Angel Balevski

Angel Balevski (Bulgarian: Ангел Балевски) (4 March 1910 – 15 September 1997) was a Bulgarianengineer, inventor, and politician. He has been a member of the State Council of the People's Republic of Bulgaria for the whole duration of its existence (1971-1989). Balevski was president of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (1968-1988), Co-president of the International Academy of Science, Munich (1988-1997) and chairman of the Bulgarian Pugwash Group.^[1][2]

Life

He graduated from a technical school in Brno in the Czech Republic in 1934 and started his professional career as a metallurgical engineer. Later he was a professor at numerous universities across Europe. Balevski was the founder of the Bulgarian academic school in the field of metal sciences and technologies. He was successful in designing a hot pressing machine for non-ferrous metals. He developed an original method for cast iron production from Bulgarian raw materials in a rotating drum furnace. Together with Ivan Dimov, he developed a counter-pressure casting method which was a novelty in world foundry technology and was protected by over 100 patent documents in Bulgaria and abroad. He was the author or co-author of more than seven monographs and academic textbooks.

Awards

Balevski was elected honorary and foreign member of the academies and research societies in many countries. He was the Co-president of the International Academy of Science, Munich (1988) and a member of the Board of the Pugwash Movement of Scientists for Peace (1971).

彼は科学と発明への貢献により、ブルガリア国内外の最高賞を授与されました。その中には、2度のディミトロフ賞、フランスのパルム・アカデミック賞、ロシア科学アカデミーのロモノーソフ金メダルなどが含まれます。また、人民科学者の名誉称号も授与されました。彼はソフィア工科大学の博士号を取得しました。

参考文献

1. ロトブラット、ジョセフ(2001). 『平和への長い道：科学と世界情勢に関する第48回パグウォッシュ会議議事録』メキシコ、ジュリカ、1998年9月29日～10月4日。
2. 「国際科学開発評議会」（PDF） . Ias-Issd.org/resources . Ias-Icsd.org . 2019年10月24日閲覧。

参照

• ブルガリア科学アカデミー
• 国際科学アカデミー（歴史）