Richard Bozulich
American Go player
Richard Bozulich (January 21, 1936 – March 9, 2026) was an American author, publisher of Go books in English and college math instructor. He co-founded the Ishi Press and was the founding publisher of Kiseido Publishing Co. He has worked with several Japanese professional players.
He had a regular Go column in The Daily Yomiuri, which at that time was Japan's largest English-language newspaper.
Bozulich lived in Chigasaki, Japan and worked as an instructor of mathematics at Shonan Institute of Technology until 2005, teaching both physics and chemistry at a local college.
In 2012, Bozulich was a candidate for Comptroller of New York City for the War Veterans Party.
Early life and education
Bozulich was born in Los Angeles, California, on January 21, 1936. His father and mother were from Dugi Otok, an island off Zadar in Croatia.
From 1955 to 1956, he attended UCLA, studying the foundations of mathematics in the philosophy department under Richard Montague. Eventually he graduated from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966 with a BA in mathematics.
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