University of Alaska Fairbanks - Denali Yearbook (Fairbanks, AK)

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flt fe During ihe past year ihe University has suffered the loss of Dr. T. I. Lavrischeff, who passed away December 5, 1937. Since Sep- tember of the previous year Dr. Lavrischeff had been associated with the University as research assistant and translator of Russian material in Washington, D. C, for the University ' s research project in Alaskan history. Dr. Lavrischeff was born in 1896 in Samara, on the Volga, in Russia, and educated in Russian institutions. Coming to the United States after serving as an officer in the Russian army, he was soon ordained as a priest in the Russian Orthodox Church at Sitka. After serving as priest in the Territory for some years, he left Alaska and entered the University of California, where he received his doctor ' s degree in education in 1935. Previous to receiving his degree, he had alternated attendance there with several years of teaching and supervisory work in the Territorial schools. In the summer of 1936 Dr. Lavrischeff was appointed to examine and translate Russian documents for the University of Alaska. His abilities as a linguist, his extensive travel, his familiar- ity with the Russian Orthodox Church, and his thorough training, made him a valuable member of the research staff. Above all, his qualities as a gentleman and citizen won him many friends who regret his passing.