Background
Zacek, Joseph Frederick was born on December 18, 1930 in Stickney, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Emilie (Dvorak) Zacek.
consultant specialist history educator
Zacek, Joseph Frederick was born on December 18, 1930 in Stickney, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph and Emilie (Dvorak) Zacek.
Bachelor summa cum laude, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1952; Master of Arts in History, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy in History, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1962; certified, Columbia University Institute on East Center Europe, 1962.
Assistant professor of history, Occidental College, Los Angeles, 1962-1965;
assistant professor, director Russian & East European Programs, University of California at Los Angeles, 1965-1968;
associate professor, State University of New York at Albany, 1968-1971;
director Russian & East European Programs, State University of New York at Albany, 1968-1977, 91-92;
professor, State University of New York at Albany, since 1971;
chair department history, State University of New York at Albany, 1974-1977. Member selection committee for East Europe International Research and Exch. Board, Princeton, New Jersey, 1978-1981.
National board consultant National Endowment for Humanities, Washington, since 1975. Visiting scholar International Research & Exchanges Board Comenius U., Bratislava, and Charles U., Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1973, Columbia University, 1977-1978, U. Ill, Champaign-Urbana, 1987.
With Military Intelligence, United States Army, 1954-1957. Member American History Association, Association Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies, Western Slavic Conference, Czechoslovak Studies Association, Slovak Studies Association, Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, Association for Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Judith Ellen Cohen (divorced 1975). 1 child, Natalie Ann. Married Jane Perlberg Shapiro.
Stepchildren: Leslie Helen, Peter Carl.