Background
Cermak, Josef Rudolf Cenek was born on November 15, 1924 in Skury, Czech Republic. Son of Rudolf and Rosalie (Zahalkova) Cermak.
Cermak, Josef Rudolf Cenek was born on November 15, 1924 in Skury, Czech Republic. Son of Rudolf and Rosalie (Zahalkova) Cermak.
JUC, Charles U., Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1945-1948. Bachelor of Laws, U. Toronto (Ontario, Canada), 1958. Called to Ontario bar, 1960, created Queen's counsel, 1975.
Member firm Borden, Elliot, Kelley & Palmer, Toronto, 1960-1961. Member firm Wahn, Mayer, Smith, Creber, Lyons, Torrance & Stevenson (name now Smith, Lyons, Torrance, Stevenson & Mayer), Toronto, since 1962, partner, 1967-1992. Board directors private Canada corporations Actor, NewTheatre, Toronto, Snizek Theatre, New York City, Canadian Broadcasting Company Radio, and more.
Member Executive Pro Arte Orchestra Association, 1963-1966. Board directors Canada Ethnic Heritage Foundation, Pro Arte Orchestra Society.
Member firm Borden, Elliot, Kelley & Palmer, Toronto, 1960-1961, Wahn, Mayer, Smith, Creber, Lyons, Torrance & Stevenson, Toronto, 1962-1992. Partner Smith, Lyons, Torrance, Stevenson & Mayer (and predecessors), 1967-1992. Board directors private Canada corporations.
(Czech Canadians -- Biography. Slovak Canadians -- Biography.)
Author: Pokorne Navraty, 1955, Going Home, 1963, My Toronto, 1984, Fragmenty ze zivota Cechu a Slovaku v Kanade, 2000, Winston Churchill, Nástin zivota, 2000, Buh se tu zastavil, 2001, It All Started with Prince Rupert, 2003. Editor: Zpravy News, 1965-1967. Chairman editorial board Nase Hlasy, Toronto Czech Weekly, 1960-1968.
Host (Czechoslovak television show) The Window, Canada. Contributor articles to Czechoslovakian newspapers in Canada and United States.
Actor, New Theatre, Toronto, Snizek Theatre, New York City, Canadian Broadcasting Company Radio, others. Member Executive Pro Arte Orchestra Association, 1963-1966. Board directors Canada Ethnic Heritage Foundation, Pro Arte Orchestra Society.
Member Canada Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association, Czechoslovak Society Arts and Sciences American (president Toronto chapter 1970-1979), Czechoslovak National Association Canada (member executive committee 1958-1970, president 1999-2003), President's Circuit University Toronto, Group of 175 University Toronto. Clubs: Sokol Gymnastic Association, Lawyers.