Monument to Acad. Blagovest Sendov Unveiled in Front of Sofia University's Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics

Metodi Yordanov, Dimitrina Vetova

BTA Photo/Nikola Uzunov

Sofia,

26.11.2024 18:26

(BTA)

A Monument to Acad. Blagovest Sendov (1932-2020) was unveiled on Tuesday in front of Sofia University's Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics. The Rector of Sofia University. Prof. Georgi Valchev, the President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS), Acad. Julian Revalski and the grandson of Acad. Blagovest Sendov, also named Blagovest Sendov, unveiled the monument.

The authors of the monument are sculptor Krasimir Angelov and architect Stanislav Konstantinov.

Vice President Iliana Iotova said that the organizers and initiators deserve to be congratulated not only for the monument, but also for the place where it was erected. "Right here, at the entrance of his beloved faculty, every morning he will greet students, professors and his colleagues, and every evening he will send them off with the warm blessing, as Acad. Blagovest Sendov did with many people" she said.

Prof. Georgi Valchev noted that as dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Acad. Sendov made the first major reform related to Bulgarian education. As the Rector of Sofia University, Prof. Blagovest Sendov has outstanding merits for its overall modernization and for its opening to the world, said Valchev.

Acad.Blagovest Hristov Sendov (1932-2020) was a world-famous Bulgarian mathematician, prominent statesman and public figure - he was Rector of Sofia University, Secretary General of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, President of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Chairman of the National Assembly and Ambassador of Bulgaria to Japan.

Among those present at the unveiling of the monument were also deputy ministers of Education and Science Emilia Lazarova and Acad. Nikolay Vitanov, MPs, former Bulgarian president Georgi Parvanov (2002-2012), former presidents of the National Assembly, diplomats, the leadership of the Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics of Sofia University, deans of faculties at Sofia University, scientists, lecturers and students.

The opening of the monument was also attended by the wife of Acad. Sendov - Anna Sendova, and his relatives.

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