Institute of Technology in Bandung observes anniversary

Institute of Technology in Bandung observes anniversary

JAKARTA (JP): The Institute of Technology in Bandung
celebrated yesterday the 75th anniversary of the beginning of
higher learning in technology in Indonesia by dedicating a
monument in the memory of its fallen heroes.

The Institute is proud that at least eight of its students
and staff gave their lives in the war for independence and
various other battles in Java between 1945 and 1950, Antara news
agency reported.

The celebration was also marked by scientific orations and
the release of two books depicting the Institute's involvement in
the national struggle. In addition, another book outlining the
history of education in technology in Indonesia between 1920 and
1942 was released.

At the ceremony, Dr. M. Sahari Besari gave a lecture on the
state of civil engineering education 75 years ago and its
prospects for the future. AD Pirous in his oration spoke about
the development of fine arts in Bandung.

Bambang Hidayat, director of the Boscha Observatory in
Lembang, north of the west Java capital city, was unable to
present his planned speech as his wife, who has served as a
professor of biology at the Institute, died earlier in the day.

Mrs. Estiti Bambang Hidayat died of cancer at the Santo
Boromeus Hospital and was buried at the Sirnaraga Moslem cemetery
later yesterday. Before the burial her body was laid in state at
the observatory to allow Bambang's staff to pay their last
respects.(05)