SVU Biographical Data Base

First bio sketches sorted in alphabetical order:

• Bazant, Zdenek P.
• Borkovec, Vera
• David, Zdenek
• Eichler, Jiri
• Filip, Peter
• Glos, Jiri
• Hausner, Petr F.
• Heller, Charles O.
• Hermanek Peaslee, Margaret
• Kudej, Blanka
• Kvapil, Radoslav
• Kulp, Charles
• Kysucky, Vlado
• Machac, Josef
• Martin, Eugene G.
• Mucha, Frank
• Nemec, Jaroslav
• Pacak, Karel
• Raska, Karel
• Rechcigl, Mila
• Rokos, Michael
• Rokusek, Cecilia
• Safertal, Frank
• Simko, Vlado
• Skalny, Jan P.
• Skamene, Emil
• Slouka, Zdenek
• Tkac, Alexander
• Vanicek, Petr
• Vitek, Vaclav
• Wandycz, Piotr S.
• White, Dagmar
• Wlachovsky, Miroslav
• Zuna, Petr

SVU Biographical Data Base

After discussing the matter with individual Board members, members of SVU Council and SVU Fellows, the SVU Executive Board has decided to establish a special SVU Biographical Data Base.

In the last decade there has been a recurrent demand for biographical material on individual SVU members which is not always readily available in the existing biographical sources and to try to obtain it from other people in the last minute, is always a problem. Such requests frequently come from the US, Czech or Slovak Governments and their Embassies, as well as from private corporations, seeking consultants with particular expertise. The SVU Directory, while an excellent resource for basic data, can only furnish scanty information that may not satisfy the inquirer.

There have also been inquiries from the media about biographical information on specific individuals when they were appointed to high level positions or when they received a prestigious award or some other honor. Last but not the least, whenever an accomplished SVU member dies, we feel obligated to honor his/her memory by publishing a suitable obituary that would provide a good overview of person's life and his/her accomplishments. That is the least we can do. The problem is that in a situation like this we always have a hard time in getting any information at all, even from the closest friends of the deceased.

It is apparent that a comprehensive biographical data base would be extremely useful to us for multiple purposes and uses. It could also serve as a foundation for preparing a genuine Who's Who which has been on SVU books for years.

Having this in mind, the SVU Executive Board is appealing to SVU members to help us establish such a data base. We are not interested in receiving multiple-page CVs which provide plethora of detailed information in telegraphic style, neither are we interested in receiving several page resumes used for applying for a job. What we need for our purposes, is a biographical sketch, written in a flowing narrative, about two pages long, which would provide a comprehensive picture of the individual's life and accomplishments. As an example, we invite you to look at the first biosketches that are being posted under this link.

Please send your sketches, c/o. SVU President Mila Rechcigl, via e-mail to the following address: SVU1@comcast.net If you don't have access to computer, you can send it by mail to: Mila Rechcigl, 1703 Mark Lane, Rockville, MD 20852. After a review, the individual sketches will be posted by SVU Webmaster on SVU Website so that the information is readily accessible to SVU membership.

This is an important undertaking and we are hopeful that our entire membership will take it seriously and will actively participate.

Mila Rechcigl
SVU President

First biosketches are being posted under this link.




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