Omeljan Pritsak, history professor, co-founder of HURI, dies at 87

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - On Monday, May 29, Omeljan Pritsak, Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of Ukrainian History (emeritus) at Harvard University, co-founder and long-time director of Harvard's Ukrainian Research Institute, the first foreign member of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences and the post-Soviet restorer of the Institute of Oriental Studies in Kyiv. died unexpectedly at his home in Wellesley, Mass. He was 87.

Prof. Pritsak is survived by his wife Larysa Hvozdik Pritsak, his daughter Irene Pritsak by his late first wife Nina Moldenhauer Pritsak, and two grandchildren, Lailina Eberhard and Michael Wissoff.

A wake was to be held at Brady and Fallon Funeral Home, Jamaica Plain, Mass., on Thursday, June 1. The funeral was scheduled to take place at the Ukrainian Catholic Church of Christ the King, Jamaica Plain, on Friday, June 2.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to be made to the publications fund of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. Checks should be made out to the Ukrainian Studies Fund, 1583 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138. (When making out checks, kindly indicate on the memo line that the donation is in memory of Omeljan Pritsak.)

A memorial service for Prof. Pritsak, and a celebration of his life and scholarly achievements, is planned by the Ukrainian Research Institute to take place at Harvard University in the fall of 2006.

A full obituary of Prof. Pritsak will follow in the next edition of The Ukrainian Weekly.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, June 4, 2006, No. 23, Vol. LXXIV

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