Background
Stephen Boleslav Roman was born on April 17, 1921, in Veľký Ruskov (now Nový Ruskov), Slovakia, to George and Helen Roman. In 1937, when he was 16 years old, he immigrated to Canada.
Stephen B. Roman, a Canadian bulk carrier, was named after Roman.
Stephen Boleslav Roman was born on April 17, 1921, in Veľký Ruskov (now Nový Ruskov), Slovakia, to George and Helen Roman. In 1937, when he was 16 years old, he immigrated to Canada.
Roman immigrated to Canada in 1937, working as a farm laborer before joining the Canadian Army in 1942. Discharged in 1943, he became interested in the stock market, organized several natural-resources ventures, and in 1953 acquired an interest in a uranium prospect that formed the basis of Denison Mines Ltd. As president and later chairman of Denison, Roman expanded and diversified his firm and was periodically involved in controversies over nuclear politics and Foreign investment.
An outspoken advocate of private enterprise, Roman sued Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Energy Minister J.J. Greene because Ottawa tried to block the sale of Denison shares to an American-controlled firm. With Eugen Loebl he wrote The Responsible Society (1977).
Roman was connected to the Greek Catholic Church since early childhood. He was one of the founders of Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto.
Roman married Betty Gardon on October 20, 1945. They had seven children, Helen Elizabeth, Angela Marie, Stephen George, Paul Michael, John Peter, David Andrew, and Anne Catherine Ruth.
