Stanislav Naboychenko Passed Away

14:13, April 20, 2022

Farewell ceremony to the former rector of USTU-UPI will be held on Friday

On April 20, Stanislav Naboychenko, Honorary Professor of the Ural Federal University, passed away at 81 years of age. The farewell ceremony will be held in the foyer of the assembly hall of the main academic building on Friday, April 22, at 11:00.

All of Stanislav Naboychenko's life was inseparably connected with UPI. Rector, Dean, Head of Department, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Engineering Sciences, Professor - his contribution to science and education is hard to overestimate, the university notes.

"Tens of thousands of our graduates around the world know and remember Stanislav Naboychenko as a kind mentor, authoritative scientist, outstanding organizer and wise leader. Once a young student, they are now themselves heads of large industrial enterprises, making a name for themselves in the public sphere, culture and art, sports. His labors, like his soft smile, are widely known outside of Russia. Always optimistic, confident, he knew what to do in any situation and was ready to help. In the hard times of the 90s and the difficult beginning of the new millennium fell the years of his leadership of the largest university in the Ural," says Victor Koksharov, Rector of UrFU.

According to Victor Koksharov, under Naboychenko, USTU-UPI not only increased its fame as a leading center of engineering training, but also became stronger on its way to becoming a federal university.

"Stanislav Naboychenko gave a lot of effort to the education of students, conducted tremendous social work. The best result of his activities were his numerous students, friends and colleagues. His books and scientific articles remained. For many years Stanislav Naboychenko was the Head of the leading Scientific School of Non-Ferrous Metals Metallurgy. His ideas are the basis of technological processes used at the leading metallurgical enterprises of Russia," says the Department of Non-Ferrous Metallurgy.

Stanislav Naboychenko was born on March 25, 1942 in Simferopol. In 1963 he graduated from the Ural Polytechnic Institute (UPI) with a degree in non-ferrous metals metallurgy. In 1986-2007, he was the Head of UPI - USTU-UPI. From 1988 to 2018, he was the Head of the Department of Metallurgy of Heavy Non-Ferrous Metals. Chairman of the Council of University Rectors of Sverdlovsk Region (1992-2013) and Ural Federal District (2001-2013), Vice President of the Russian Union of Rectors (2005-2013).

Stanislav Naboychenko - Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, specialty "Physical chemistry and technology of inorganic materials" (2000). Twice laureate of the Russian Federation Government Prize in Education in 2000 and 2005, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation (1992). Honorary Worker of Science and Higher Education (Mongolia, 1988). Academician of eight public international and Russian academies. He was a member of the American Society of Metallurgical Engineers (since 1995), Honorary Metallurgist of the Russian Federation (2001), Honorary Doctor of Mongolian (1992) and Orenburg (1998) Technical Universities, Honorary Professor of the Zh. Abishev Chemical-Metallurgical Institute (Karaganda, Kazakhstan), Honorary Professor of UrFU (2018). Recipient of the Orders "For Merit to the Fatherland" III, IV degrees.

Stanislav Naboychenko was a laureate of the All-Russian Prize of P.P. Bazhov (2013), the I.P. Bardin Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2016) and the Sverdlovsk Region Governor Prize - the winner in the category "For Special Merits in the Development of Higher Education in the Sverdlovsk Region". (2016). Awarded the Medal "For Scientific Contribution to Russian Education" (2013), the Golden Badge of Honor for Services to Ural Mining and Metallurgical Company (2015).

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