Background
Hunczak, Taras was born on March 13, 1932 in Pidhaytsi County, Ternopil, Ukraine. Son of Hryhoriy and Maria Hunczak.
Hunczak, Taras was born on March 13, 1932 in Pidhaytsi County, Ternopil, Ukraine. Son of Hryhoriy and Maria Hunczak.
Bachelor, Canisius College, Buffalo, 1953. Master of Arts, Fordham University, New York, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Vienna University, 1960.
He lectures in Ukrainian, Russian, and East-European history. Doctor Hunczak has written extensively on Ukrainian history, the twentieth century in particular. Doctor Hunczak gained his undergraduate degree at Fordham University, New York in 1955.
He gained his Master"s Degree on 1958, also at Fordham.
On 1965, he earned his Doctor of Philosophy at the Vienna University. Doctor Hunczak began lecturing at Rutgers University in 1960.
He became Professor Emeritus in 2004. From 1991, also Doctor Hunczak has been a professor at the National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv.
In 2013 he received an honorary doctorate from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
Coach Rutgers University Division I Mens Volleyball Team, 1976—1978. Commissioner Volleyball Garden-Empire Région, New Jersey, 1978—1980, New York, 1978—1980. Member of Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences (executive board member 1972-1980), Shevchenko Science Society America (chair history divsn.
2000-2009).
Married Olga Karpenko, August 19, 1961. Children: Paul, Daniel.