THE CROATIAN ACADEMY OF AMERICA
THE THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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The Thirty-Third Annual General Assembly of the Academy was held in the
New York Hilton Hotel in New York City on May 23, 1987. Following the
verification of proxies, Dr. Edward S. Yambrušić was elected to chair the
Assembly. In his introductory remarks, Yambrušić said that each year the
Academy's responsibilities have been increasing and that the Academy is meeting
them more than adequately, considering the small number of members dispersed in
a large geographic area.
President Dr. Jere Jareb greeted those present and asked them to pay tribute
with a moment of silence to deceased member Dr. Charles Zudenigo, who was born
in Senj, Croatia in 1902 and died in Ashland, Oregon in January 1987. In his
report Dr. Jareb gave a general overview of the Academy's activities during the
past year. The Academy's most important accomplishment was publishing volume
25-26 of the Journal of Croatian Studies, dedicated to the Croatian
language. He said that a detailed account of the Academy's activities will be
given in reports of the Executive Secretary and other members of the Executive
Council.
Recorder Dr. Carl Yirka reported that the Executive Council held six
meetings. The Executive Secretary Maria K. Tuškan traveled from Cincinnati to
New York City to take part in all meetings.
In her report, Executive Secretary Maria K. Tuškan M.D. said that there
are no significant changes in the Academy's membership. The number of regular,
corresponding and contributing members was slightly over 200. One member died
and two new members were accepted. In addition there were what she called 15
"recalcitrating members", who either failed to answer recent
communications or moved without leaving a forwarding address. Attempts were
made to clarify their status. One issue of the Chronicle (No. 70) was published.
It was followed by the Announcement of April 8, 1987 which contained brief
notes about the Academy's activities which usually appear in the Chronicle. A
few weeks ago a new 280-page double issue of the Journal of Croatian Studies,
dedicated to the Croatian language, was published. The volume was well
received. Some members and subscribers referred to it as the most outstanding
volume of the Journal ever published. Dr. Tuškan also reported that the by-laws
regulating the Academy's chapters, which were approved by the Thirty-Second
Annual General Assembly on May 24, 1986 in Chicago, were published.
Treasurer Vinko Kužina reported that revenues were slightly over $10,000
and expenditures slightly under $10,000. The main source of income was
membership dues, close to $7,500. He especially pointed out that Stanislava
Rotkvič M.D., a regular member, also became a lifetime member by
contributing $1,000. Four contributing members contributed $100 each. The
donations to the Academy amounted to almost $1,000. Nicholas Milosevich
contributed $50 in memory of Duško Duišin, and $50 in memory of Miro Gal; Vinko
Kužina, in memory of J. and T. Kužina, $200. Most of the expenditures were for
publishing the Journal and for mailings. The administrative costs would have
been much greater, if were it not for services and materials contributed by
some members without charge. Closing balance is $21,568.
Karlo Mirth, Managing Editor of the Journal, said that he is glad that
he does not need to talk anymore about the volume dedicated to the Croatian
language. Now, when the volume is finally published, it is up to the readers
and critics to talk about it. He briefly described the contents of the next
volume which will be dedicated to Croatian Renaissance, and introduced Dr.
James Sadkovich as new Book Review Editor. Mirth also presented the report of
Mrs. Xenia Duišin, Circulation Manager, and pointed out that she needs
assistance in her work.
The President of the Committee of Control, Stanislava Rotkvić, M.D.
reported that business records were found to be in good order, and that the
work of the Executive Council was successful.
After a brief recess, the Nominating Committee proposed the list of all
positions of the new Executive Council, except the Executive Secretary, whose
term expires next year. The list was accepted and the following were elected:
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: President Jere Jareb (Loretto, PA); Vice Presidents:
Edward S. Yambrušić (Washington, D.C.) and Xenia Duišin (New York, NY);
Treasurer Vinko Kužina (Fort Lee, NJ); Recorder Carl Yirka (New York, NY).
Maria K. Tuškan (Cincinnati, Ohio) continues as the Executive Secretary until
the next Assembly.
Members of the Executive Council: Mira Ashby (Toronto, Canada),
Srećko Duhović (San Pedro, CA), Tomislav Gabrić (Arcadia, CA),
Carolyn Owlett Hunter (Alexandria, VA), Ante Kadič (Bloomington, Ind.),
Nicholas Milosevich (New York, NY), Karlo Mirth (New York, NY), Vlado
Petranović (Willowdale, Ont., Canada), Mario Spalatin (Wauwatosa, WI),
Warren Spehar (Somers, NY), Josip Vrbić (Concord, CA) and Ivo
Vučičević (San Francisco, CA).
COMMITTEE OF CONTROL: President Stanislava Rotkvić (Edison, NJ);
Members: Ante Nizeteo (Kensington, MD) and Šime Vatavuk (Glen Cove, NY).
