#hamanishi

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Mr. Hamanishi once had an uncommon (enviable?) career as a teacher at a girls' high school before joining Nikon. And, to tell the truth, Mr. Hamanishi was a good-looking man when he was young. This caused me to wonder why he gave up his career as a teacher at a girls' high school. I asked Mr. Hamanishi about it. However, he did not give me a definite answer to my question. He spoke guardedly and the question went unanswered. At last, however, Mr. Hamanishi began to talk quietly: "I became a teacher, full of ambition, only to find there were few students who were really interested in the physical sciences....

http://www.nikkor.com/story/0026/  

Here you can find the more about the story of nikkor micro 55mm/f 2.8 lens, but I like very much when the writer tell personal stories too.