The building of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Novosibirsk. The ceremonial meeting dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the birth and 40th anniversary of the scientific and pedagogical activity of the vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences, chairman of the Siberian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, academician MA Lavrentyev; the meeting is opened by Academician S. A. Khristianovich; speakers are Academician S. L. Sobolev, Minister of Education of the RSFSR E. I. Afanasenko; MA Lavrentyev delivers a speech in response; presenting gifts to the hero of the day.