President Jareb opened the discussion of new business. Mrs. Mira Ashby discussed
plans of the Toronto chapter and broached several topics of interest for both
Canadian and U.S. members. James Sadkovich discussed several projects which
might be considered for current and future activities. Several other topics
were discussed by Bogdan Radica, Jakov Bačić, Warren Spehar and some
members of the Executive Council.
In the evening the traditional dinner for members and friends of the
Academy was held at Hilton's Hurlingham Restaurant.
THE THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The Thirty-Fourth Annual General Assembly was held in the New York
Hilton in New York City on Saturday May 21, 1988. President Dr. Jere Jareb
welcomed all present, and asked them to pay tribute to two deceased members,
Dr. Ante Smith Pavelić, a former diplomat who died in Fort Worth, Texas on
January 13 and was interred in Paris, France; and Zdenko Eiler, a civil
engineer who died in Toronto on March 26.
Dr. Slavko Yambrušić, who was elected to preside over the Assembly,
invited President Jareb to submit his report. Jareb pointed out that just a
month ago the Academy completed thirty-five years of its existence,
characterized by remarkable consistency and perseverance in fulfilling its
program. The results of our work are best reflected in the Journal of Croatian
Studies. Two most recent issues, one dedicated to Croatian renaissance; and,
the other on the Croatian language are generally praised as high achievements.
Recorder Dr. Carl Yirka reported on the Executive Council meetings held during
the past year. In her report, Executive Secretary Maria K. Tuškan M.D. pointed
that members who recently joined the Academy are mostly younger people, many of
them born in the United States or Canada. The Academy also has a new lifetime
member, Mr. Nick Prša from Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Prša, who for a
number of years was an annual-contributing member, sent $1,000 (U.S.) to
qualify for life membership. One of his interests is in promoting the knowledge
of Croatian history and culture among English-speaking people. In addition to
the Journal he suggested the use of modern media such as videotapes. Related to
the membership drive, the Executive Secretary reported on an informal
get-together meeting for younger professionals of Croatian descent held in New
York City on March 18. She reported that the Academy has over 200 members. The
status of about a half a dozen members has to be clarified, as some of them
moved without leaving forwarding addresses, and, others failed to respond to
recent communications.
Since the last General Assembly one issue of the Journal (vol. 27) and
one issue of the Chronicle, no. 20 (71) were published.
The Executive Secretary presented information received from the Toronto
chapter on their activities, proposals and plans. There were no activities
reported by the Midwest chapter in Chicago. Inasmuch as Mr. Ivo
Vučičević, the former President of the Academy was pre-sent,
representing the West Coast chapter, Mrs. Tuškan invited him to report on that
chapter's activities and he has done so.
Treasurer Vinko Kužina reported on three traditional sources of the
Academy income: membership dues, subscriptions to the Journal and
contributions. Subscriptions to the Journal and sale of the back-issues have
increased markedly in comparison to previous years. The current balance is
$28,758, the largest we ever had. However, we have to keep in mind, he
observed, that we are behind the schedule in publishing the Journal. The most
recent volume published a few months ago was 1986; thus we must have sufficient
funds at hand for three volumes: 1987, 1988 and 1989. He also gave a detailed
breakdown of income and expenditures.
Managing Editor of the Journal, Karlo Mirth, reported on publicity given
to the volumes 25-26 and 27 by Croatian newspapers and magazines. Croatian
students in Australia reported extensively on the Journal's contents in
English-language sections of two Croatian weeklies: Spremnost and Hrvatski
Vjesnik. Favorable reviews appeared in Hrvatska Revija, Nova
Hrvatska and the Spanish-language quarterly, Studia Croatica. As
usual, the Journal was indexed by major bibliographic services in the United
States. Mr. Mirth's report included information provided by Circulation
Manager, Mrs. Xenia Duišin. The Journal can be found in libraries of Western and
Eastern Europe. Also, it is being sent to libraries in Zagreb, Split, Zadar,
Dubrovnik, Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Skoplje, Cetinje and some other
locations. The most important U.S. and Canadian university and college
libraries are regular subscribers. Recently some West German university
libraries entered their subscription and ordered several backissues.
In her report Stanislava Rotkvić M.D., President of the Committee
of Control, reported that business records were found in good order and praised
the Executive Council for work well done. After a brief recess the Nominating
Committee proposed the following slate which was elected:
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL: President Maria K. Tuškan (Cincinnati, Ohio), Vice
Presidents: Edward S. Yambrušić (Washington, D.C.) and Xenia Duišin (New
York, NY), Executive Secretary: Carl Yirka (New York, NY), Treasurer Vinko
Kužina (Fort Lee, NJ), Recorder: Ana Raguz (New York, NY).
Members of the Executive Council: Mira Ashby (Toronto, Canada), Tomislav
Gabrić (Arcadia, CA), Carolyn Owlett Hunter (Alexandria, VA), Jere Jareb
(Loretto, PA), Ante Kadić (Bloomington, Ind), Nicholas Milosevich (New
York, NY), Karlo Mirth (New York, NY), Vedran Nazor (New York, NY), Anne
Pavlich (Bethseda, MD), Vlado Petranović (Willowdale, Ont., Canada), Mario
Spalatin (Wauwatosa, WI), Warren Spehar (Somers, NY), Josip Vrbić
(Concord, CA) and No Vućičević (San Francisco, CA).
