Alexander Lygin was the second year student when he published his first scientific article.  He was presented the results of his research on Undergraduate Research Conferences. As one of the best students of University he was selected and sent  to Germany, where he also presented results of his scientific studies. He was excellent both in physics and mathematics and programming. He was very talented and had a great potential. I believe he could have great achievements in the future.                           

Professor Rachel Betman, PHD.  New York

      I am writing this letter on behalf of Alexander Lygin, who tragically died on September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on World Trade Center. I will comment solely a those aspects of his characters, performances and achievements that I have come to know through direct experience teaching him at Tbilisi State University, meeting him on theoretical physics seminars at Institute of Physics in Republic of Georgia and discussing with him of Modern Physics and Computer Science needs.   

       I have known Alexander since 1989 when he became a student of Tbilisi State University, where I worked as a professor of physics. I was his instructor in theoretical nuclear and elementary particle physics during his studying at University. From my observation of him, he was one of the excellent students that I had in my twenty-eight years of research and teaching.  During his time at my class, he was a hard working, diligent student, who studies at a proper level and made certain that he understood the material. In particular, I admired his open-minded attitude in seeking knowledge and his optimistic attitude toward people and affairs. Alexander was able to share his enthusiasm for studying physics with his classmates. Alexander Lygin had impressive academic credentials in all courses that he took during his undergraduate and graduate studying at University. He had the level of excellence in mathematics and physics.

      Alexander started his research work during his junior year at University with professor Revaz Zaridze. He studied the electromagnetic fields distributions in conductors and dielectrics. All his research was applied for developing new antennas for telecommunications needs.  Alexander developed computer-based stimulations of physical processes and implemented all his developments. He was presented the results of his research on Undergraduate Research Conferences. As one of the best students of University he was selected and sent to Germany, where he also presented results of his scientific studies. Alexander’s in-depth computer knowledge and its implementation for research was noted by the US company Pie and they offered him to work on line for their company from Georgia.

      Alexaner’s major was theoretical physics and he was a participant of the seminars in theoretical physics at Institute of Physics of Georgian Academy of Sciences. Alexander took an active part in all discussions and had shown hands-on understanding of subjects. His comments had been always clear and important. Let me also mention his ability to see and predict final results for the problem.

      After immigration to the United States I had pleasure to meet Alexander Lygin again here. As a many people with an excellent background in mathematics and physics, he started working in field of computer sciences and utilized his knowledge and outstanding analytical abilities for solution, application and implementation of complex problem for finances and businesses.

      I will state without reservation that Alexander Lygin was a person with first-rate organizational and managerial skills, who cared about his job. Many people who had known him share this conclusion as to his abilities. They comment on his clarity, patience and kindness in dealing with them.

Professor Roman Kezerashvili, D.Sc., Ph.D.

Department of Physical and Biological Sciences

New York City Technical College

The City University of New York 

        I had the chance to work closely with Alexander from July 1995, until October 1996 during his employment at PIE Systems International, Inc.

One of the main products of the company was PIE Messaging system, and

Alexander's responsibilities included creating simple MAPI proxy for PIE Messaging system. Also he developed image viewer for document processing and ported a DOS OCR application to SCO UNIX.

Alexander turned out to have a lot of energy and in spite of his young age had no lack of sound ideas. Sometimes we would come to work in the morning only to learn that he had spent the night trying to find that perfect solution to a problem (and find it he did). Once he started a job, he always followed through. It had also struck me that a major part of his success was his willingness to try unorthodox approaches. Working with software technology can be a rather tedious process at times, yet Alexander always seemed to bring an inspired touch to whatever he did.  He also often took the initiative to get things started and picked up the slack when things were going slowly. In short, he proved to be a highly motivated and valuable employee at our company, and he was extremely well liked.

Alexander also had some great individual qualities. He had a great sense of humor and plain old intelligence that made him a wonderful conversationalist. He also had many interests outside of his profession, such as writing, photography, and even racing. He had a zest for life that was contagious. Yet it was the generosity of his heart that made him truly special. Whenever one of our coworkers had personal problems, Alexander was the first one to offer help, unreservedly and without a thought about himself. It was no wonder then that when I had a chance to meet some of his friends I noticed that they too had the same opinion about him.

During the time that Alexander worked at PIE Systems International, he proved himself to be a talented programmer and a person of outstanding personal qualities, and I consider it a great privilege to have known him.

 I. Golochtchouk

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