Sergei Khrushchev: 1935-2020
July 2020 :
There are some of us who probably can remember the 1950s, and Nikita Khrushchev doing his shoe pounding at the United Nations; but, there are probably many more of you who have been amazed with the serenity of his son, Sergei.
It is difficult to imagine this quiet, unassuming person holding several advanced engineering degrees, including an M.A. “with distinction” from Moscow’s Electric Power Institute, and a Ph.D. from Moscow Technical Power Institute. He was an occasional speaker at the Naval War College, a Senior Fellow at Brown’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, and became very involved with the Cold War Museum, founded by Francis Gary Powers, Jr., to preserve Cold War history and honor the veterans of that time.
I first met him at Bryant, where he was friendly with members of the science department. Imagine all of our surprise learning he was fascinated with amateur astronomy, and visited Skyscrapers, Inc., on more than one occasion. His death in Cranston in June at age 84 signals the end of a true Renaissance man, who came to America, became a naturalized citizen, and made the world a calmer, better place.
