| Romualdas Kasuba | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1931-03-23)March 23, 1931 Kaunas, Lithuania |
| Died | October 19, 2019(2019-10-19) (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | University of Illinois |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | engineering, aerospace engineering |
| Institutions | Vytautas 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.
Biography
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. However, after the German invasion, Kasuba was instead put to work on a farm supplying food to the German army. Kasuba moved to Germany in 1944, and he then lived in a displaced persons camp 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. From 1989 to 1996, Kasuba was a member of senate at Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Kasuba died in 2019 at age 88.
Awards and recognition
- 1998: Honorary doctorate from the Kaunas University of Technology
- 1999: The National Academy of Sciences of Lithuania elected him an international member of the academy
- 1999: The Diamond Award from the UNESCO International Engineering Education Center for the best paper
- In February 2011, an auditorium at Northern Illinois University was named in Kasuba's honor.
References
- Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija, IX t. Vilnius: Science and encyclopedias publishing institute, 2006. T.9: Juocevičius-Khiva.
- ^ Spychala, Mark (May 24, 1998). "A Closed Chapter". The Daily Chronicle. De Kalb, IL. pp. 1, 2. Retrieved August 4, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Romualdas Kasuba, Ph.D., P.E., Dr. (Hon)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- "Dr. Romualdas Kasuba". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, IL. October 13, 2019. p. 1-36. Retrieved August 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- "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.
- "CEET auditorium named in Kasuba's honor | NIU Today". Niutoday.info. 2011-02-11. Retrieved 2012-11-26.