Leonardas Kairiūkštis
Leonardas Kairiūkštis (born December 28, 1928 in Papiškiai , Wolost Panemunis , now Rokiškis Rajongemeinde ) is a Lithuanian forest scientist .
Life
Kairiūkštis studied at the Čedasai elementary school and at the Pandėlis Progymnasium . After graduating from high school in Rokiškis in 1947 , he graduated with distinction in forestry engineering from Lietuvos žemės ūkio akademija near Kaunas in 1952 and in 1967 received his doctorate as a candidate in agricultural sciences. From 1956 to 1984 and from 1988 he worked at the Lietuvos miškų institutas . From 1958 to 1969 he was deputy director of the institute and from 1970 to 1984 and from 1988 to 1992 director of the research institute in Girionys . From 1970 he taught as a professor at the Aleksandras Stulginskis University . From 1972 to 1984 he was a member of the Lietuvos mokslų akademija .
Prices
- 1972: State Prize of Soviet Lithuania
- 1992: Wilhelm Leopold Pfeil Prize , Freiburg
- 2005: Lietuvos mokslo premija
- 2008: Gediminas Order , Karininko kryžius
Honors
- 1974: Honored Person in Science of Soviet Lithuania
- 2008: honorary citizen of Rokiškis
literature
- Leonardas Kairiūkštis. Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija , T. IX (Juocevičius-Khiva). - Vilnius: Mokslo ir enciklopedijų Leidybos institutas, 2006
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| SURNAME | Kairiūkštis, Leonardas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian forest scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Papiškiai , Wolost Panemunis , now Rokiškis district municipality |