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Hereinafter, the Geography Scientific Research Laboratory at the Pedagogical University’s Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geography will be named after the famous geographer, Doctor of Geography, Professor, the USSR Associate Member of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences Lemvel Valesyan.
The Laboratory equipped with modern technologies and equipment that was opened at the University a few months ago will also serve as an auditorium, where the pedagogues will practically strengthen their theoretic knowledge.
The ASPU Rector, Professor Rouben Mirzakhanyan emphasized the contribution on the development of the University by its governing Rectors throughout many years highlighting that Lemvel Valesyan had had his particular role and exceptional meaning among them.
Likewise, the Rector observed that renaming the Laboratory after the scientist would ensure that the famous Armenian is often remembered, spoken about and praised.
“Lemvel Valesyan was gifted with exceptional organizational skills, was a real authority, a calm and serene person, at the same time decisive and principal, had his unique word and value in science; the combination of all these is a rare thing.”
The Head of the Chair of Geography and its Teaching Methods, Professor Ashot Khoyetsyan outlined the activities of the Laboratory that had been opened several months before; besides, he considered it symbolic to rename the laboratory after the person devoted to the process of developing geography, the outstanding figure the science of geography during the second half of the 20th century.
In addition, he presented new significant biographic, scientific details about the life of the well—known geographer, outlining that he dedicated his whole creative and conscious life to the sphere of education.
“340 scientific works, including 35 monographs, complex atlases, school and university textbooks; Lemvel Valesyan was a scientist with a very vast scope of research activities, who also had an indelible trace in the sphere of pedagogy, setting the basis for separate professional direction. He is one of the scientists that left the brightest mark in the sphere of geography, and one of the most important results of his activities-the atlas cartography and topographic geography, were the scientific directions which the Armenian society had had the lack of for a long time.
Once again the professor highlighted that renaming the Laboratory was a rewarding work both from pedagogical and educative perspectives, and which reminds young generations to remember the merited figures, to praise them, and to continue their worthy work.
“His analytic mind was astonishing; he could wonderfully orientate in science, understand all directions; he was an advocate for the rediscovering geography and he considered it as an attribute of statehood in addition to being the monopoly of greater countries”, this is how the Head of the ASPU Chair of Ecology and Sustainable Development, Professor Karinei Danielyan characterized Lemvel Valesyan and assured that several years later the generations would appreciate the famous scientist and would continue his work.
The Head of the Chair of Socio-Economic Geography Aksel Potosyan who had worked with Lemvel Valesyan for more than twenty years, characterized him as a great scientist with a vast republican and international acceptance whose several works are unequalled.
Among those present at the event was Lemvel Valesyan’s relative- the Associate Professor of the Chair of Geography of the Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute Anahit Valesyan, who highly appreciated the naming of the auditorium after the scientist, stressing out that there were few scientists having a proper weight and an a comprehensive professional scientific activity.
“This is an important step to introduce generations with the scientists whose authored textbooks they study by”.
