Background
Kristof, Ladis Kris Donabed was born on November 26, 1918 in Cernauti, Romania. Son of Witold and Maria (Zawadzki) Krzysztofowicz. came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1957.
Kristof, Ladis Kris Donabed was born on November 26, 1918 in Cernauti, Romania. Son of Witold and Maria (Zawadzki) Krzysztofowicz. came to the United States, 1952, naturalized, 1957.
Student, University Poznan, Poland, 1937-1939; Bachelor, Reed College, Portland, Oregon, 1955; Master of Arts, University of Chicago, 1956; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1969.
Regional executive director, Sovromlemn, Romania, 1948. Sales manager Centre du Livre Suisse, Paris, France, 1951-1952. Lecturer University Chicago, 1958-1959.
Associate director Inter-University Project History Menshevism, New York City, 1959-1962. Member faculty department political science Temple University, 1962-1964. Research fellow Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1964-1967.
Faculty political science University Santa Clara, 1967-1968. Associate Studies Communist System, Stanford, 1968-1969. Member faculty political science University Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1969-1971.
Professor political science Portland (Oregon) State University, 1971-1989, professor emeritus, from 1990. Visiting professor University Wroclaw, Poland, 1990, University Iasi, Romania, 1991, University Punjab, India, 1992, University Bucharest, Romania, 2004.
Active International Young Men’s Christian Association Center, Paris, 1950-1952, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Chicago, 1957-1959, Amnesty International, Portland, since 1975. Served with Corps Engineers Romanian Army, 1940-1943. Member American Political Science Association, Association American Geographers, American Association for Advancement of Slavic Studies, International Political Science Association, Western Slavic Association (president 1988-1990), American-Romanian Academy Arts and Sciences (vice president since 1995).
Married Jane McWilliams, December 29, 1956. 1 son, Nicholas.