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Dobriansky, Lev Eugene was born on November 9, 1918 in New York City. Son of John and Eugenia (Greshchuk) Dobriansky.
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Dobriansky, Lev Eugene was born on November 9, 1918 in New York City. Son of John and Eugenia (Greshchuk) Dobriansky.
Bachelor of Science (Charles Hayden Memorial scholar), New York University, 1941. Master of Arts, New York University, 1943. Hirshland political science fellow, New York University, 1943—1944.
Doctor of Philosophy, New York University, 1951. Doctor of Laws, Free Ukrainian University at University Munich, 1952.
He received an undergraduate degree in 1941 and a master"s degree in 1943 from New York University, where he was an instructor of economics throughout the 1940s. He received his doctorate from New York University in 1951. His dissertation was a critique of the economist Thorstein Veblen.
He taught economics at Georgetown University in Washington, District of Columbia from 1948 until his retirement in 1987.
During his tenure there, he became a Professor Emeritus and taught such classes as "Soviet Economics." Among his students was Kateryna Yushchenko (née Chumachenko), the future First Lady of Ukraine. In 1970, he founded and directed the Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems at Georgetown.
He was also a faculty member at the National War College in 1957-1958, and served as a consultant for the United States Department of State, the International Communication Agency, and the United States House of Representatives. Dobriansky briefly worked in an official capacity in Chile (1975–1976).
On October 25, 1982, Dobriansky was nominated by President Ronald Reagan as Ambassador to the Bahamas, succeed the previous ambassador, William B. Schwartz.
Dobriansky remained on this post until August 30, 1986. As a result of his activism, this resolution has been proclaimed every year by each successive president He also founded and chaired for many years the related National Captive Nations Committee, which advocated for the nations memorialized in the resolution.
In September, 1960, Dobriansky testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee on the role of Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev in crimes against the Ukrainian people perpetrated by his predecessor, Joseph Stalin, such as the Holodomor.
He served as the Foundation"s first chairman. After many years of fundraising and advocacy, the Memorial was finally completed on June 12, 2007, less than a year before Dobriansky"s death.
Dobriansky also played a role in the construction of another Washington, District of Columbia monument - a statue of Taras Shevchenko, the Ukrainian nationalist and artist. Dobriansky was, in the course of his life, also involved in the Ukrainian National Information Service, the American Council for World Freedom, the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, and the United States Council for World freedom.
His death on January 30, 2008 was mourned by many across the globe, including Viktor Yushchenko, the president of Ukraine.
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He is known for his work with the National Captive Nations Committee and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and served as the chairman of the latter. In 1993, Congress authorized the NCNC to begin raising funds to build a Victims of Communism Memorial. To this end, Dobriansky helped create the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, along with such notables as Lee Edwards, Grover Norquist, and Zbigniew Brzezinski.
Planning member Freedom Studies Center, Boston. Assistant secretary Republican National Convention, 1952. Adviser Republican National Committee, 1956.
Member Committee on Program and Progress of Republican Party, 1959. Assistant to chairman Republican National Convention, 1964. Vice chairman nationalities division Republican National Committee, 1964.
Senior adviser United Citizens for Nixon-Agnew, 1968. Executive member ethnic division Committee to Reelect the President, 1972. Advisor to Governor Reagan, 1980.
Issues director Republican National Committee, 1980. Chairman Ukrainian Catholic Studies Foundation, 1970-1973. Board governors Charles Edison Youth Fund, 1976-1987.
Member expert advisory board NBC, Washington, 1977-1980. chairman Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation Inc., chairman emeritus, 2003-2008. Lieutenant colonel (research) 352d Military Government Civil Affairs 1958. Colonel United States Army Reserve, 1966.
Member Free World Forum (executive committee), Citizens for Democracy, Academy Political Science, National Academy Economics and Political Science, American Association of University Professors, American Academy Political and Social Science, American, Catholic economic associations, American Finance Association, National Society Study Education, Shevchenko Science Society, United States Global Strategy Council, Social List of Washington, Council American Ambassadors, New York University Alumni Association, Georgetown University Alumni Association (honorary), Reagan Alumni Association, International Cultural Society Korea (honorary), American Legion, Reserve Officers Association, National War College Alumni Association, University Club of Washington (honorary), Capitol Hill Club, International Club, Gold Key Society, Beta Gamma Sigma, Delta Sigma Pi.
Married Julia Kusy, June 29, 1946. Children: Larisa Eugenia, Paula Jon.