COMMITTEE OF CONTROL: President Stanislava Rotkvić (Edison, NJ),
members: Ante Bazioli (Trenton, NJ) and Ante Nizeteo (Kensington, MD).
Newly-elected President, Mrs. Tuškan, who served last twelve years as
the Executive Secretary, is the tenth president since the Academy was founded,
and the first woman elected to this position. She expressed her thanks and
opened discussion on new business. The first item on the agenda was the place
and date where the next General Assembly be held. There were two proposals, the
Toronto chapter proposing Toronto and the West Coast chapter proposing
California (Los Angeles or San Francisco). It has been agreed that the Assembly
will be held in California during the Memorial Day weekend. Mr.
Vučičević will discuss the matter with the West Coast chapter
members and inform the Executive Council of the location. Among those who took
part in discussion on several topics of current interest were Ante Nizeteo,
Bogdan Radica and others.
In the evening a banquet for members and friends of the Academy was held
in the Polo Room of the Hurlingham Restaurant at the Hilton.
TORONTO CHAPTER'S ESSAY CONTEST
Toronto Chapter of the Croatian Academy of America is sponsoring an
essay contest to encourage a better understanding of Croatian culture and
history.
This competition will take the form of 6,000 to 14,000 word essay
written about the following topics:
1. Current political
developments in Croatia.
2. Croatian literature
(literary trends, profiles of individual writers).
3. Croatian emigration
after World War II.
4. Social changes in
Croatia in our time.
5. Croatian scientists and
their contribution to science today.
6. Economic potential of
Croatia (Croatia's position in exchange of goods in Central Europe; role of its
economy in European and international trade).
The essay contest is open to all college and university students, except
holders of a doctoral degree. Two or more students may participate in writing
an essay. Members of the jury will be recognized experts in their fields.
Three prizes will be awarded in Canadian dollars: $500 first prize, $400
second and $300 third prize. Winning essays will be submitted for possible
publication in the Journal of Croatian Studies, Annual Review of the Croatian
Academy of America.
Manuscripts should be in the English language, typed double spaced, in
two copies and sent to: Croatian Academy of America, Chapter Toronto, P.O. Box
174, Don Mills, Ontario, M3C 2S2, Canada. Deadline is January 1, 1990.
NOTES ON BOOKS AND AUTHORS
JAKOV BAČIĆ'S doctoral dissertation, defended before a panel
of historians and linguists at Columbia University in March 1983 (The Emergence
of the Sklabenoi [Slays], Their Arrival on the Balkan Peninsula and the Role of
the Avars in These Events: Revised Concepts in a New Perspective, University
Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, Mich., 1984, pp. 354.), examines two
problems: the sixth-century location of the Slavs and the role of the Avars in
early Slavic history.
Based on primary written sources, the study offers answers that differ
substantially from those current in scholarly literature.
Bačić shows that the Slavs began the conquest of the Balkans
around 520 A.D. Since the Avars arrived on the Roman frontier in 558, it was
established that they could not have initiated this conquest, as is commonly
assumed. The problem of Avar-Slav relations is examined. The view that these
Asiatic nomads ruled the agricultural Slav was rejected as unsupported by the
sources.
Bačić's method and the results have gained a favorable mention
in the work of Russian Academician Oleg Nikolaevich Trubachov devoted to the
problem of Slavic ethnogenesis (see Voprosy Jazykoznanija, No. 4 (1985) p. 9).
This scholar, using chiefly linguistic evidence, argues that the protohome of
all Slavs was situated in the same area from which Bačić maintains
that the South Slays had originated. That is, that modern Austria, Hungary,
Slovakia and northern Yugoslavia be considered as the cradle of the Slavs
rather than the Pripyat Marshes.
O.N. Trubachov referred to Bačić's work in an article written
for a wider audience. Under the title "Slavs: Language and History"
published in Pravda of March 28, 1987, Trubachov said: "I need not present
any special proofs that biased views of the Slavs' linguistic and historical
past can well be encountered outside the "West". My intentions do not
include presenting a detailed account of this laborious scholarly question.
Moreover, and to place an unambiguous dividing line between the
"West" and the "non-West" would only serve as another
oversimplification.
Roughly three years ago a young early-Slav historian from abroad, Jakov
Bacic, visited our institute. He himself is a Yugoslav, a Croatian, but he
lives and works in the United States at a university in the city of Eugene, in
the state of Oregon. He brought with him his dissertation, which he had
defended at Columbia University; its fundamental idea came down to a revision
of the never-ending depreciation of the Slavs' independent historical past that
is found in the works of some French, American, and West German historians. He
did a skillful job, with facts in hand".
IVO BANAC, The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History,
Politics. Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, 1984, 452 p.
