Igor Narkevich. To be continued…

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the fifty-fifth birthday of a remarkable person, Professor, Rector of the Saint Petersburg Chemical and Pharmaceutical University Igor Anatolyevich Narkevich. Little-known facts about his personal life and career have been outlined. Photos from his personal archive, previously unpublished, have been posted in the article. The materials presented, in our opinion, do not claim to be a complete biography of I. A. Narkevich. It is of a biographical nature and will undoubtedly serve as additional information about this creative multifaceted personality.
 In the article, the achievements of I. A. Narkevich in studies, scientific and organizational activities successively from a secondary school student to the Rector of the university have been described.
 The authors are confident that this life example will be useful for students and future leaders of organizations in the pharmaceutical industry in achieving creative and scientific goals in their work.
 The article also contains materials on the directions and methods of modernization of pharmaceutical education implemented under the leadership of I. A. Narkevich, archive materials, scientific and journalistic articles, reports on the work of the structural units of the SPCPU, their projects and external grants, as well as records of personal conversations.