Two men, one mind...Nikita Khrushchev and Sergei Khrushchev
by Laura Vatalaro, se news editor

     The senior fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies is speaking on SE Campus in the North Ballroom Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. and on the NE Campus in the Student Center Wednesday, Oct. 11, at 10:10 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
     Sergei Khrushchev will lecture on Russian economic and political reforms.
Khrushchev works primarily with research on the former Soviet Union’s transition from a centralized to a decentralized society, as well as its transformation from a central to a market economy and its international security during this transition.
     From 1958-1968, Khrushchev participated in the Soviet missile and space program, including work on cruise missiles for submarines, military and research spacecraft, moon vehicles and the “Proton,” the world’s largest space booster.
     Khrushchev is the son of former chairman of council of ministers of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, prime minister from 1957-1964.
     From 1967-1970, Khrushchev edited his father’s memoirs. The memoirs were published in English in 1970 as Khrushchev Remembers.
     Khrushchev is the author of 145 books and articles on engineering and computer science. His books have been published in 12 languages in the United States, Russia and China.
     In the Soviet Union, he received the Lenin Prize for his research, the Prize of the Council Ministers, the title of “Hero of Socialist Labor,” awards for achievements in space and computer research and six awards from the Soviet Union Engineering Society.