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HARVARD UKRAINIAN STUDIES - See also - Harvard University

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CHRONICLEJan Kozik, In memoriam(27 October 1934 — 23 November 1979)WŁADYSŁAW A. SERCZYK and LAWRENCE D. ORTONTwo remembrances of the late Jan Kozik appear here — one by his Polishcompatriot and colleague Władysław A. Serczyk, and the other by an Americanfellow historian and friend, Lawrence D. Orton. A bibliography of Dr. Kozik'spublications follows. Together they are a tribute to an honorable member of ourprofession. — The EditorsI.Jan Kozik, lecturer in the Department of the History of Nationalitiesof the USSR at the Jagellonian <strong>University</strong> in Cracow, lived for just 45years. During the last ten he fought a heroic battle with what proved tobe an incurable illness.He was born on 27 October 1934, in Posadowa, Nowy Sącz district,to a peasant family, the son of Franciszek and Michalina (née Galie)Kozik. He spent his childhood there, except for the several years thathis family lived in the west of Poland. His formal study of historybegan at the Jagellonian. Under the guidance of Professor HenrykWereszycki, he completed a master's thesis entitled "Muscophilism inGalicia in 1848-1866 against the Background of the Ukrainian NationalRevival." This first work, highly praised at its defense, clearlyreflected the author's scholarly interests as well as his conscientiousresearch, impressive and rapidly acquired erudition, and amazingability to operate objectively in the difficult field of how nationalconsciousness in multiethnic territories is formed.From his student days Jan Kozik was indefatigable in his researchand in his quest to determine historical truth. Archival and biblio-

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