IN MEMORY OF OREST ILLYAROVICH MATKOVSKY (17.11.1929–23.03.2023)

Abstract

This article is dedicated to highlighting the life and scientific heritage of the outstanding Ukrainian scientist Orest Ilyarovych Matkovskyi, doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences, professor, long-term head of the department of mineralogy and dean of the geological faculty of Ivan Franko Lviv National University, honored professor of Ivan Franko LNU, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in in the field of science and technology, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine, vice-president of the Ukrainian Mineralogical Society and part-time head of the Lviv branch, active member and chairman of the geological commission of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Professor Matkovsky made a great contribution to the development of the scientific field of mineralogy in Ukraine. He is one of the discoverers of more than ten minerals previously unknown in Ukraine and scientific developments that contributed to the discovery of two gold deposits in the Ukrainian Carpathians. His range of interests was extremely wide. This is reflected in his scientific works, of which there are more than 570 (16 monographs, 3 textbooks, 2 teaching aids, 4 lecture courses, 2 dictionaries, 3 reference and informational and 2 literary and journalistic publications, hundreds of articles on mineralogy and related sciences, many of which published abroad, a number of reviews, essays on the history of science), and in 16 scientific and scientific-production reports. For many years, Orest Illyarovych was associated with Odesa mineralogists, primarily from Odesa National University named after I. I. Mechnikova. Therefore, for many of us, Orest Illyarovych was not only a teacher, but also a close friend, with whom a significant part of life is connected. He will forever remain in the hearts of his colleagues, friends, students and everyone he knew.