| 2008-06-24 08:25:14 |
Artem Alikhanyan 1908 – 2008
On June 24, 2008, Armenia celebrated the 100 year anniversary of one of its most renowned scientists, Artem Alikhanyan. The Yerevan Physics Institute (recently renamed the Alikhanyan Physics Institute) organized a number of events devoted to this anniversary.
On June 24 Alikhanyan’s former friends and colleagues paid tribute to their great teacher laying flowers to his grave and monument. After, in the National Academy of Sciences, a memorial session was held devoted to his centenary anniversary.
Figure 1.Session in honour of Artem Alikhanian in the National Academy of Sciences RA:
The last event organized in honor of Alikhanyan was a scientific session devoted to the Alikhanyan’s scientific activity held in Nor- Amberd Cosmic ray station. A film devoted to the memory of Alikhanyan was shown at the very beginning of the seminar. During the three hour long seminar guests and former colleagues of Alikhanyan presented reports and related memorable events from Alikhanyan’s life. A banquet was prepared for the participants of the seminar at the dining hall of the conference center.
Figure 3.Alihkanyan Memorial Conference, Cosmic Ray Division Nor- Amberd Center