Banac's book was awarded the Wayne S. Vucinich Prize of the American
Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies for the outstanding American
scholarly work in Russian/Soviet and East Euro-pean studies published in 1984.
The following are excerpts from published reviews. Michael B. Petrovich
(Slavic Review, vol 44, no. 2, Summer 1985, pp. 369-370) said: "Ivo Banac
has written the most comprehensive, judicious, and objective account of the
origins, development, and politics of the Yugoslav national question up to the
aftermath of World War I that exists in any language. What especially enhances
the value of this ac-count is not only the author's thorough grasp of the
political intricacies of his subject but his erudite command of cultural
factors. As the book's footnotes and bibliography amply attest, Banac is well
acquainted with both the traditional and the latest literature dealing with his
subject." Petrovich praises "the book's clear structure, good style,
maps, tables, and delightful portraits." "Moreover, Banac's admirable
command of the English language leads and entices readers through even the
thickest part of the Balkan jungle".
Gale Stokes (American Historical Review, June 1985, pp. 732-733) said
that the greatest strength of Banac's book is "the thoroughness and
accuracy with which he recounts the historical background, personal factors,
and ideological structures within which Yugoslav politicians worked." He
also said that the book is "a pleasure to read. Banac has flair" and
concludes: "In scope, detail and presentation, this book finds few equals
in the literature of Southeast Europe. It is simply one of the finest studies
of the region that Western scholarship has produced".
ANTIN IWACHNIUK, a Canadian-Ukranian scholar has translated The
Chronicle of the Priest from Duklja (Kronika popa Dukljanina) from Croatian
into Ukranian under the title Litopis popa Dukljanina: Z horvatskoj movi
pereklav Antin V. Ivahnjuk. The book was published by University of Ottawa
Press, as vol. 8 of the series of Ukranian Studies. (ISBN 0-7766-0144-X).
ANTE KADIĆ, Essays in South Slavic Literature. New Haven, Yale
Center for International and Area Studies, 1988, 260 p.
This is a collection of 19 essays; four of them were published
previously in the Journal of Croatian Studies. Thomas Eekman (University of
California, Los Angeles) wrote the Foreword in which he said: "Ante Kadić
has, during his many years as a scholar in the United States, published a large
number of papers, essays, and book reviews, as well as several books. They all
serve a common purpose: that of acquanting the English-speaking world with
Croatian and South Slavic literature and, often by way of that literature, with
the culture and history in that part of Europe as well."
VLADIMIR MARKOTIC, ed. Symposium: Emigrants from Croatia and Their
Achievements. Calgary, Western Publishers, 1987, 113 p. (address: Western
Publishers, P.O. Box 30193, Station B. Calgary, Alberta, Canada)
The volume contains papers presented at the Symposium, Emigrants from
Croatia and Their Achievements, held at the University of Calgary on July 7,
1984. The authors of the papers are Anne Ivanus, Alexandre Lopasic,
Vladimir.Markotic, Karlo Mirth, Laurie Nock, Nedo Paveskovic and Anthony
Rasporich.
EDWARD SLAVKO YAMBRUSIC, Treaty Interpretation: Theory and Reality.
(Lanham, MD, London and New York: University Press of America, 1987, 298 p.
The book is based on author's dissertation (J.D., Ph.D. International
Law, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.) From author's
introduction: "The thesis of this investigation is that neither the
judicial praxis nor international legislation, individually or together, have
provided a realistic solution to the fundamental challenge facing the
International Court of Justice of finding the right balance between stability
and progressive development of international law."
OBITUARIES
JEROME COLICH
Jerome Colich, an expert in philately and numismatics, member of the
Croatian Academy of America who for many years served as the Academy's
Treasurer, died in New York City on August 3, 1988.
Colich was born in Zlarin, Croatia on October 24, 1903. Since childhood
he was interested in the arts, and has shown special talent in drawing,
painting and music. However, from his early age, he had to struggle hard to
make a living. It turned out that his hobby of philately and numismatics
ultimately became his profession. He became a dealer and owner of a well-known
stamp and rare coin shop in Zagreb. Among his friends and acquaintances were
several people prominent in public life, including some painters. As a lover of
art, Colich also became an art collector.
Colich immigrated to the United States in 1959. For a number of years he
worked for J. and H. Stolow Inc., a leading stamp and coin dealer in New York
City.
He published articles on stamps and coins of South Eastern Europe. The
Journal of Croatian Studies (vol. 9-10 for 1968) published his article,
"Coins of Dubrovnik."
In 1966 Colich was elected to the Executive Council of the Croatian
Academy of America and served as the Academy's Treasurer until 1974. In this
position he made a very valuable contribution to the growth and success of the
Academy. In addition, he was a member of Hrvatsko Numizmatičko Društvo
(Zagreb), Hrvatsko Filatelističko Društvo (Zagreb), American Numismatic
Association and several other American organizations in his field of interest.
