and innovation creation) visited the headquarters of Nichimo Co., Ltd. and presented a letter of appreciation to President and CEO Kazuaki Matsumoto (currently Chairman and CEO).
　Additionally, on Wednesday, July 7rd, Kunikazu Shimamoto, President and CEO of Kenko Mayonnaise Co., Ltd., visited our Shinagawa campus, and President Iseki presented him with a letter of appreciation.

　We would like to express our deep gratitude to both companies for their support thus far.

President Iseki (left) and President Shimamoto (Kenko Mayonnaise Co., Ltd.)

President Iseki (left) and President Matsumoto (then, current Chairman) (Nichimo Co., Ltd.)