Jan Francis Triska

Background

Triska, Jan Francis was born on January 26, 1922 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Son of Jan and Bozena (Kubiznak) Triska. came to the United States, 1948, naturalized, 1955.

Education

Juris Utriusque Doctor, Charles University, Prague, 1948. Master of Laws, Yale University, 1950. Doctor of Juridical Science, Yale University, 1952.

Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1957.

Career

Co-director Soviet treaties, Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, 1956-1958; lecturer department political science, University of California-Berkeley, 1957-1958; assistant professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1958-1960; associate professor, Stanford University, California, 1960-1965; professor political science, Stanford University, California, 1965-1989; associate department chairman, Stanford University, California, 1965-1966, 68-69, 71-72, 74-75; emeritus professor political science, Stanford University, California, since 1990. Consultant Institute State and Law, Czech Academy Sciences, Prague, since 1995.

Achievements

• January Francis Triska has been listed as a noteworthy political science educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Theory, Law and Policy of Soviet Treaties

    (Book by Triska, Jan F., Slusser, Robert M.)

  • Blue Collar Workers in Eastern Europe
  • The Theory, Law, and Policy of Soviet Treaties By Jan F. Triska And Robert M. Slusser

Membership

Member American Political Science Association (secretary president conference on communist studies 1970-1976), Association Advancement Slavic Studies (board directors 1975-1983), American Society International Law (executive council 1964-1967), Czechoslovak Society Arts and Sciences (president 1978-1980, 90-92), Institute for Human Sciences Vienna (acting for Commission European Communities, Brussels, committee experts on transformation of national higher education and research system in Central Europe, Brussels since 1991), Fly Fishers Club (Palo Alto, California).

Connections

Married Carmel Lena Burastero, August 26, 1951. Children: Mark Lawrence, John William.

Father:

Jan Triska

Mother:

Bozena (Kubiznak) Triska

Spouse:

Carmel Lena Burastero

child:

Mark Lawrence Triska

child:

John William Triska