Stephen Boleslav Roman
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Stephen Boleslav Roman (17 April 1921 – 23 March 1988) was a prominent Canadian mining engineer and mining executive of a Slovak origin.[1] Business commentator Diane Francis described him as a self-made man in her book Controlling Interest.[2] A 1967 profile in Fortune magazine said "Toronto teems with speculators who have made it big promoting oil, mines, and penny stocks, but no one has made it bigger than Stephen Boleslav Roman."[3] Peter Newman profiled him in "Sometimes a great nation: will Canada belong to the 21st century?"[4]
Štefan Boleslav Roman was born in village Veľký Ruskov (now Nový Ruskov) in Slovakia. He emigrated to Canada when he was 16 years old. Since his youth he was strong connected to the Greek Catholic Church. He helped to found and organize the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto. The monumental Cathedral of the Transfiguration of our Lord in Markham was funded and designed be him, modeling the structure on the church in Veľký Ruskov.[5]
Roman was invested in the Order of Canada and the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.[6] The Vatican appointed him a Papal knight.[7]
The lake freighter Stephen B. Roman was named after him.[8]
References
- ↑ "Stephen Roman dead at age 66". The Northern Miner. 1988-03-28. http://www.northernminer.com/issuesV2/VerifyLogin.aspx. "Stephen B. Roman, the man who took control of a penny mining stock in 1953 and built it into one of the largest mining empires in Canada, has died. He was 66."
- ↑ Diane Francis (1987). "Controlling interest: who owns Canada?". McClelland-Bantam. p. 99. ISBN 9780770422134. https://books.google.com/books?id=HFz_ksOFCbAC&q=Stephen+Boleslav+Roman&dq=Stephen+Boleslav+Roman&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aV4nUqOvLIvQsATb9YBQ&redir_esc=y. "Stephen Boleslav Roman is one of that rare species among Canada's rich: he's a self-made man and an ideologue, who fiercely believes in Catholicism, capitalism, the emancipation of Slovakia, Denison Mines, and..."
- ↑ "Businessmen around the globe". Fortune magazine. 1967. p. 68. https://books.google.com/books?id=GioPAQAAMAAJ&q=Stephen+Boleslav+Roman&dq=Stephen+Boleslav+Roman&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aV4nUqOvLIvQsATb9YBQ&redir_esc=y.
- ↑ Peter Charles Newman (1988). Sometimes a great nation: will Canada belong to the 21st century?. McClelland and Stewart. p. 255. ISBN 9780771067501. https://books.google.com/?id=_gElAAAAMAAJ&q=Stephen+Boleslav+Roman&dq=Stephen+Boleslav+Roman. Retrieved August 2013.
- ↑ František Dancák: ROMAN, Štefan Boleslav - zoe.sk (Slovak)
- ↑ "Stephen B. Roman (1921 – 1988) – 1989 Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Inductee". Republic of Mining. http://www.republicofmining.com/2010/10/31/stephen-b-roman-1921-1988-1989-candian-mining-hall-of-fame-inductee/.
- ↑ Patricia Burgess, Roland Turner (1988). "The Annual Obituary, 1988". St. James Press. p. 161. https://books.google.com/books?id=jmIYAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Stephen+Boleslav+Roman%22&dq=%22Stephen+Boleslav+Roman%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1mEnUvDJPLPH4AOC8oGoBA&redir_esc=y.
- ↑ George Wharton. "Great Lakes Fleet Page Vessel Feature -- Stephen B. Roman". Boatnerd. http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/roman.htm.
