{"id":241670,"date":"2025-12-01T18:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/?post_type=naujienos&#038;p=241670"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:32:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T16:32:49","slug":"in-memoriam-dr-algirdas-juozapavicius-1948-2025","status":"publish","type":"naujienos","link":"https:\/\/vuf.lt\/en\/news\/in-memoriam-dr-algirdas-juozapavicius-1948-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"In memoriam: Dr. Algirdas Juozapavi\u010dius (1948\u20132025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Vilnius University community has lost an eminent philanthropist, Doctor of Physical Sciences, and one of the pioneers of Lithuania\u2019s laser industry, Dr. Algirdas Juozapavi\u010dius (1948\u20132025).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. A. Juozapavi\u010dius \u2013 one of the founders of UAB Light Conversion and its longstanding head \u2013 consistently built and strengthened Lithuania\u2019s laser industry from 1994 onward. Having worked for many years in scientific research at the VU Faculty of Physics, he made significant contributions to scientific progress and the development of laser physics technologies, leaving a remarkable legacy within the University and the entire national scientific community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dr. A. Juozapavi\u010dius was also an exceptional Lithuanian philanthropist. The Juozapavi\u010dius family donated more than 1.4 million euros to the Vilnius University Foundation: to the Mantvydas Juozapavi\u010dius sub-fund, the Prof. Algis Petras Piskarskas sub-fund, the VU Life Sciences Center sub-fund, and to strengthen other activities of the Foundation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">His merits were recognized nationally. In 2018, Dr. A. Juozapavi\u010dius was awarded the Knight\u2019s Cross of the Order \u201cFor Merits to Lithuania\u201d for his contribution to the country\u2019s industrial development and for promoting Lithuania\u2019s name worldwide, and in 2019, the City of Vilnius honored him with the St. Christopher statuette for his significant work in science and business.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We express our sincere condolences to the family, relatives, friends, and colleagues of Dr. Algirdas Juozapavi\u010dius.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The farewell will take place in Vilnius, in the chapel of St. John\u2019s Church, on December 2, Tuesday, from 14:00 to 20:00, and on December 3, Wednesday, from 9:00. Holy Mass will be celebrated on December 3 at 9:00. The urn will be carried out at 13:00. 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