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28 WWW. UNWLA.ORG “НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЖОВТЕНЬ 2013 IN MEMORIAM ВІДІЙШЛИ У ВІЧНІСТЬ Marta Baczynsky It is with sadness that we inform the rea d- ership of Our Life about the passing of Marta Baczynsky — a former English - language editor of our magazine, an indefatigable contributor of articles to the press of the Ukrainian diaspora, and a longtime staff and board member of the Ukrainian Museum in New York. Mrs. Baczynsky passed away on September 3, 2013. Marta Baczynsky came to the Unite d States in 1949 as a ten - year old girl. By that time, she, like so many others of her generation, had already experienced the ravages and displac e- ments of World War II, having left behind her homeland of Western Ukraine, occupied by the Soviet regime. In the US, she attended Hunter College and married Andrew Baczynsky, with whom she had two children, Michael and Anna. She also quickly became an active member of the Ukrainian diaspora community in North America, placing her writing and organizational talent s at the service of its many worthy causes. Since the mid - 1960s and almost until the end of Mrs. Baczynsky’s life, articles signed with her name have been a constant fixture in the Ukrainian - American press. She wrote numerous pieces for The Ukrainian Week ly , Our Life , and other publications, reporting on Ukrainian history and culture and on the activities of Ukrainian d i- aspora organizations, especially the World Fede r- ation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations and the UNWLA, of which she was a dedicated me m- be r for decades. Many of her later articles publ i- cized the work of the Ukrainian Museum in New York, where she worked as a Development and Public Officer until 2009. For almost two decades — from April of 1975 to September of 1993 — Marta Baczynsky served as th e English - language editor of Our Life . While at that time the English - language portion of Our Life was only a few pages long, Mrs. Baczynsky worked hard to make sure that En g- lish - speaking members of the UNWLA had som e- thing interesting and informative to re ad in every issue. She complemented reports on the UNWLA projects with articles on the Ukrainian museum and its various exhibits and programs; with tran s- lations of Ukrainian poetry and prose; with news digests on women’s issues in Ukraine and around the wo rld; and, in the crucial years of 1990 - 1991, with emotional accounts of momentous change in Ukraine by those UNWLA members who were lucky to witness it in person. Those who knew Marta Baczynsky and her contributions to Our Life , like the UNWLA’s Honorary P resident Iryna Kurowyckyj, speak highly of her work and her dedication. And those of us who did not have the pleasure of personally meeting Mrs. Baczynsky can still in a way “meet” her by reading her articles — in which the author lives on even after her jou rney on this earth has ended. Olesia Wallo ____________________ Sophia Irena Sluzar It was with deep sadness that member s of Branch 54 in Wilmin g- ton, Delaware, said good bye to Sophi a Slu - zar, an active member and Branch 54 P resident for many years. Sonia died on May 8, 2013 , at home in Wilmington . She was born in 1937 in Bucha ch, Ukraine, the youngest of four children of Roman Sluzar (a prominent attorney) and Halyna Dud - rovich. In 1950 her family im migrated to the United States after displacement from Ukraine by the Second World War. She graduated from Rosemont College with honors, with a Bachelor of Arts in History and German Literature. Her Master’s degree and doctoral work were carried out at Columbia Un i- versity in New York City. Sophia Sluzar was an accomplished hist o- rian, editor, and teacher, specializing in Eastern European studies. At Columbia University, she was research assistant to Dr . Zbigniew Brezinski, and then a director of Columbia University’s R e- search Institute on International Ch ange. She was a contributor to, and editor of, many books
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