Colich never forgot his native country. At his suggestion and from his
own resources, an old chapel, Sveti Šime (St. Simon), in Zlarin was renovated
and opened as a small museum. He donated paintings and other valuable objects to
the museum, among them a unique collection of medals.
Colich himself was an amateur painter. In the last years of his life he
produced numerous drawings, vignettes and water colors. His acquarelles depict
mostly scenes from the Adriatic shore. He is survived by his wife Ana, née
Hagjija, and other relatives in the United States and Croatia. The church rites
at the burial were conducted by Rev. Dr. Marijan Valković, professor of
theology at the University of Zagreb. Colich was interred in the St. Lawrence
cemetery in New Haven, Connecticut.
ZDENKO EILER
Zdenko Eiler, a civil engineer and a member of the Croatian Academy of
America, died in Toronto, Canada on March 26, 1988. Zdenko Eiler was born in
Krapina, Croatia on February 24, 1924. He graduated the Fourth High School
[Gymnasium] for boys in Zagreb in 1942, and enrolled at the Technical Faculty
of the University of Zagreb, also served in Croatian Army. He obtained his
Civil Engineer degree in 1952. Following his graduation he joined
Geoistraživanja, a Zagreb company, and worked on dam projects in Croatia and
abroad, in Siria, France and Austria. In 1961 he left Yugoslavia with his
family and joined Interfels company in Salzburg, Austria. He stayed with
Austrian company till 1964 when he immigrated to Canada. Initially he was
employed by H.G. Acres & Co. in Niagara Falls, Ontario. From 1966 to 1983
he worked for Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario as Senior Soils
Engineer. He was involved in work on several major projects, among them Pickering
and Bruce Nuclear Generating Stations.
Eiler also was a member of Croatian-Canadian Business and Professional
Association and Croatian Catholic Parish, "Our Lady, Queen of
Croatia" in Toronto. Actively promoting Croatian folklore, he contributed
to Croatian radio programs in Toronto and Mississauga, published articles in
Croatian newspapers, prepared booklets for Canadian-Croatian Folklore
Festivals, and was one of the founders of pavilion "Dubrovnik" for
exhibits "Caravan of Nations" in Toronto. He is survived by his wife
Anica (née Prpić), daughters Elica Koger and Andrea Patterson, all of
Toronto, Ontario.
ANTE SMITH PAVELIĆ
Ante Smith Pavelić, former diplomat, political analyst, writer and
member of the Croatian Academy of America, died in Fort Worth, Texas on January
13, 1988.
Ante Pavelić was born in Zagreb on February 28, 1903. His father
Dr. Ante Pavelić (1869-1938), a dentist, was the President of the Croatian
Party of Rights (Mile Starčević's faction milinovci), and was elected
deputy to Croatian Sabor in Zagreb from 1906 to 1918. He played a major role in
breaking Croatia's ties with Austria-Hungary, in establishing the National
Congress in Zagreb, and signing an agreement with the Kingdom of Serbia to form
a new state, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.
Since birth Ante Pavelić was exposed to politics, and his formative
years witnessed the most crucial changes during and after World War I. He
earned his law degree from the University of Zagreb in 1925, and entered the
Yugoslav diplomatic service. He served in several posts abroad, including Rome,
Switzerland, Chicago and New York. In Chicago he married Mary Smith, an
American, and since that time, he signed his name Ante Smith Pavelić to
avoid the possibility of being confused with his namesakes. In 1941 he returned
from Switzerland to the United States. American experts on Central and South
East Europe with whom he maintained close contact, were impressed by
Pavelić's knowledge of the area and his analyses of war events. When
former Ban of Croatia, Dr. Ivan Šubašić (who was later to become the
President of the Yugoslav government in exile, in London), arrived in the
United States, A.S. Pavelić became Subašić's most valuable aide and
advisor. However, Pavelič didn't follow Šubašić, when Šubašić
returned to Europe and signed an agreement with Tito on behalf of the Yugoslav
government in exile.
After the World War, Pavelić and his wife moved to Paris. They
bought a villa which at one time was owned by French composer Debussy. In their
home, they often entertained many American friends. Pavelić also regularly
met Croats living or visiting Paris, and was remembered by all as a friendly
and very generous man. He was a member of the Travellers and Cercle Interallié
in Paris.
A. S. Pavelić maintained close contact with numerous Croatian
intellectuals in exile, and shared with them his experience, knowledge and a
wealth of information, which he systematically gathered. He promoted plans to
coordinate activities of exiled political leaders, with men prominent in arts
and letters, and other professionals; hoping this would lead to the formation
of a representative Croatian organization in exile. He dedicated a great deal
of time to research and writings which resulted the publication of the book Dr.
Ante Trumbić — Problemi Hrvatsko-Srpskih Odnosa (Munchen, Knjižnica
Hrvatske Revije, 1959, 338p), containing introduction by sculptor Ivan
Meštrović. The book, an outstanding scholarly work on Croatian political
leader Ante Trumbić (1864-1938) presents with extraordinary lucidity a
well-documented analysis of the problems of Croato-Serbian relations. In
perspective of current events in Yugoslavia, Pavelić's book, although
written some thirty years ago is very interesting and especially timely reading.
