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Borys Paton Borys Yevhenovych Paton ( ; 27 November 1918 – 19 August 2020 ) was a Soviet and Ukrainian scientist and a long-time chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine . He was appointed to this post in 1962 and held it until his death . Paton , like his father Evgeny Paton , was famous for his works in electric welding . Biography . Paton was born on 27 November 1918 in Kyiv in the family of scientist and founder of the Paton Institute of Electric Welding in Kyiv , Professor Evgeny Paton . Evgeny Paton was ( like his son ) famous for his works in electric welding . The first welded bridge in Kyiv , Paton Bridge , constructed under the supervision of Evgeny Paton , bears his name . Paton juniors mother was a housewife . Paton junior was born in the professors’ residence building of Kyiv Polytechnic Institute , where his father was teaching . In 1941 , Borys Paton completed the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and became an engineer . During the Second World War , more precisely in 1941 and 1942 , Paton worked and designed electric circuits at the Krasnoye Sormovo Factory No . 112 in Gorky . His designs helped to increase Soviet tank production . Paton had a doctoral degree in technical sciences after he defended his doctoral dissertation in 1952 . In 1952 Paton joined the Communist Party of the Soviet Union . In 1953 he became head of the Paton Institute of Electric Welding . ( The institute founded and formerly led by his father. ) Paton never fully denounced Ukraines past as part of the Soviet Union . In 2019 he declared he was against decommunization policies . Paton joined the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on 18 November 1958 . From 1963 to 1991 , he was a member of the USSR Academy of Science . Paton was appointed chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1962 and held this position until his death . Paton was also offered to head the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow , but he refused . He was convinced that he should work in Kyiv , at his parents Institute of Electric Welding and the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.<ref Paton was a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 1962 to 1989 ( 27 years in a row ) . In the early 1970s and 1980s Paton had advised the Soviet authorities not to build the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant . Paton was the first person to have been awarded the title of the Hero of Ukraine , this was done in 1998 . In January 2008 Paton was appointed member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine by a decree of President Viktor Yushchenko . In the 2010 Ukrainian presidential election he was a proxy for candidate Yulia Tymoshenko . In August 2011 Paton was one of the ten signatories of the so-called letter of ten , a letter from Ukrainian intelligentsia figures in support of the policy of President Viktor Yanukovych . Paton was last re-appointed for another term as chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 2015 . Paton did not submit his candidacy for the post in March 2020 , which signified that he was leaving the position . Paton died on 19 August 2020 aged 101 . He was buried at Baikove Cemetery three days later . Borys Paton is an author of more than 1,000 publications , including 20 monographs and responsible for more than 400 inventions . Family . Paton was married to Olha Paton and had a daughter , Yevhenia , who was also a scientist . Yevhenia died in 2009 and four years later , his wife died . After the death of his wife , Paton was cared for by his granddaughter , Olha . Research activities . Paton devoted his scientific research to - automatic and semi-automatic submerged arc welding - development of theoretical foundations for the creation of automatic and semi-automatic machines for electric arc welding and welding power supplies - research for conditions of long arc burning and its regulation - solving the problems of management of welding processes - creation of new functional materials Under his leadership , electroslag welding was created which became a fundamentally new method of welding . Paton led research on the application of welding heat sources for the improvement of the quality of the smelted metal . On this basis a new branch of metallurgy was founded called special electrometallurgy ( electroslag , plasma arc welding and electron-beam remelting ) . He was the first researcher to start intensive research in the field of the use of welding and related technologies in space . Honours and awards . - Ukraine - Hero of Ukraine ( 26 November 1998 ) – for dedicated service to science , outstanding achievements in the field of welding and special electrometallurgy , which contributed to the recognition and approval of the authority of Soviet science in the world . - Order of Liberty ( 21 January 2012 ) - Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise : - 1st class ( 27 November 2008 ) – for many years of untiring service to the science , outstanding personal contribution to strengthening the scientific and economic potential of Ukraine - 4th class ( 26 November 2003 ) – for outstanding personal contribution to the development of domestic science , strengthening scientific and technological capacities and on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - 5th class ( 13 May 1997 ) – for outstanding personal contribution to the Ukrainian state in the development of science , the approval authority of the national academic school in the world - State Prize of Ukraine ( 2004 ) - Honour of the President of Ukraine ( 1993 ) - Soviet Union - Hero of Socialist Labour , twice ( 1969 , 1978 ) ; this award includes the installation of a bust of the recipient – Paton – in his home town of Kyiv ; it was sculpted by A . Skoblikov in 1982 and it is installed in front of academic museums at 15 Bogdan Khmelnitsky - Four Orders of Lenin ( 1967 , 1969 , 1975 , 1978 ) - Order of the October Revolution ( 1984 ) - Order of the Red Banner of Labour ( 1943 ) - Order of Friendship of Peoples ( 1988 ) - Lenin Prize ( 1957 ) - Stalin Prize ( 1950 ) - Award of the Council of Ministers of the USSR ( 1988 , 1984 ) - Honoured Worker of Science and Technology of the Ukrainian SSR ( 1968 ) - Honoured Inventor of the USSR ( 1983 ) - Lomonosov Gold Medal ( USSR , 1981 ) - Member of the 27th Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( 1986–1990 ) - Russian - Order of Merit for the Fatherland ; - 1st class ( Russia , 26 November 2008 ) – for outstanding contribution to world science , strengthening the scientific and cultural relations between the states – members of the Commonwealth of Independent States - 2nd class ( Russia , 27 November 1998 ) – for outstanding contribution to science - Order of Honour ( Russian Federation , 19 January 2004 ) – for outstanding contribution to science and to strengthen friendship and cooperation between Russia and Ukraine - Other - 2020 : IEEE Honorary Membership - Korolev Gold Medal ( 2003 ) - Czochralski Gold Medal ( 2006 ) - Honorary Citizen of Mariupol ( 1998 ) – for outstanding service to Mariupol - Professor Emeritus of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology ( 2003 ) - Global Energy Prize ( 2010 ) - Honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova External links . - National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - Listen to how the Paton Bridge breathes – a section of the article features audio recordings made under this famous bridge - Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine - Official Award IEEE Page