Background
Ulevich was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended public and private schools before enrolling at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor degree in Journalism.
Ulevich was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he attended public and private schools before enrolling at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he graduated in 1968 with a Bachelor degree in Journalism.
Bachelor of Arts Journalism, University of Wisconsin, 1968.
While there, he began a career-long association with Associated Press, first as a campus correspondent, later as part-time staff Ulevich developed a strong interest in China while a student, a fascination that determined the direction of his career. After graduation, he worked for Associated Press as a writer in Saint Louis, Missouri, before resigning to study Chinese language in Hong Kong.
In 1970 friends and associates in journalism urged him to travel to Indochina to witness the United States. incursion into Cambodia, assuring him the cross-border operation would herald "the last two weeks of the war".
The advice was premature. Ulevich witnessed the last two weeks of the Indochina war in April, 1975.
During the interim he freelanced as both writer and photojournalist and rejoined Associated Press in the Saigon, Vietnam, bureau. He returned to the University of Wisconsin-Madison on a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship in journalism, later resuming his Associated Press work in Saigon.
He covered the chaotic evacuation from Saigon at war’s end, departing by helicopter from the roof of the United States. embassy.
An Associated Press assignment to Bangkok followed. A worsening political situation in 1976 culminated in violent confrontation at Thammasat University in the Thai capital. After leaving Thailand, Ulevich worked for Associated Press as Asia Photo Editor in Tokyo and as photojournalist in Beijing.
He returned to Tokyo in 1988 to supervise Associated Press’s electronic communications for Asia.
Ulevich returned to the United States in 1990. He retired from Associated Press to resume freelance photography in 2002.
He lives in Thornton, Colorado, a suburb of Denver.
Married Maureen Ann Vaughan, September 25, 1974. Children: Jacob Vaughan, Sarah Beatrice.