N. O. V E Z H L I V T S E V ' S S I X T I E T H B I R T H D A Y

Nikolai Osipovich Vezhlivtsev, ch ief engineer of the State Inspection Laboratory for measuring equipment in the Komi Autonomous Soviet Social is t Republic, is ce lebra t ing his 60th birthday.

N. O. VezhIivtsev is the oldest metrologist of the Republic. His profound knowledge and unswerving rect i tude are wel l known to all who have worked with him. N . O . Vezhlivtsev started his working l ife at the age of 15 at the wood-chemica l plant in his native Verkhne-Taimensk district of the Archangel region. Later he par t ic ipated in the building of the Archangel sawmill .

On comple t ing his service as a frontier guardsman, N. O. Vezhlivtsev dedica ted his life to metrology. At first he started as a mechanic in repair ing measuring instruments at the "Gosmetroves" trust. Later he comple ted his studies at the Kalyazinsk industrial t echn ica l school and became inspector at the Archangel Weights and Measures Administration. In 1935 N. O. Vezhlivtsev was promoted to the grade of State Inspector and sent as representat ive

of the Central Weights and Measures Administrat ion to the Komi ASSR. Previously the Komi ASSR had no weights and measures branch and was serviced by the Kirov and Archangel branches. N. O. Vezhlivtsev established an inde- pendent branch. As long ago as 1936 he carried out important work in replacing everywhere obsolete instruments and gauges.

From the first days of the war Nikotai Osipevich was at the front. In 1942 he was seriously wounded, received the Order of the Red Star and returned to Syktyvkar to take charge once more of the weights and measures branch which he react ivated. N. O. Vezhlivtsev wasrewarded for his work with cer t i f icates of honor of the Komi Regional

Civi l Service Trade Union.

In the 84 years of his metrologica l service N. O. Vezhlivtsev has trained more than one generation of experts.

At present, in his capac i ty as Chief Engineer of a State Inspection Laboratory, he transmits his knowledge and ex- perience to youth, inspiring i t with dedica t ion to the met ro logica l service.

N. O. Vezhlivtsev has been awarded the badge of "Outstanding Worker in Measurement Techniques," his name has been inscribed on the State Inspection Laboratory's Plaque of Honor and he has been awarded the t i t le of Com-

munist Labor Shock Worker.

The Presidium of the Komi ASSR Supreme Soviet has awarded N. O. Vezhlivtsev the Cer t i f ica te of Honor of the Komi ASSR Supreme Soviet.

Translated from I z m e r i t e l ' n a y a Tekhnika, No. 7, p. 96, July, 1967. Original ar t ic le submitted February 4, 1966.

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