Metal Science and Heat Treatment Vol. 50, Nos.3–4, 2008 Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 3, p. 3, March, 2008. Boris Alekseevich Prusakov, Editor-in-Chief of the jour- tion of the respective scientific works. On his initiative the nal “Metal Science and Heat Treatment”, a prominent metal yearly Chernov Perusal was renewed and attended by promi- scientist, President of the Russian Metallurgists Association, nent scientists. Active Member of the International Engineering Academy, In 1994 he joined the Editorial Board of “Metal Science Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Professor, and and Heat Treatment” and became its Editor-in-Chief in 1998. Doctor of Engineering, died on January 19, 2008 at the age B. A. Prusakov is an author of over 120 scientific works, of 67. including 9 books and 14 inventor’s certificates and patents. B. Prusakov was born on June 3, 1941 in Baku in the In 1988 he was given the title of an “Inventor of the USSR.” family of a serviceman. In 1964 he graduated from the He participated in the creation of a 5-volume encyclopedic Bauman Moscow State Technical University as a specialist reference book known as “International Translator of Mo- in metal science and heat treatment of metals. In 1969 he dern Steels and Alloys” issued from 1991 to 1995 within the earned the degree Candidate of Engineering. Until 1979 he “International Engineering Academy Series.” worked at the Research Institute for Mechanical Engi- B. A. Prusakov is known in domestic and foreign scien- neering, devoting himself to...