A strong group was built up with first rate work on many areas such as string theory, supersymmetry, particle phenomenology and others. Sakita and CCNY Sakita was an exceptional mentor with an intense working relationship with many of his students whom he treated as his equals. Many of the CCNY students and research associates of this time have gone onto distinguished careers of their own. In recognition of his many contributions, he was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1970 and was awarded the Nishina Memorial Prize of Japan in 1974. Death He died on August 31, 2002 in Japan after a year-long battle with cancer. He is survived by his children Mariko Sakita, Mark Mozeson and Taro Sakita, and his grandchildren Evan, Sarah, and Kayla Mozeson. References External links Bunji Sakita (1930-2002) 1930 births 2002 deaths University of Rochester alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison faculty Japanese physicists 20th-century American physicists City College of New York faculty Theoretical physicists Nagoya University alumni Kanazawa University alumni