Based on unpublished sources from the Central State Archive of Historical and Political Documents of St. Petersburg, as well as from the Central State Archive of St. Petersburg, the biography of Alexander Georgievich Egorov, the rector of the Leningrad Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute, has been reconstructed. His career in education was extraordinarily successful, which was explained on the one hand by his personal merits, and on the other hand, by his simultaneous rise up the political ladder, which was a tribute to the times and characterized the Soviet system as a whole. The authors consider Alexander Georgievichs contribution to the improvement of the structure and personnel of the Leningrad Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute, the development of scientific work, and the modernization of the institutes material and technical base. Thanks in large part to the organizational qualities and leadership abilities of Rector A. G. Egorov, during his 12-year leadership, the Leningrad Chemical-Pharmaceutical Institute became known and was the only higher educational institution of its kind, where specialists in the field of pharmacy were trained not only for pharmacies, but also for pharmaceutical factories