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Romualdas Kasuba

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Romualdas Kasuba
Born(1931-03-23)March 23, 1931
DiedOctober 19, 2019(2019-10-19) (aged 88)
Alma materUniversity of Illinois
Scientific career
Fieldsengineering, aerospace engineering
InstitutionsVytautas Magnus University, Cleveland State University, Northern Illinois University

Romualdas Kasuba (March 23, 1931 – October 19, 2019; Lithuanian: Romualdas Kašuba) was a Lithuanian American academician and mechanical engineer.[1]

Biography

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Kasubas' family planned to flee Lithuania in 1940; the family was threatened with being sent to Siberia by the Soviet regime because his mother was a teacher.[2] However, after the German invasion, Kasuba was instead put to work on a farm supplying food to the German army.[2] Kasuba moved to Germany in 1944, and he then lived in a displaced persons camp[2] and emigrated to the United States in 1948.

Kasuba graduated from University of Illinois in 1954. He earned a doctoral degree in 1962. Kasuba taught at Cleveland State University from 1964 to 1986, where he also chaired the Department of Mechanical Engineering. In 1986 Kasuba co-founded the College of Engineering at Northern Illinois University and became its dean.[3] From 1989 to 1996, Kasuba was a member of senate at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Kasuba died in 2019 at age 88.[4]

Awards and recognition

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  • 1998: Honorary doctorate from the Kaunas University of Technology[2]
  • 1999: The National Academy of Sciences of Lithuania elected him an international member of the academy[3]
  • 1999: The Diamond Award from the UNESCO International Engineering Education Center for the best paper[3]
  • In February 2011, an auditorium at Northern Illinois University was named in Kasuba's honor.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, IX t. Vilnius: Science and encyclopedias publishing institute, 2006. T.9: Juocevičius-Khiva.
  2. ^ a b c d Spychala, Mark (May 24, 1998). "A Closed Chapter". The Daily Chronicle. De Kalb, IL. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved August 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ a b c "Romualdas Kasuba, Ph.D., P.E., Dr. (Hon)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
  4. ^ "Dr. Romualdas Kasuba". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, IL. October 13, 2019. p. 1-36. Retrieved August 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "NIU Building Named in Honor of St. Charles Man". St. Charles Kane County Chronicle. St. Charles, IL. March 3, 2011. p. 9. Retrieved August 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "CEET auditorium named in Kasuba's honor | NIU Today". Niutoday.info. 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2012-11-26.