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Lev Dobriansky
Lev Eugene Dobriansky (November 9, 1918 – January 30, 2008) was an American diplomat and professor of economics at Georgetown University. He served as U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas, and was also an anti-communist advocate. He is known for his work with the National Captive Nations Committee and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and formerly served as the chairman emeritus of the latter.
Dobriansky was born on November 9, 1918, in New York City, the son of Ruthenian emigrants from Western Ukraine (then Austria-Hungary). His father, Ivan (John), was born in Kalush and his mother, Eugenia (née Greszczuk), emigrated in 1910. He had a brother, Bohdan. 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 NYU in 1951. His dissertation was a critique of the economist Thorstein Veblen.
Dobriansky taught economics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., 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.
Dobriansky was also a faculty member at the National War College from 1957 to 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).[citation needed]
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.
Dobriansky was the chairman of National Captive Nations Committee (NCNC). of which the local committees were often allied with the Banderite wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. Dobriansky wrote the Captive Nations Week Resolution, which was adopted by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in July 1959. 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.
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Lev Dobriansky
Lev Eugene Dobriansky (November 9, 1918 – January 30, 2008) was an American diplomat and professor of economics at Georgetown University. He served as U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas, and was also an anti-communist advocate. He is known for his work with the National Captive Nations Committee and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, and formerly served as the chairman emeritus of the latter.
Dobriansky was born on November 9, 1918, in New York City, the son of Ruthenian emigrants from Western Ukraine (then Austria-Hungary). His father, Ivan (John), was born in Kalush and his mother, Eugenia (née Greszczuk), emigrated in 1910. He had a brother, Bohdan. 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 NYU in 1951. His dissertation was a critique of the economist Thorstein Veblen.
Dobriansky taught economics at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., 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.
Dobriansky was also a faculty member at the National War College from 1957 to 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).[citation needed]
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.
Dobriansky was the chairman of National Captive Nations Committee (NCNC). of which the local committees were often allied with the Banderite wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists. Dobriansky wrote the Captive Nations Week Resolution, which was adopted by the United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in July 1959. 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.