Blago u Gospodinu preminuo je Valentin Z. Ivanković 29. studenog 2007. u San Pedru, California. Po svim ljutskim procjenama Valentin je bio u izvanrednu zdravlju i
uvijek mladolika izgleda, ali čovjek nikad ne zna kad će ga Gospodin pozvati k sebi. Tako je i naš Valentin naglo umro u svojoj kući, kraj svoje vjerne [...]
Jack Kemp, poznati američki političar, nekadašnji potpredsjednički kandidat i bivši profesionalni igrač football-a, preminuo je 2. svibnja ove godine. Tom prigodom američki mediji su detaljno izvjestili o njegovu životu i radu; o njegovim prepoznatljivim gospodarskim, političkim i ideološkim pogledima. Poznat je bio kao „konzervativac mekog srca.“ Vjerovao je u slobodno tržište, u samopoduzetnišvto, u [...]
I apologize to my former professor and dear friend, the late Dr. Jure Prpić, and his family for not being able to write a timely obituary in his honor for the Fall 2009 issue of the ACS Bulletin. At the time, my family and I were too preoccupied with our move to Croatia/Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, [...]
Rev. Stanislaus Golik died peacefully on September 7, 2009, in Omaha, Nebraska. He was born in Mrkopalj, Croatia, on November 13, 1915. After finishing his formal education in Senj and Zagreb, he was ordained to the priesthood in the summer of 1939, on the eve of World War II. At first he served as [...]
Bratu u spomen
This year (2008) marks the 160th anniversary of the 1848 revolution in which Ban Jelačić played a significant role. The short survey of Jelačić’s life that follows is written mainly for young Croatians around the world so that they may have a better understanding of Jelačić, the times in which he lived, and Croatian history in general.
In Memoriam
Joseph M. Condic died on February 21, 2009 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He was born on November 21, 1924. in Chicago to an immigrant Croatian family. His father, Marko Čondić, came from Svib, near Imotsk, and his mother, Tona Utrobičić, from Slime, a village near the river Cetina. They were married in Chicago in 1921 [...]
Giorgio Giulio ClovioMichelangelo of the Miniature (Croatia 1498-Rome 1578) Marjana Vucic American Croatian Review, Year V, No. 1 and 2, June 1998, p. 51-52. This year marks the 500th anniversary of Klovic’s birth. He is recognized as the most important illuminator of the 16th century. He was known as the Michelangelo of Miniature Art. Although [...]
His Life - His party - His politics
Ante Cuvalo
Also see one of Radic’s speeches
(Seventieth Anniversary of His Assassination)
American Croatian Review, Year v, No. 3 and 4, December 1998, pp.29-36.
At the turn of the 20th century, when Stjepan Radic entered the political arena, questions of national unity and Slavic equality in the Habsburg monarchy were primary [...]
Branko Franolic
Filip Vezdin was an Indologist of Croatian nationality. He was born in 1748 in Hof (Croatian name Cimov) in Lower Austria, son of Jurje and Helena Bregunic. In the register of births, marriages and deaths his surname is spelt ‘Vesdin’; Wesdin and Weszdin are also found; and he was sometimes incorrectly called Werdin or [...]