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Evald and Hilda Nissi
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The Evald and Hilda Nissi Foundation
was founded in 1964, and its operation is based on assets left
by the Nissis to the foundation.Evald Nissi’s life’s work was
as Board Member of Lassila & Tikanoja Ltd. In 1906 the company’s
founders Jooseppi Lassila and Frithiof Tikanoja called their
previous collegue Evald Nissi back from America, where he had
emigrated, to serve the company Lassila & Tikanoja Company,
which they had founded in the previous year. Nissi was involved
in the company’s management until 1944 , when he had to retire
from active working life due to chronic deterioration of
eyesight.
The Nissis shared a strong commitment to child welfare and youth
work throughout their lives. Their own son died from illness as
a child, and as they had no other children, they wanted that the
wealth they had accumulated would continue to be used for this
valuable work also after their death.
The promotion of commercial expertise was important to Evald
Nissi for reasons relating to his profession. Providing economic
support to students was also in line with his world view. He
believed in economically supporting those in a weaker financial
situation and in promoting the opportunities for them to
increase their knowledge and skills. The will to support and advance the treatment of eye diseases
was directly related to the chronic deterioration of Evald
Nissi's eyesight in later life.
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