Aleksandr Potupa

Alexander Sergeevich Potupa[1] (Belarusian: Аляксандр Сяргеевіч Патупа; Russian: Александр Серге́евич Потупа; March 21, 1945 – June 1, 2009) was a Belarusian philosopher, writer, scientist and human rights activist.

Alexander S. Potupa
Аляксандр Патупа
Born(1945-03-21)March 21, 1945
Sevastopol
DiedJune 1, 2009(2009-06-01) (aged 64)
Minsk, Belarus
CitizenshipBelarus
SpouseLubov N. Potupa (b. 1955)
ChildrenElena Potoupa (b. 1975) and Andrei Potupa (b. 1976)
WebsitePotupa

Biography

Alexander Sergeevich Potupa was born in Sevastopol, Russia on March 21, 1945, eventually moving to Yeysk, where he went to school. He also became a chess master. From 1961 until his death, he lived in Minsk, Belarus.

In 1967 he graduated from Moscow State University with MS in Nuclear Physics, Quantum Field Theory. In 1970 he received PhD in Theoretical Physics & Mathematics. By the time of his death Potupa had published approximately 50 works,[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] made 30 appearances at international and national conferences[18] in the areas of nuclear physics, high energy physics, cosmology, electrodynamics, and has done research work at Physics Institute and Belarusian State University.

Soon after the collapse of the Soviet Union Potupa decided to open a private company. Prior to 1988, there were only public/government businesses. From 1989 until 1996, Potupa was the President /Founder of Publishing & Printing Company "Eridan", which was the first Private publishing & printing company to open in Belarus. "Eridan", won the – Torch of Birmingham awarded for survival in a rough economic environment.

Since 1992 he was a President of Future Studies Center (forecast and social research) where he had performed over 15 complex expert social polls. Potupa published over 100 publications and articles[19] and made over 60 appearances in international and national conferences in the area of forecasting, sociology, political science, economics, and law.

In 1995 he received a PhD in Philosophy & Futurology (strategic forecasting and information technology). Professor. Dr. Potupa was also a researcher and lecturer in futures studies. His specialty was in strategic forecasting, globalization, futurogenic causality, models for Belarus & CIS development, sociology, cosmology, strategy for science.

He died unexpectedly on June 1, 2009, at the Borovliani Hospital during a lung cancer treatment. The cause of death is thrombus, a blood clot, which separated from his leg blocking path to both of his lungs.

Occupation and memberships

Occupations:

  • President of Center for Future Studies (1992–2009)
  • President of BAE – Belarusian Association of Entrepreneurs (2001–2007), Honorable President of BAE (2008)
  • President /Founder of Publishing & Printing Company "Eridan" (1989–1996), 1st Private publishing & printing company in Belarus.

Professional and other memberships:

  • IAIPT (in Russian) (International Academy of Informational Processes and Technologies)
  • IALBA (International Academy of Leaders in Business & Administration)
  • NYAS (New York Academy of Science)
  • NGS (National Geographic Society)
  • WFS (World Future Society)
  • AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science)
  • IPC (International Pen Club)
  • BAJ (Belarusian Association of Journalists)
  • BATT (Belarusian Association of Think Tanks)
  • Charter 97[20]
  • ADNGOB (Assembly of Democratic Non-Governmental Organizations of Belarus)
  • Chairman of the BHRC (in Russian) (Belarusian Human Rights Convention)
  • Chairman of the Belarusian Helsinki-XXI[18]
  • Coordinating Council of BEA (Belarusian Euro-Atlantic Association)

Science and publications

His publications would include diverse topics in Nuclear physics, cosmology, science history, forecasting and many others.

Awards

Personal info
  • Married, 2 kids
  • Wife (Lubov N. Potupa, 1955, manager)
  • Daughter (Elena A. Potoupa, 1975, JD International Law, BS Physics, MBA International Business, president/owner of Wow Things, Inc., NJ, US, Internet-"Oscar"-2005 Golden Link Award)
  • Son (Andrei A. Potupa, 1976, JD international law, manager, journalist)
  • Grandson (Antony, 2002)

Scholarship
  • In 2009, Elena Potoupa, daughter of Alexander S. Potupa, has established the Dr. Alexander S. Potupa Memorial Scholarship[23] in memory of her late father, a Belarusian writer, philosopher, scientist and civil activist. The scholarship supports international business students.

