DAVID
BORISOVICH
GINZBURG
Translated from Steklo i Keramika Vol, 22, No. 12, p. 49, December, 1965
After a prolonged and serious illness, on November 8, the death occurred of Professor David Borisovich G i n z burg, Dr. Tech. Sci., e m i n e n t silicate scientist, the author of numerous papers on heat technology and glass science, D. B. Ginzburg had a tong working life. After graduating in 1922 at the Kharkov Institute of Technology he worked for many years as an engineering technician on the operation of furnaces in various concerns in the country. In 1980 Ginzburg started his pedagogic work in the Moscow Institute of Silicates and Building Materials, and in 1984 he transferred to the D. I. Mendeleev Institute of C h e m i c a l Technology in Moscow, where he continuously read the course in "Furnaces and driers for the silicate industry" and supervised the course of study for the project diploma in this subject. David Borisovich was a vigorous investigator and designer of glass furnaces and gas generators, and he created a number of new designs which hetped in the development of the Russian silicate industry. In recent years Ginzburg did a lot of work aimed at improving glass furnaces and gas installations, as a result of which it was possible to substantially increase their output and fuel economics. D. B. Ginzburg wrote a number of textbooks for the higher schools and monographs which are now used by engineers in silicate and heat technology both in our country and abroad. The manuals and monographs by Ginzburg have been translated into German, Czech, Chinese, and Rumanian. Of the papers and works published in recent years mention should be made of the third edition published in 1956 of his textbook "Furnaces and Driers for the Silicate Industry" and in 1968 the manual" Converting Solid Fuel Into Gas." It is planned in the near future to publish a third edition of his monograph "Glass Melting Furnaces." An outstanding feature of the work of D. B. Ginzburg was his close associations with workers in the industry and the project organizations. He published more than 100 scientificresearch papers of which many have been used practically in industry and contributed a substantial saving effect, Following the personal initiative and under the editorship of Ginzburg, many scientific-research papers have appeared which have been widely used by engineers and scientists in factories and research organizations and in factory laboratories. For his important work in the interest of the country in connection with the training of engineering classes for the silicate industry, Ginzbnrg has received many high honors: he has been awarded the orders "Znak Pocheta" and the Workers Red Banner, two medals, and also diplomas of the All Union D. I. Mendelev C h e m i c a l Society. More than 40 years of the life of D. B. Ginzburg was given to scien6e, teaching,and social work. His memory will always remain with us.
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