THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, June 2, 1995 TAG: 9506020484
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Short : 50 lines
Mr. Leo Archie Padis, age 70, died Tuesday, May 30, 1995, in Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Padis was born in Norfolk, Va., on June 13, 1924, the son of the late Archie Padis and Cleo Evangelo Padis. He received a B.S. with honors in mechanical engineering in 1948 and an M.S. in mechanical engineering in 1949 at Virginia Tech. Mr. Padis taught in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Virginia Tech from 1949-1970. Beginning in 1970 he served as an Administrator in the College of Engineering, retiring in 1988 as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. He was a member and served as faculty adviser for Tau Beta Pi, a national honorary engineering society, member of Pi Tau Sigma, a national honorary mechanical engineering fraternity, member of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership society, member and served as president of Phi Kappa Phi. Also a member of the Commission on Undergraduate Studies and the University Academic Appeals Committee. Served on the University Commencement Committee, the Commission on Student Affairs, the Board of Governors of the Student Union, and as chairman of the Honor System Review Board. Mr. Padis was the author of four publications and three papers in the area of Engineering kinematics. He received the Wine Award for Excellence in Teaching. He also served as chairman of the engineering faculty organization. He was a member and Past President of the Christiansburg-Blacksburg Rotary Club, and a member of the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, where he served on the Parish Council. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Julia P. Orphan, and a brother, George A. Padis.
Surviving are his wife, Catherine C. Padis; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Leo Archie Padis Jr. of Richmond and Archie Stephen and Leslee Ann Padis; and a grandaughter, Catherine Olivia Padis, all of Roanoke; one brother and sister-in-law, Alexander Archie and Athena Padis of Belmont, Mass.; his mother-in-law, Mary Cacaroukas; and a sister-in-law and husband, Amalia and James Tselides, all of Massapequa, N.Y.; several close nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted today at 11 a.m. at the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 30 Huntington Ave., Roanoke, Va., with the Rev. Nicholas G. Bacalis officiating. Interment will follow at 1 p.m. in Westview Cemetery, Blacksburg, Va. Memorial donations may be made to the Leo Padis Scholarship Fund, c/o University Development, 201 Pack Building, Blacksburg, Va. 24061-0336 or to the Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church, 30 Huntington Ave., Roanoke, Va. 24012. A Trisagion Memorial Service was conducted Thursday at 7 p.m. at McCoy Funeral Home, Blacksburg.
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