UNA President Named Bank Board Member (12/26/76)

UNA President Named Bank Board Member

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Joseph Lesawyer, Supreme President of the Ukrainian National Association and a leading figure of Ukrainian community life in the free world, was elected to the Board of Managers of the Provident Savings Bank, it was announced here last week by Kenneth F. X. Albers, Provident president.

Provident is one of the largest savings banks in New Jersey with total deposits and assets in excess of 500 million dollars.

News of Mr. Lesawyer's election was carried by the Jersey Journal, The Newark Star-Ledger and The Hudson Dispatch in their editions of December 14, 1976. The papers also carried Mr. Lesawyer's photo.

In its account, The Dispatch noted that Mr. Lesawyer is vice-president of the World Congress of Free Ukrainians and holds executive posts with the Ukrainian Institute of America, the New York Athletic Club and the New York University's Letter Club.

The paper also cited Mr. Lesawyer's membership on the Harvard University Visiting Committee of Ukrainian Studies and the National Fraternal Congress of America. He is vice-president of the Jersey City Chamber of Commerce and is active in the redevelopment of the Exchange Place area of Jersey City, said the paper.

The daily noted that Mr. Lesawyer, who holds a B.C.S. degree from NYU's School of Commerce, served for 5 years as a captain in the U.S. Army Medical Administrative Corps during World War II and was awarded a Bronze Star for service during the Battle of the Bulge.

Last October, during the XXIIth UCCA congress, Mr. Lesawyer was re-elected to the post of executive vice-president of that central representative Ukrainian organization in America.

In completing the profile of the Lesawyer family, The Dispatch noted that his wife Mary is a former soloist with the New York City Opera, is currently president of UNWLA Branch 72, and is involved in local church affairs and charities.

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