Michael Boro Petrovich

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Michael Boro Petrovich (Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, 18 October 1922 - Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A., 28 March 1989[1]) was a noteworthy Serbian American historian, translator and educator. He was one of the founding fathers of postwar Slavic and East European studies[2], also according to Marquis Who's Who.

Biography

Michael Petrovich was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 18 October 1922 to Father Boro (Serbian Orthodox cleric) and Anne Marie (née Roper) Petrovich. Michael Boro Petrovich graduated with a diploma from the Kansas City Junior College in Kansas in 1941. Two years later he received his bachelor's degree from Western Reserve University, his master's degree in 1947 and his Ph.D. in 1955 both from Columbia University. During World War II (between 1943 and 1945) he was an officer in the OSS along with Eli Popovich (of the Popovich Brothers of Chicago fame), George Musulin, George Vujnovich, Michael Rajacich, Nick Lalich, and other American Serbs who readilly volunteered to fight the Nazis. Petrovich was a member of the Independent American Military Mission to Tito in Belgrade in 1945. The relationship between the British and American intelligence and special operations services was ambigous. Afterwards Petrovich learned that under the terms of 'London Agreement' signed in June 1942 all Office of Strategic Services (OSS) missions in Europe were under the SOE command. With the help of the British Tito went on to usurped the goverment of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia after the war and even attempted to expand territorial claims into Trieste, Italy by ignoring the Armistice of Cassibile.

Petrovich's academic career began as an instructor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison from 1950 to 1953. There he tenured as assistant professor from 1953 to 1956; associate professor from 1956 to 1960; Evjue=Bascom professor from 1982-1988; and professor emeritus from 1988. He was also a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley in 1956, and visiting professor at Harvard in 1957.

Many academic achievements followed and in 1987 he was diagnosed as suffering from terminal cancer. During the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS) held in Honolulu in 1988 he was schedualed to receive an award for achievement but was unable to attend to receive the award.

He died on 28 March 1989, aged 67.

Membership

Awards

  • William H. Kiekhofer Distinguished Teaching Award, presented by University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1957
  • Recipient of the E. Harris Harbison Award for excellence in teaching given by the Danforth Foundation, 1967
  • Recipient of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies Award of Achivement, 1988

Works

  • "America and Russia" by Michael Boro Petrovich, published by University of Wisconsin: 1951[3]
  • "Conversations with Stalin" by Milovan Đilas, Michael Boro Petrovich (Translator), published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1962[4]
  • "Land Without Justice" by Milovan Đilas, Michael Boro Petrovich (Translator), published Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1956
  • "Njegoš: Poet, Prince, Bishop" by Milovan Djilas, Michael Boro Petrovich (translator), published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1966[5]
  • "Wartime" by Milovan Đilas, Michael Boro Petrovich (Translator), published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1977[6]
  • "A History of Modern Serbia, 1804-1918" by Michael Boro Petrovich. Two volume set published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1976[7]
  • "The Emergence of Russian Panslavism, 1856-1870" by Michael Boro Petrovich, published: 1985[8]
  • "Of Prisons and Ideas" by Milovan Djilas, Michael Boro Petrovich (translator), published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1986[9]
  • "Yugoslavia: A Bibliographic Guide", published: 1974[10]
  • "World Cultures" by Michael Boro Petrovich, published: 1995[11]
  • "The Human Achievement" by Philip D. Curtin, Michael Boro Petrovich, published: 1967[12]

References

  1. ↑ Shashko, Philip (1990). "In memoriam: Professor Michael Boro Petrovich (1922—1989)". Études Balkaniques (1): 146–148. https://www.ceeol.com/search/article-detail?id=272213. 
  2. ↑ Curran, Michael W. (1989). "News of the Profession". Slavic Review 48 (4): 721–722. doi:10.1017/S0037677900062021. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/slavic-review/article/abs/news-of-the-profession/F670AFEFA00DE3919D6EC30E21E3B784. 
  3. ↑ America and Russia. 1951. https://www.google.ca/books/edition/America_and_Russia/QHbNjgEACAAJ?hl=en. 
  4. ↑ Djilas, Milovan (1962). Conversations with Stalin. ISBN 0156225913. https://books.google.com/books?id=RM4JcdHwXy8C&dq=Milovan+Djilas%3A+Conversations+with+Stalin&pg=PA3. 
  5. ↑ "[PDF] Njego Poet Prince Bishop Introduction and Translation by Michael B Petrovich Download eBook Full – PDF Download Get Book Fast". https://www.getbookfast.com/now/njego-poet-prince-bishop-introduction-and-translation-by-michael-b-petrovich/. 
  6. ↑ Dragnich, Alex N. (March 1979). "Wartime. By Milovan Djilas. Translated by Michael B. Petrovich. (New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977. Pp. X + 470. $14.95.)". American Political Science Review 73 (1): 273–274. doi:10.2307/1954809. JSTOR 1954809. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/abs/wartime-by-milovan-djilas-translated-by-michael-b-petrovich-new-york-and-london-harcourt-brace-jovanovich-1977-pp-x-470-1495/07D9E3B31F1D737DF1EAB8B41F79CFE5. 
  7. ↑ Stokes, Gale (December 1977). "A History of Modern Serbia, 1804-1918, 2 vols. By Michael Boro Petrovich. New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976. Vol. 1: Xx, 359 pp. + 8 pp. Plates. Maps. Vol. 2: Xi, 372 pp. (Pp. 360-731) + 8 pp. Plates. Maps. $49.50 for 2-vol. Boxed set". Slavic Review 36 (4): 707–709. doi:10.2307/2495300. JSTOR 2495300. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/slavic-review/article/history-of-modern-serbia-18041918-2-vols-by-petrovich-michael-boro-new-york-and-london-harcourt-brace-jovanovich-1976-vol-1-xx-359-pp-8-pp-plates-maps-vol-2-xi-372-pp-pp-360731-8-pp-plates-maps-4950-for-2vol-boxed-set/D623EE6AD780522DCB970D0943B41734. 
  8. ↑ Petrovich, Michael Boro (1956). The Emergence of Russian Panslavism 1856–1870. doi:10.7312/petr93420. ISBN 9780231893619. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.7312/petr93420/html. 
  9. ↑ Of Prisons and Ideas. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 1986. ISBN 9780151679799. https://www.google.ca/books/edition/Of_Prisons_and_Ideas/oS8FAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Prisons+and+Ideas+by+Milovan+Djilas&dq=Prisons+and+Ideas+by+Milovan+Djilas&printsec=frontcover. 
  10. ↑ "Michael Boro Petrovich". https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/746379.Michael_Boro_Petrovich. 
  11. ↑ "Michael Boro Petrovich". https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/746379.Michael_Boro_Petrovich. 
  12. ↑ "The human achievement". https://weticezetunu.prideofaberdeenawards.com/the-human-achievement-book-235sm.php. 
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