NOTES ON PEOPLE (10/28/01)

NOTES ON PEOPLE

Installed as president of North Port Kiwanis

NORTH PORT, Fla. - Atanas T. Kobryn was installed as president of the Kiwanis Club during the annual installation banquet at The Olde World Restaurant on Sunday, September 30.

Kiwanis, a service organization, offers an opportunity for personal involvement in the leadership and improvement of the community, the nation and world. The Kiwanis Club of North Port Inc., provides scholarships to the city's high school graduates who intend to pursue higher education, supports local youth activities, and provides myriad other services to youth, the elderly, and the community at large. The club meets every Wednesday at The Olde World Restaurant in North Port from noon to 1 p.m. Guests are welcome.

Mr. Kobryn, a native of Ukraine and six-year president of North Port had joined the Kiwanis Club of Buffalo, N.Y., in 1968. He served on the board of directors and chaired several committees. After accepting a position as business officer of the scandal-ridden Willowbrook State School in Staten Island, N.Y., he was one of the organizers and charter secretary of Mid-Island Kiwanis Club of Staten Island, N.Y. Later he became a member of the Kiwanis Club of Staten Island Inc., and served as its president in 1991-1992.

Mr. Kobryn has been married to Kateryna since 1952. He is a Korean War veteran, a graduate of the University of Buffalo (B.S. in management) and Niagara University's Graduate School of Education (M.A.). He is a member of the North Port City Tax Oversight Committee, the president of the Friends of the North Port Area Public Library, and a member of the North Port High School SAC/SDMT.

He also writes a weekly column about the local Ukrainian community and related matters for the North Port Sun.

Mr. Kobryn is a member of Ukrainian National Association Branch 130.

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