Notable SVU Members Past and Present

Madeleine Korbel Albright, US Secretary of State Thoms John Bata, President, Bata Shoe Co. Zdenek P. Bazant, Prof. of Civil Engineering, Northwestern University Josef Kardinal Beran Max Brod, Writer, Israel Martin Butora, Slovak Ambassador to the US Thomas Cech, Nobel Laureate, Prof. Chemistry, University of Colorado Vaclav Cerny, Literary Historian and Critic Peter Demetz, Prof. of Germanic Languages, Yale University Karl W. Deutsch, Prof. of International Peace, Harvard University Ferdinand Devinsky, Rector, Comenius University, Bratislava Rev. Francis Dvornik, Prof .of Byzantine Studies, Harvard University Rudolf Firkusny, Concert Pianist, New York Milos Forman, Film Director, Hollywood Vaclav Havel, Playwright and President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Hlavaty, Prof. Mathematics, Indiana university Bohumil Hrabal, Nobel Laureate, Writer Hon. Roman Hruska, US Senator from Nebraska Igor Hudoba, Rector, .Slovak Technical University, Bratislava Karel Husa, Composer and Prof. of Music, Cornell University Roman Jakobson, Prof. of Linguistics, Harvard University Josef Jarab, Rector, Palacky University; Olomouc; Central European University, Budapest Karel B. Jirak, composer and Prof. of Musicology, Roosevelt University Oskar Kokoschka, Painter, Vienna, Austria Jiri Kolar, Artist and Poet, Paris, France Zdenek Kopal, Prof. of Astronomy, University of Manchester Rafael Kubelik, Music Composer and Conductor Milan Kundera, Writer, Paris Nicholas Lobkowicz, Rector, University of Munich, University of Eichstatt Rev. Jan Milic Lochman, Prof. of Theology and Rector, University of Basel Arnost Lustig, Writer and Prof. of Literature and Film, American University Karel Maly, Rector, Charles University Victor S. Mamatey, Prof. of History, University of Georgia, Athens Alice Masarykova Jiri Nehnevajsa, Prof. of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh Jaroslav Nemec, Legal Scholar and Librarian, NLM Michael Novak, Writer and Publicist, Washington, D.C. Jarmila Novotna, Opera Singer, Metropolitan Opera Jan Papanek, Czechoslovak Diplomat, New York Sir Cecil Parrott, Prof., University of Lancaster and Former English Ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Jaroslav J. Pelikan, Prof. of History, Yale University Ferdinand Peroutka, Journalist Albin Polasek, Sculptor Leopold Pospisil, Prof. of Anthropology, Yale University Wesley W. Posvar, President, University of Pittsburgh Miloslav Rechcigl, Research Biochemist and Science Administrator Jaroslav Seifert, Nobel Laureate, Poet, Prague Peter Sis, Artist, New York, NY H. Gordon Skilling, Prof. of Political Science, University of Toronto Josef V. Skvorecky, Writer and Prof. of English, University of Toronto Zdenek Slouka, Prof. of International Relations, Lehigh University Koloman Sokol, Artist, Bryn Mawr, PA Rev. Matthew Spinka, Prof. of Church History, Claremont University Tom Stoppard, Playwright, London, England Eugon Suchon, Composer and Prof. of of Music, University of Bratislava Jan F. Triska, Prof. of Political Science, Stanford University Hon. Charles Vanik, US Representative from Ohio Alexandr Vondra, Czech Ambassador to the US Rene Wellek, Prof. of Comparative Literature, Yale University Rudolf Zahradnik, President, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Petr Zuna, Rector, Czech Technical University, Prague

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