Pavelić was a contributor to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, to
Hrvatska Revija and he made possible, continuous publication of Slobodna
Rijeć, a Croatian-language monthly for contemporary political, economic,
cultural and social problems, published in Buenos Aires. His analyses of world
events, published in Slobodna Riječ were signed "Junius". Many
other were not signed at all, but were recognizable by those who knew his
style, and they were always high-class journalism. Pavelić also sent news
and background information to Professor Pavao Tijan, editor of the
Croatian-language program of Radio Madrid.
I met A.S. Pavelić for the first time in Madrid in 1948, when I was
publishing bulletin Croatia Press. We corresponded during past forty years, and
met on numerous occasions. He was always extraordinarily polite, attentive,
well-informed and it was a pleasure to con-verse with him. His letters were
equally informative, instructive and characterized by sound judgements. He was
sending me articles from the foreign press, and other valuable information from
other sources. Without this assistance, Croatia Press would not have been such
a well-informed publication. All what A.S. Pavelić was doing he did
unassumingly, avoiding publicity and public acknowledgment.
After the death of his first wife Pavelić remarried and
subsequently returned to the United States. For the last dozen years or so he
lived in Fort Worth, Texas and survived his second wife.
A.S. Pavelić's death deeply saddened numerous friends he had in Croatian
diaspora in America and Europe. He was interred in Paris.
MAXIMILIAN PERSHE
Maximilian Pershe [Ratimir Maksimilijan Perše], a member of the Croatian
Academy of America, was killed by a car on May 25, 1988 when walking on a
street in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A day before his tragic death Dr. Pershe
celebrated his 72nd birthday.
Ratimir Perše was born in Lepoglava, Croatia on May 24, 1916. He
obtained a Law degree from the University of Zagreb and entered the Croatian
diplomatic service. After the War he immigrated to the United States and earned
a Law degree from Fordham University and a Master's in Library Science from
Columbia. He worked as Law librarian at Columbia and Rutgers University. From
1965 till his retirement in 1981 he was Director of the Library, and Professor
at the Law School of the University of Puerto Rico.
CHARLES ZUDENIGO
Dr. Charles [Dragutin] Zudenigo, a member of the Croatian Academy of
America died in Ashland, Oregon on January 17, 1987.
Dragutin Zudenigo was born in Senj, a city on Adriatic coast in Croatia,
on June 1, 1902. He graduated from the High School, reknown Gymnasium of Senj,
studied at the university of Zagreb and Paris and obtained his doctorate in Law
from the University of Zagreb.
Zudenigo held positions in government administration as a district head
before World War II. Following the end of the war he lived as a political
emigré in Austria till 1957, when he immigrated to the United States. After a
brief stay in Washington D.C. he moved to Syracuse and thought French at
LeMoyne College from 1958 till 1965. From 1965 till his retirement in 1975 he
taught French language and culture at the Southern Oregon College in Ashland,
Oregon.
Zudenigo, who spoke and read several languages, pursued wide
intellectual and cultural interests: history of Western civilization, French
language and literature, and, especially Croatian cultural and political
affairs, corresponding with a large number of friends and acquaintainces. He
was very popular among his students, wrote poems and little stories in French
for their publications or for special occasions in their individual life. Never
married, he lived very modestly, and shared very generously all what he had. By
all who knew him he is remembered as a very good, likeable person whose basic
philosophy of life was Christian ethics, and, he made every effort to live
truly by it.
NOTES ON THE CONTRIBUTORS
DALIBOR BROZOVIĆ (born 1927 in Sarajevo), full professor of
"Croatian or Serbian language" at the Faculty of Philosophy in Zadar.
He obtained his Ph. D. from the University of Zagreb in 1957, became a member
of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb in 1977.
Brozović is the author of two books, Rječnik jezika ili jezik
rječnika (Zagreb, 1969), and Standardni jezik (Zagreb, 1970). He has
published more than three hundred studies, reports and critical reviews in
professional linguistic journals, and about four hundred and fifty articles in
literary periodicals and newspapers. Among his studies are the following:
"Hrvatski jezik, njegovo mjesto unutar južnoslavenskih i drugih slavenskih
jezika, njegove povijesne mijene kao jezika hrvatske književnosti"
[Croatian Language, Its Place in the South Slavic Language Family and Among
Other Slavic Languages, Its Diachrony and Its Role in Croatian Literature], in
the book Hrvatska književnost u evropskom kontekstu (Zagreb, Liber, 1978, pp.
9-83); "About the Characteristics of the Dialectal Isoglosses in the
South-Slavic Language Territory" in Studia Linguistica Alexandro Vasilli
Filio Issatschenko a collegis amicisque oblata (Lisse, The Petter de Ridder
Press, 1978, p. 41-55); "Slavianskie standartnye iazyki i sravnitel'nyi
metod," Voprosy iazykoznaniia 16, 1967; "Der Richtungswandel in der
Entwicklung der kroatischen Literatursprache an der Wende vom 19. zum 20.
