Background
Janiw, Wolodymyr was born on November 21, 1908 in Lwiw, Ukraine. Son of Osyp and Eleonore (Bilecka) Janiw.
Janiw, Wolodymyr was born on November 21, 1908 in Lwiw, Ukraine. Son of Osyp and Eleonore (Bilecka) Janiw.
Licenciate in Philosophy, University Lwiw, 1934. Doctor of Philosophy, Friedrich Wilhelms University, Berlin, 1944. Doctor philosophy habilitatus, Ukrainian Free University, Munich, West Germany, 1949.
Editor, Ukrainian Students Monthly, 1932-1934, Nash Klych, weekly, Lwiw, 1933. In exile, since 1939. Member faculty Ukrainian Free University, since 1946, professor psychology and sociology, since 1956, rector, 1968-1986.
General secretary Shevchenko Science Society, 1952-1968, vice president, 1968-1985, president 1985-1987.
Member science council Arbeits und Förderungsgemeinschaft der Ukranischen Wissenschaften, since 1963, president, 1979, trustee, 1973-1979.
Member Ukrainian National Committee, 1941. Member general council Union Catholique International de la Presse, 1957-1972. Member Berufsverband der Deutschen Psychologen, Academy International des Sciences et des Lettres, Deutsche Gesellschaft Psychologie, Science Society Theologica Ucrainorum, Institute d"études slaves, Louisiana Real Academy Hispano-Americana, Freier Deutscher Autorenverband, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association-Club, World Literary Academy.
Married Sophie Moyseowycz, September 27, 1939.