OREANDA-NEWS. November 18, 2011. The president of OAO NK “RussNeft” Mikhail Gutseriev was awarded Benjamin Franklin medal for his great contribution in the development of international enterprise and successful implementation of large-scale educational projects. The grand ceremony of presentation of the honarary reward took place in Chapman University, CA, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the USA, which is celebrating its 150th jubilee this year.

Benjamin Franklin medal is one of distinguished social rewards in the USA, given following the results of voting of well-known businessmen, politologists, professors of the leading universities of the USA.  Having nominated Mikhail Gutseriev for Benjamin Franklin medal the experts made a special accent on the significant contribution of the president of OAO NK “RussNeft” in the development of enterpreneurship in Russia and the Eastern Europe as well as large-scale  charity activity of the Russian businessman in the sphere of education. Among Mikhail Gutseriev’s educational projects there are numbered foundation of the Higher School of Innovative Business at the MSU named after M.V.Lomonosov for training of highly qualified specialists for oil and gas industry, setting up of regional preparatory departments for future applicants to the Russian State Oil and Gas University named after I.M.Gubkin, building of Oil and Gas Institute at the Udmurt State University as well as numerous  schools, liceums and other educational centers at the territory of Russia and the CIS countries.