Michael Stephen Nyikos

Background

Nyikos, Michael Stephen was born on September 8, 1933 in South Bend, Indiana, United States. Son of Michael Paul and Elizabeth (Bukovits) Nyikos.

Education

Bachelor cum laude, New Mexico Highlands U., 1957; Master of Arts, University of Michigan, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Michigan, 1970.

Career

Teacher, coach, Sound Bend School Corporation, 1959-1961; administrator, Sound Bend School Corporation, 1962-1964; member of faculty, administrator, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, 1964-1979; dean students, Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colorado, 1970-1979; dean student affairs, vice president external relations, Colorado School Mines, Golden, 1979-1989; vice president institutional advancement, executive assistant to president, Mesa State College, Grand Junction, Colorado, since 1989. Chairman, board directors Center for Applied Research in Prevention Abuse, Boulder, Colorado, since 1987.

Achievements

• Michael Stephen Nyikos has been listed as a noteworthy College official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors United Way, Grand Junction, 1989-1992. Member Grand Junction Park Advisory Board, since 1990, Republican Presidential Task Force, National Republican Senatorial Committee. Member NRA, Club 20 (officer, board directors since 1991), Rotary (past officer Grand Junction, board directors 1990-1991), Phi Delta Kappa.

Interests

• Avocations: hunting, golf, reading, writing, weightlifting.

Connections

Married Doris Louise Hollister, August 16, 1952. Children: Michele, Christopher, Stephen, Maureen.

Father:

Michael Paul Nyikos

Mother:

Elizabeth (Bukovits) Nyikos

Spouse:

Doris Louise Hollister

child:

Maureen Nyikos

child:

Michele Nyikos

child:

Christopher Nyikos

child:

Stephen Nyikos