Jahrhundert," Zeitschrift für Slawistik, 29, 1984, pp. 892-903);
"Pour une typologie des ligues de langue" in Aspects of Language,
(vol. 1 Geolinguistics, Amsterdam, Rodopi, 1986, p. 31-50). "Die Entwicklungsetappen
bei der Bildung des kroatischen neustokavischen Sprachstandards
1750-1900," Die Welt der Slaven, 21, 1976 p. 14-27).
Brozović is a member of the editorial board of the Annals of the
Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts, Rad JAZU; a member of the editorial
board and contributor to the Slovník Slovanské Lingvistické Terminologie
(Prague, Akademia I, 1977, II, 1979); a member of the editorial board and
contributor to the Obshcheslavianskii Lingvisticheskii Atlas (Moscow, 1978);
member of the editorial board, author and co-author to a comprehensive volume
on phonological description of Slavic languages spoken in Yugoslavia which were
covered in General Slavic Linguistic Atlas (Sarajevo, 1981, 828p). This
ambitious project was sponsored by the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia
and Hercegovina in cooperation with the academies of sciences and arts of all
republics of Yugoslavia; member of the editorial board and contributor to the
atlas of European languages — Atlas linguarum Europae, published since 1983 in
Assen, Netherlands; a member of editorial board and contributor to Radovi
filozofskog fakulteta u Zadru; member of editorial board and contributor to
Bosansko-hercegovački dijalektološki zbornik; contributor to Hrvatski
dijalektološki zbornik, Zbornik Matice srpske za filologiju i lingvistiku,
Radovi Institute za jezik i književnost, Radovi Institute za hrvatsku povijest,
Zbornik Zagrebačke slavističke škole, Lętopis Instituta za serbski
ludospyt, Wiener slavistischer Jahrbuch and others. His papers appeared in
proceedings of various symposia. Brozović contributes to encyclopaedias
and lexicons (Enciklopedija Jugoslavije, Zagreb, Školski leksikon, Zagreb). His
articles appeared in the following periodicals and serials: Baltistica, Croatica,
Filologija, Hrvatsko kolo, Jezik, Kritika, Krugovi, Makedonski jazik,
Mogućnosti, Phonologica, Republika, Riječka Revija, Slavia, Suvremena
lingvistika, Voprosy iazykoznaniia, Die Welt der Slawen, Zadarska Revija,
Zeitschrift für Slawistik and others.
In addition to his scholarly work in linguistics, Brozović
translated poetry from English, American, Russian, Ukranian, Polish, Czech,
Bulgarian, Slovenian, Macedonian and Arab literatures into Croatian. He also
translated Croatian and Macedonian poetry into esperanto.
Brozović is also a member of the Society of Croatian Writers. He
gave lectures in most European countries, including several republics of the
Soviet Union, the United Sates, Canada and China.
CAROLYN OWLETT HUNTER, a native of Upstate New York, studied languages,
musicology and library science at Ithaca College, Cornell University, and
Syracuse University, respectively. The author and editor of numerous articles
in these disciplines, Ms. Hunter is employed by The U.S. Merit Systems Protection
Board in Washington D.C.
ANTE KADIĆ, (b. 1910 in Poljica near Split, Croatia) studied in
Split, Rome, Basel and Geneva; having obtained Ph.D. and certificate in
Biblical studies (Rome), license letters, and diploma in political sciences in
Geneva. He was employed by the United Nations in Geneva, Paris, and — for three
years — in Beirut, Lebanon. Soon after his arrival in the United States (1953),
he began to teach South Slavic languages and literatures at the University of
California, Berkeley. From 1960 until his retirement he was professor of South
Slavic literature at Indiana University.
Kadić has published the following books: Croatian Reader with
Vocabulary, 2nd ed., 1960; Contemporary Croatian Literature, 1960; Contemporary
Serbian Literature, 1964; From Croatian Renaissance to Yugoslav
Socialism, 1969 (All these books were published by Mouton, The Hague,
Holland); The Tradition of Freedom in Croatian Literature (Bloomington,
Indiana, 1983); Domovinska riječ (Message from the Homeland,
Barcelona, 1978), Iseljena Hrvatska (Emigrant Croatia, Chicago, 1979);
the second volume of Domovinska riječ Chicago, 1986, and Essays
in South Slavic Literature (New Haven, Yale, 1988). Together with Professor
Eekman he edited a symposium on Križanič, 1974. He has contributed
articles and reviews to the Slavic Review, Slavonic and East European
Review, (London), Slavic and East European Journal, Comparative
Literature (Oregon), Books Abroad — World Literature Today, East
European Quarterly, Journal of Croatian Studies, Studia Croatica
(Buenos Aires), Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas, Slovene Studies,
Serbian Studies, South Slavic Journal (London), Balkan Studies
(Thessaloniki), Literaturna misel and Ezik i literatura (Sofia), Kolo
(Zagreb), Iskra (Munich), Hrvatska revija (Barcelona), and other
periodicals and journals.
