2024-03-21 22:35:24
Anastasios Tsinas, the dean of the Department of Agriculture of the Agricultural School, was taken to his last residence at noon, who suddenly passed away, plunging the academic community and the local society of Epirus into grief.
Relatives, friends and colleagues said goodbye to the professor at the Holy Church of Agios Dimitrios in Filiates Thesprotia, his place of origin. The 58-year-old professor had not shown signs of life in the previous days, did not appear at the School and did not answer the phones, as a result of which the police authorities were informed on Friday. Police officers went to the house where he lived in Arta and found his body. The death is most likely due to natural causes, however the forensic examination is expected to give clear answers.
Anastasios Tsinas was a graduate and doctor of the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the AUTH and was a professor of the Department of Agricultural Technologists of the TEI of Epirus, specializing in “Agricultural Animal Pathology and Veterinary Pharmacology”.
From February 2013 until November 2017 he was Deputy President of TEI Epirus with responsibilities for Academic Affairs, Personnel, Student Care & Building Facilities. From December 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018, he was Rector of the former TEI of Epirus.
Messages of condolence
The rector, the Administrative Council and the vice-rectors of the University of Ioannina expressed their deepest sorrow for the untimely death of the professor in a resolution. Exalting his personality, international scientific prestige, academic ethos, distinguished research and teaching work. The rector and members of the Board of Directors attended the exit procession and laid a wreath, while the flag of the University in Ioannina and Arta flew at half mast today.
“Our Department as of today is poorer in courtesy, passion, knowledge, awareness, competence, cordiality and dynamism,” says the Department of Agriculture on the loss of its Dean. “The gentle face with the smile and the soft and persuasive voice, which managed to calm and gain the trust of everyone, will be missed by both his colleagues and the students of the Department of Agriculture, who served with zeal and selflessness for over 20 years in all levels of management positions. His rich research and teaching work, as well as the great administrative contribution of the deceased, culminating in the inclusion of TEI Epirus in the University of Ioannina and the acquisition of professional rights for the graduates of the Department of Agriculture, are legacies that will keep his memory indelible in the mind and in the hearts of all of us. His strong personality, his ingenuity in solving issues and his emotional bond with all the members of the Department and the students were the pinnacle of his administrative abilities”, say his colleagues.
Ioannina Member of Parliament of the New Left, Meropi Tzoufi, who worked with the deceased during her term as Deputy Minister of Education, expressed her sincere condolences for the sudden loss of the professor. “We will remember him with respect and appreciation as a very lively and exuberant personality with whom we worked well for the essential upgrade of T.E.I. of Epirus and Agricultural studies”, he notes.
The former rector of the University, Triantafyllos Albanis, also expressed his warm condolences, noting that his untimely death leaves a great void in the academic community and in the hearts of those who knew him, while referring to his contribution to the smooth integration of its administrative services and academic departments former TEI of Epirus at the University of Ioannina. “His dynamic and continuous presence in the Senate of the University was governed by elements of critical thinking, composed speech and prudence that reflected high administrative ability. These elements, important for the period of the integration of the former TEI of Epirus into the University of Ioannina, contributed to the effort to establish the current structure of the University, which is a large and quality regional institution in the country”, emphasizes Mr. Albanis and concludes: ” We will always remember his passion and unwavering commitment to the values of academic life.”
Finally, the Steering Committee of the Epirus – Islands Branch of the Geotechnical Chamber of Greece and its president, Theodoros Koronaios, expressed their deep sadness and their sincere condolences for the untimely and untimely death of the Professor to his family.