Memory diplomas granted: Marcinkevicius Saulius
Saulius Marcinkevi膷ius
Saulius Marcinkevi膷ius (1958鈥�1979) was born in Vilnius into a family of civil servants. In 1976, he graduated from Vilnius 39th Secondary School and was a member of the Komsomol (Communist Youth League). That same year, he applied for admission to the Faculty of Finance and Accounting at Vilnius Vincas Kapsukas State University, specialising in Economic Cybernetics. He participated in the incident when Rimantas Grigas took down a Lenin bas-relief in the Vilnius Central Post Office and threw it into the Neris River. The management of the Faculty of Finance and Accounting considered the behaviour of Marcinkevi膷ius to be 鈥減olitical hooliganism鈥�, thus justifying his expulsion from the university. In January 1977, by the Order of the Rector, he was removed from the student list 鈥渇or behaviour incompatible with the status of a Soviet student.鈥� According to historical research, Marcinkevi膷ius grew up in an 鈥渦ntrustworthy鈥� family (his father spent ten years in the Inta labour camps, leading to his mother鈥檚 expulsion from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the university). After this, he was recruited to the army and interrogated by the KGB; towards the end of his military service, Marcinkevi膷ius died under unclear circumstances.