Oleksander Arkhimovych (1892-1984), Ukrainian botanist and plant breeder, was born in the town of Novozybkiv in Chernihiv region, Ukraine. After graduating from Kyiv gymnasium in 1912, he continued studies at St. Volodymyr University in Kyiv on physical and mathematic faculty and afterwards graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute with a diploma in agronomy in 1922. After finishing studies, he worked as senior selector at Bilotserkivs’k selection factory since 1922 until 1933. From 1933 until 1936, he was an active member of Kyiv Sugar Industry Institute. From 1922 until 1943, he has been working as a professor and dean at Bilotserkivs’k Institute, Kyiv Institute and Zhytomyr Institute. During the war period, he worked as a selector at the selection station in Austria. From 1948 until 1952, he was a professor and head of plant growing department at the Ukrainian Technical and Economic Institute in Regensburg, Germany. On the recommendation of the US Department of Agriculture, a Spanish seeds firm invited him to create a new production method of sugar beet in the droughty condition of Northern Castilla. In 1953, he moved to the United States. In 1954, he became a professor at Ukrainian New York Technical Institute where he was also appointed president in 1957. From 1959, he worked as a head of the Science department at Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Science (UVAN) and during 1962-1978 he served as its president. In 1975, he was appointed Head of Science division at Shevchenko Scientific Society. He died in 1984 in New York.