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graphs--all on aspects of mining. He graduated from the Tomsk Polytechnical
Institute Imeni S. M. Kirov in 1953 and worked there until 1960. In 1960, he
joined the Mining Institute of the Siberian Department in Novosibirsk where, in
turn, he was a senior researcher, head of a laboratory and a Department, and in
1988, he was named Director of that institute. He became a member of the
Presidium in that year. He has been a professor since 1986. He has supervised the
work of two doctoral and 16 candidate aspirants. He edits a mining journal.
Academician Nikolai P. Lavrov, tel. 954-29-68
Laverov, Nikolai P. Born in 1930. Corresponding member since 1979. Academician
of the Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry, and Mining Department of the national
academy since December 1987. Since 1987, he has been President of the
Kirghizstan Academy of Sciences. He was named vice-President of the Russian
Academy of Sciences for the Earth Sciences Section in October, 1988. Since 1990,
he has been the Director of the Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy
and Geochemistry Institute in Moscow.
Academician Nikolai Al. Logachev, tel. 46-27-27(Irk.)
Logachev, Nikolai A., D. GM. S. Born in 1929. Geologist. Specialist in studies of the
Geology of the Continental Shelf. Corresponding member since 1979, and
academician of the Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Department and of the
Siberian Department since 1984. He graduated from the Irkutsk State University in
1952. He began work upon graduation at the Eastern Siberian Branch Geology
Institute that became the Earth’s Crust Institute. In 1976 he was named Director of
that institute that was established in 1949 and is subordinate to the academy's
Siberian Department. Research at the institute includes geology, geophysics, and
seismology. Since 1977, he has served as chairman of the Irkutsk Scientific Center.
He was named to the Presidium of the Siberian Branch of the Academy in 1980. He
has been a member of the American Geophysical Society since 1984. He was a
delegate to the 26th National Congress. Winner--with others--of the 1978 State
Prize in Science and Technology for "The History of the Development of the Relief
of Siberia and the Far East" 15 Vols. In 1988, he received the Soviet Ministerial
Prize. He has also received other medals and recognitions for his work in scientific
research. (1964-76).
Academician Vladimir Al. Magnitskii, tel. 254-23-35
Magnitskii, Vladimir A. Born in 1915 in Penza. Russian geophysicist and specialist in
the physics of the earth. Corresponding member of the Geology, Geophys,
Geochemistry, and Mining Sciences Department of the Academy since 1964, and
academician since 1979. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Engineers for
Geodesy, Aerial Photography, and Cartography in 1940. He taught there from
1940 to 1954 and later at Moscow State University where he is heads the
geophysics division. His works deal with the structure and processes of the earth's
interior. (GSE 15, p. 319.)
Academician Viktor Iv. Osipov, tel. 923-31-11
Osipov, Viktor I., Corresponding member of the Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry,
and Mining Sciences Department of the Academy since December 1987;
academician in 1993.
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