Background
Baskin, Vlasta Jana Marie was born on January 20, 1929 in Klatovy, Czechoslovakia. Arrived in United States, 1948, naturalized, 1953. Daughter of Josef Kolena and Marie (Hoskova) Kolenova.
Baskin, Vlasta Jana Marie was born on January 20, 1929 in Klatovy, Czechoslovakia. Arrived in United States, 1948, naturalized, 1953. Daughter of Josef Kolena and Marie (Hoskova) Kolenova.
Educated, Gymnasium for Women, Cheb, Czechoslovakia.
Instructor Russian, South.E.Okla. State University, Durant, since 1960, adviser to international students,1960-1974, instructor German and Russian, research analyst, 1983. Instructor German and French summer Upward Bound program, Southeast Oklahoma State University, 1985-1994.
Private tutor of Russian and German, 1994.
Officl. interpreter Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department Bicentennial Committee, 1976. Contributor ethnic history project Oklahoma Image, 1978. Member steering committee City Council Durant, 1981.
Citizen ambassador program People to People International, New Zealand, Australia, 1992. Member of International Platform Association, Oklahoma Foreign Teachers Association, Oklahoma Education Association, Alpha Mu Gamma.
Married Wade Jacob Baskin, January 1, 1949 (deceased). Children: Wade Jacob Junior, Daniel Gregory, Michael Kenmar. Life partner Dewey T. Goad, March 21, 1994.