Kadić has received several grants and fellowships for research or
to attend international conferences in the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria
and Italy.
He is a member of various professional organizations.
Kadić participates regularly at the meetings of American Slavists
and the international congresses of Slavic scholars; he is invited by Croatian
groups in the United States, Canada and Europe to speak about literary topics.
KAZIMIR KATALINIĆ, was born in Rijeka, Croatia in 1927. He attended
high schools in Croatia, continued his secondary education in Rome, Italy where
he graduated. In 1948 Katalinić immigrated to Argentina, earned his
master's degree in chemistry from the University of Buenos Aires in 1960, and
since then is following a teaching career. Immediately upon his arrival to
Argentina Katalinić became very much involved in Croatian political and
cultural life. At the age of 31 he was elected secretary of Hrvatska Republikanska
Stranka [Croatian Republican Party], founded by Croatian emigres in Buenos
Aires, and, he holds this position till today.
Katalinić is author of numerous articles and essays in Croatian,
most of them published in Republika Hrvatska [Croatian Republic], a quarterly
journal, published by the Croatian Republican Party in Buenos Aires. He also
edited the book Vizija slobode [Vision of Freedom], a selection of most
important political-philosophical articles of late professor Ivan Oršanić,
founder of the Croatian Republican Party.
ANTHONY M. MLIKOTIN received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature in 1959
from Indiana University, Indiana. He taught at MIT, San Francisco State
University and in 1965 joined the staff of the University of Southern
California in Los Angeles. At the latter, he created the Department of Slavic
Languages and Literatures and chaired it for twelve years. His books include
Turgenev and Henry James, Western Philosophical Systems in Russian Literature
(as editor), As Literature Speaks, and A Dictionary of Russian Literary
terminology. His newest book Friedrich Nietzsche: Mind's Greatest Storyteller
is presently under consideration for publication. In Croatian literature his
specialty is Croatian literary criticism.
OLGA B. NEDELJKOVIĆ. Professor, Associate and Visiting Associate Professor
of Slavic Linguistics (Philology), U. of Illinois at Chicago (1976-present);
Visiting Scholar, Yale (1975-76) and U. of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and Yale
(1972-73); Senior Researcher, Staroslavenski Institut (Zagreb; 1971-1976);
Assistant Professor, U. of Zadar (1967-1971).
Ph.D. University of Skopje 1967.
Honors and Awards: NEH Fellowship (1985-86); Fulbright Fellowship
(1975-76); Fulbright Fellowship (1972-73); UNESCO Fellowship to Poland
(1967-68); NEH Summer Stipend Award (1984); Summer Grants to Cambridge, England
(1975), Prague (1974 and 1969), Bratislava (1971), Sofia (1968 and 1969).
Major publications include: co-author, Ćirilo i Metodije, Žitija
— Službe — Kanoni — Pohvale (1974); author of more than fifty scholarly
articles in the field of Old Slavic literatures. Most of these articles are
published in Slovo (Zagreb), Filologija (Zagreb), Suvremena
lingvistika (Zagreb), Radovi (Zadar), Slavia (Prague), Rocznik
slawistyczny (Warsaw), Makedonski jazik (Skopje), Zbornik za slavistiku
(Novi Sad), Istočniki i istoriografija slavjanskogo sredne-vekov'ja (Moscow),
Slavjanskie kul'tury i Balkany (Sofia), Papers in Slavic Philology
(Ann Arbor, Mich), Slovene Studies (New York), Serbian Studies
(Chicago), The Polish Review (New York). A monograph Humanism and
Hellenism in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (in the Course of the Sixteenth
Century) is expected in the near future.
An active member of several American Slavic Associations.
EDO PIVČEVIĆ teaches Philosophy at the University of Bristol,
England. His books include Ironie als Daseinsform bei S. Kierkegaard
(1960), Husserl and Phenomenology (1970; translated into German 1972,
and Korean: sixth impression 1982), The Concept of Reality (1986).
Contributor to Mind, Sociology, and other journals.
JAMES J. SADKOVICH earned his Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin in
1982, and currently teaches at GMI. He is the author of Italian Support for
Croatian Separatism, 1927-1937 (Garland, 1987), and has published in a number
of journals. He has done research in Italy and Yugoslavia, won awards for the
writing of military history, and currently is a John M. Olin fellow at Yale.
His most recent publications include "Understanding Defeat: Reappraising
Italy's Role in World War II", Journal of Contemporary History
(1989); "Re-evaluating Who Won the Italo-British Naval Conflict,
1940-42", European History Quarterly (1988); and "Terrorism in
Croatia, 1929-1934", East European Quarterly (1988). At present, he
is working on a study of Italy's war effort during World War II.