Mykhailo Ulyanovych Biliy 12 November 1922 – 5 August 2001

Distinguished Spectroscopist, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics (from 1965), Emeritus Professor of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (from 1999), Head of the Department of Experimental Physics, Solid State Optics and Optics (1963-1993), Dean of the Faculty of Physics (1962-1970), Rector of the Taras Shevchenko State University of Kyiv (1970-1985), Corresponding Member of the Academy of Science of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (from 1969), Member of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (eighth to tenth convocation), Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (1972-1980), Distinguished Scientist of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (from 1972), Distinguished Scientist and Technologist of the Karakalpakstan Autonomous Republic of the Soviet Union (from 1982)