Jonas Asevicius-Acus-Acukas (July 29, 1885 in

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– July 11, 1976 in Kaunas) was a Lithuanian army officer and chemist. From 1909 to 1918, he served in the Imperial Russian Army at

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. He fought in the

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and the

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. In 1921 he returned to Lithuania and was mobilized into the

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, where he attained the rank of

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(1927) and served until 1940. Acus graduated from

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in 1930. He lectured on chemistry and commodity science at Vytautas Magnus University (1934–1940),

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(1940–1950), and Lithuanian University of Agriculture (1951–1957). He wrote textbooks on foundations of commodity science (1949) and a short course in

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(1957). Acus was awarded the Commander's Crosses of the

Order of Vytautas the Great The Order of Vytautas the Great is the Lithuanian Presidential Award.''Lietuvos Respublikos Konstitucija. 84 straipsnis''. Priimta 1992 It may be conferred on the heads of Lithuania and foreign states, as well as their citizens, for distinguished ...

(1938) and the

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(1928).

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* 1885 births 1976 deaths Lithuanian Army officers Lithuanian chemists Vilnius University faculty Recipients of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas Lithuanian physical chemists Vytautas Magnus University alumni Vytautas Magnus University faculty Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy faculty Soviet physical chemists {{chemist-stub