† In memory of
Professor Danylo Husar Struk 5 April 1940–19 June 1999 |
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Professor Danylo Husar Struk, age 59, passed away unexpectedly and prematurely on Saturday, 19 June 1999 in Munich, Germany during a summer sojourn in Europe. Danylo Struk was born on 5 April 1940 in L'viv. He grew up in New Jersey, where he became an active member of the Ukrainian scouting fraternity Burlaky. After graduating with a B.A. degree from Harvard University in 1963, he moved to Edmonton to study at the University of Alberta. There he received his M.A. in Ukrainian literature in 1964. That year he began the Ph.D. program in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at the University of Toronto. In 1970 he successfully defended his Ph.D. dissertation on the Galician modernist writer Vasyl Stefanyk. From 1967 to 1999 Dr. Struk taught Ukrainian language courses and graduate and undergraduate courses in Ukrainian literature at the University of Toronto. He became a full professor at the University in 1981. In 1982 Prof. Struk succeeded Prof. George S. N. Luckyj as the managing editor of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine project at the University of Toronto. In 1989 he became the encyclopedia's editor in chief. That publication was prepared in collaboration with Prof. Volodymyr Kubijovy and other members of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh) with the financial assistance of the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies (CIUS), the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies, the Government of Canada, and the provincial governments of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia. Five volumes of the encyclopedia were published by the University of Toronto Press in 1984, 1988, and 1993. From 1982 Prof. Struk also served as an associate director of the CIUS in charge of its Toronto office, which houses the editorial offices of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, the CIUS Press, the Journal of Ukrainian Studies, and a branch of the Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research. Until his death, Prof. Struk oversaw the preparation of subsequent, still unpublished, volumes of the encyclopedia by scholars in the West and Ukraine. For his scholarly contributions, he was elected a full member of the NTSh in 1988 and a foreign member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1992. In May 1997 he also became the president of the west European chapter of the NTSh. From that time on he devoted much effort to transforming the NTSh complex in Sarcelles near Paris into the principal Ukrainian-studies centre in western Europe. Prof. Struk still had great plans, particularly to continue preparing and publishing further volumes of the Encyclopedia of Ukraine. In September 1999 he was to become the chairman of the University of Toronto's Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures for five years, and he hoped that during his chairmanship he would be able to secure the future existence of the Ukrainian language and literature program at that university. With his death, Ukrainian studies at the University of Toronto, the CIUS, and the NTSh have experienced a major loss. Danylo Husar Struk will be sorely missed not only by his wife Oksana, his mother Daria Husar, his sister—the artist Natalka Husar, daughter—Boryslava, stepdaughter—Tetiana, his sons—Ostap and Luka, stepsons—Andrij and Julian, daughters-in-laws—Zirka, Iryna, and Kim, son-in-law—Andrij and granddaughter Yaryna, but also by his many friends and colleagues in Canada, the United States, France, England, Germany, Slovakia, Poland, Ukraine, and Australia. We extend our heartfelt condolences to all of them. Vichna iomu pam'iat! On Friday, July 2, 1999 a Memorial Tribute to the late Danylo Husar Struk will be held on the grounds of the University of Toronto, in the Chapel of Emmanuel College, 75 Queen's Park, at 7:30 PM. The family of the deceased invites everyone who wishes to help pay tribute to the memory of this outstanding scholar, teacher and tireless worker for the cause of Ukrainian scholarship. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that friends make donations to the Danylo H. Struk Fund at the Canadian Foundation for Ukrainian Studies, 2336A Bloor Street West, Suite 202, Toronto, Ontario, M6S 1P3. In memory of Professor Danylo Husar Struk, the Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is establishing the Danylo Husar Struk Programme in Ukrainian Literature at the Toronto office of CIUS. The programme will eventually develop into a major centre for research and publishing in the field of Ukrainian Literature. The primary aim of the Danylo Husar Struk Programme in Ukrainian Literature is to enlarge the familiarity with Ukrainian literature in the English speaking world. The Programme will work toward this goal by sponsoring research, scholarly writing, translating and other activities. It will organize workshops, public lectures and readings. It seeks to sponsor research stays and visits to Toronto by scholars, writers and translators. In special tribute to Professor Struk, it will organize an annual public lecture named the Danylo Husar Struk Memorial Lecture, by a distinguished scholar, critic or writer. <<>>=<<>><<>>=<<>><<>>=<<>><<>>=<<>><<>>=<<>> We at Brama - Gateway Ukraine wish to express our sincere condolences to the family and friends left behind by Professor Struk.
Вічна йому пам'ять
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