Ukrainian Technological Society elects officers, plans activity for '96

PITTSBURGH - The membership of the Ukrainian Technological Society convened its 27th annual General Assembly here at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church on February 18.

Acting President Ihor Havryluk welcomed the members and guests, who heard reports on the 1995 activities of the society. The UTS Scholarship Program awarded nine grants to college students totalling $3,300.

Halya S. Polatajko, society representative to the Federation of Ukrainian American Business and Professional Associations, reported that the society had completed its assigned task of publishing the 1995 directory of federation members on time and within budget. She also reviewed the society's role in organizing the visit of the first president of Ukraine, Leonid Kravchuk, to Pittsburgh on January 22-23, 1995.

Marta Pisetska Farley reviewed the annual dinner/dance and the 1995 Ukrainian of the Year Award presentation to John Smith of Pittsburgh.

The following were elected to serve one-year terms: Mr. Havryluk, president; Ms. Pisetska Farley, vice-president; Nickolas C. Kotow, secretary; Anthony H. Szmul, treasurer; and executive board members Irene K. Grimm, Daria B. Jakubowycz, Mark Jakubowycz, Michael Korchynsky and Ms. Polatajko.

Plans for the 1996 Scholarship Program included awarding one scholarship in memory of Gloria J. Kinal, past chair of the UTS Scholarship Committee, whose sudden death at a young age has greatly saddened the Pittsburgh Ukrainian community, and the possibility of giving one scholarship to a student from Ukraine in an international study program.

Plans were also initiated for participating in the community's observances of the 10th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear accident and the fifth anniversary of the independence of modern-day Ukraine.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, March 17, 1996, No. 11, Vol. LXIV

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