An initiative committee from the city of Lom and the Academic Council of the Medical University – Sofia have initiated to bestow a posthumous state award to the Sponsor Dr. Andrey Georgiev – an immigrant to the United States, who has bequeathed over $ 5 million for the education of Bulgarian students at universities in Bulgaria, Europe and America.
Sponsorship for education of this magnitude has not been known in Bulgarian history since the time of Evlogi and Hristo Georgievs brothers, and Dimitar Tsenov, who invested millions of gold levs for the establishment of the University of Sofia and the Academy of Economics in the town of Svishtov.
Dr. Andrei Georgiev’s sponsorship is a continuation of the Renaissance traditions for support and uplift of the Bulgarian education and science. In 2018, Dr. Georgiev was nominated Honorary Citizen of Lom and was honored by the National Association of Municipalities as “Municipal Sponsor №1 of Bulgaria”.
“We are convinced that Dr. Georgiev’s contribution outlines him as a patron and national patriot. The funds that he bequeathed to the cause, without any binding clauses, not only provide opportunities to stimulate medical students, but they are a real help for the training of hundreds of Bulgarian young people, “said the communique sent to the Minister of Education and Science.
The initiators asked Minister Krasimir Valchev in pursuance of Art. 11, para. 2 of the Law on Orders and Medals of the Republic of Bulgaria to submit to the Council of Ministers a proposal to the Presidency of the Republic of Bulgaria for awarding Dr. Andrey Georgiev, posthumously with the Order of Cyril and Methodius, for a significant contribution to the development of education and science in Bulgaria.
List of the Lom Initiative Committee:
Vladimir Zarev – Writer, Editor-in-Chief of Contemporary Magazine
Emil Ivanov – Writer
Kamelia Obretenova – Publisher of Lompress newspaper
Dr. Zoya Ivanova – Doctor
Dr. Jordan Ivanov – Doctor
Rumyana Simeonova – Executive Director of Lom Local Initiative Group
Lubomir Lyubenov – Journalist in the Trud newspaper
Loreta Lubenova – Philologist
Valery Stoichkov – Historian
Rescued Delhi – Historian
Dr. Lyudmil Kirilov – Physician, Municipal Councilor
Lyubomir Dimitrov – Philologist, Public Relations – Lom
Encho Davidkov – Associate Professor, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences
Christina Ilieva – Philologist
Yordanka Tushanska – Chief Librarian of NL “Postoyanstvo” Lom
Tsvetanka Knezovska – Librarian of NL “Postoyanstvo” Lom
Bistra Damyanova – Curator of the Lom Museum of History
Daniela Zamfirova – Director of the Lom Museum of History
Teodor Yonchev – Director of NAID “Naiden Gerov” Lom
Daniela Borisova – Deputy Director of NAID “Naiden Gerov” Lom
Maxim Todorov – Artist
Stanislav Tanchev – Notary Public
Daniela Georgieva – Employee at the Lom Regional Police Department
Jasen Yordanov – Assistant Notary Public
Dr. Georgi Savkov – Manager of the Hospital “St. Nicholas the Wonderworker “Lom
Dr. Vitaliy Iliev – Head Department Imaging Diagnostics MBAL Lom
Ginka Ivanova – Deputy Mayor of Lom Municipality
Svetlozar Gennadiev – Entrepreneur
Dimitar Dimitrov – Businessman, Municipal Advisor
Borislav Kostov CEO of Silpa
Members of the Academic Council of MU-Sofia voted for the decision
Prof. Dr. Viktor Zlatkov – Rector
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ivan Mitov
Prof. Dr. Violeta Dimitrov
Prof. Dr. Radoslav Gurchev
Prof. Alexey Savov
Prof. Dr. Sabina Zaharieva
Prof. Dr. Iva Petkova
Prof. Dr. Dimka Khinova-Pavlova
Chief Assist. Dr. Silvia Kalenderova – Wolf
Vidin Kirkov – Student
Prof. Dr. Andon Filchev
Prof. Dr. Milena Peneva
Prof. Dr. Maya Rashkova
Prof. Dr. Radomir Ugrinov
Prof. Hristina Popova, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Zhanina Pavlova
Prof. Dr. Nikolay Danchev
Prof. Nikolai Lambov
Prof. Alexander Zlatkov
Prof. Irina Doychinova
Prof. Valentina Petkova-Dimitrov
Prof. Milen Dimitrov
Prof. Dr. Tzekomir Vodenicharov
Prof. Magdalen Alexandrov
Prof. Caroline Lyubomirova
Chief Assistant Todor Dimitrov
Rositsa Markova – Student
Prof. Dr. Vihren Petkov
