NOTES ON PEOPLE (06/28/98)

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Receives M.D. from UMDNJ

CLIFTON, N.J. - Andrew Walter Gnoy, son of Oksana Bohachevsky Gnoy and the late Walter Gnoy, successfully completed four years of medical school at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) and on May 20 received the degree of Doctor of Medicine.

A graduate of Rutgers University, Dr. Gnoy selected obstetrics and gynecology as his specialty. His four-year residency is at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, N.J.

Dr. Gnoy belongs to St. Nicholas parish in Passaic, N.J. He is a member of Plast and the Chornomorska Sitch Sports Club. He is also a member of UNA Branch 216 and a recipient of a UNA scholarship.

Society for Quality designates fellow

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - Eugene Danylyshyn, a resident of Laguna Niguel, Calif., has been named a Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) - one of the highest honors ASQ can bestow on its members. To attain the rank of fellow, a candidate must achieve distinction in his or her accomplishments professionally and within the society.

Mr. Danylyshyn, a member of UNA Branch 53, is director of quality assurance for Flour Daniel, Inc. in Irvine, Calif. His background includes managing financial and technical control of quality engineering projects such as equipment, process, and product validations. In addition, he has implemented technical operations for consulting services and assessment of quality systems for major firms.

Mr. Danylyshyn is a 1965 graduate of the Stevens Institute of Technology, he received a master's degree in business administration in 1971 from Western New England College.

Mr. Danylyshyn is one of 39 to be named as an ASQ Fellow this year. All new fellows were recognized at an awards luncheon May 4 at ASQ's 52nd annual congress.

ASQ is a professional society dedicated to the ongoing development, advancement, and promotion of quality concepts, principles, and techniques. ASQ serves more than 133,000 individual and 1,100 corporate members.

Elected to chair appraisers' board

NEWTON, Mass. - William J. Pastuszek Jr. of Newton, Mass., has been elected chairman of the Board of Registration of Real Estate Appraisers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. This board regulates all licensed and certified real estate appraisers in the state.

Mr. Pastuszek is the president of Shepherd Associates, a real estate appraisal and consulting firm in Newton. The firm conducts high-quality valuation analyses and consulting assignments for a wide variety of clients. He is the first designated member of Appraisal Institute to be chairman of the real estate appraisers.

He was appointed to the board by Gov. William Weld in 1996 to serve as its certified general member for consecutive terms. Besides holding the MAI and SRA designations from the nation's largest appraisal organization, he also holds designations from the Massachusetts Board of Real Estate Appraisers and the American Society of Appraisers. He is an active seminar developer and appraisal instructor.

Mr. Pastuszek is a member of UNA Branch 231.