References
  1. also Potoupa, Patupa
  2. "NARROW-RESONANCE APPROXIMATION AS A NECESSARY CONDITION FOR NUCLEAR DEMOCRACY AND HADRON MASS SPECTRUM.", OSTI, Potupa, A S, January 1, 1969.
  3. "CONCERNING EFFECTS OF STRUCTURE OF NUCLEAR SURFACES IN NEUTRON SCATTERING AT SMALL ANGLES.", OSTI, Potupa, A.S. ; Tret'yakov, V.N., January 1, 1970.
  4. "MODEL FOR QUASIPOTENTIAL HADRON DIFFRACTION.", OSTI, Potupa, A.S., January 1, 1970.
  5. "COMPLEX REGGE TRAJECTORIES AND THE RESONANT FIELD BOUNDARY.", OSTI, Potupa, A.S., January 1, 1970.
  6. "IDEALIZED MEASUREMENTS IN QUANTUM FIELD THEORY.", OSTI, Potupa, A.S., January 1, 1971.
  7. "DUALITY AND THE POMERANCHUK TRAJECTORY."., OSTI, Potupa, A.S., January 1, 1971.
  8. "On general enunciation of droplet model of hadron diffraction.", OSTI, Potupa, A.S., January 1, 1972.
  9. "Multicluster model. Multiple generation of hadrons.", OSTI, Potupa, A.S., January 1, 1973.
  10. Fridman, A. S.; Kuvshinov, V. I.; Potupa, A. S.; Zirkov, L. F. (1973). "Foundation for thermodynamics with large fluctuations in hadronic multiparticle production processes". Lettere al Nuovo Cimento Series 2. 8 (18): 1044–1048. doi:10.1007/BF02725723. OSTI 4333264. S2CID 121676689.
  11. "Theory of hadron reactions at very high energies.", OSTI, Potupa, A.S., January 1, 1974.
  12. "Analytical S-matrix program and adaptive interpretation of the theory of hadron processes.", OSTI, Potupa, A.S., January 1, 1974.
  13. "Stochastic model for the multiple generation of hadrons.", OSTI, Potupa, A.S., April 1, 1974.
  14. "New scaling in the pionization region of inclusive pp collision spectra at high energies.", OSTI, Potupa, A.S. ; Skadorov, V.V. ; Fridman, A.S., May 5, 1976.
  15. "Growth of the height of the inclusive spectra and the average multiplicity in the rapid pionisation model.", CERN, Potupa, A S ; Fridman, A S ; Skadorov, V V, January 1, 1978.
  16. "Fast pionization at very high energies"., OSTI, Potupa, A.S. ; Skadorov, V.V. ; Fridman, A.S., January 20, 1980.
  17. Potupa, A. S. (1978). "Effects of second viscosity in cosmology". Soviet Physics Journal. 21 (1): 76–81. Bibcode:1978SvPhJ..21...76P. doi:10.1007/BF00896300. S2CID 121297942.
  18. Helsinki-XXI Archived December 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, ILHR, September 17, 2000.
  19. List of articles and interviews. Archived December 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, A. S. Potupa (Potupa.com)(in Russian)
  20. “Report on the fact-finding mission to Belarus” Archived March 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Council of the European Union, June 25, 2001.
  21. “Kontakt, ili, Neskolko myslei i dialogov, podslushannykh dolgim zimnim vecherom XXI veka”, Amazon, 1990.
  22. “Nechto nevoobrazimoe: Fantasticheskie povesti i rasskazy”, Amazon, 1992.
  23. Dr. Alexander S. Potupa Memorial Scholarship, Fairleigh Dickinson University, 2009.
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