St Basils Preparatory School - Chateau Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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IOSEPH LUKIW, B.A., M.s., After serving three years in the U.S. Army, lvlr. Lukiw entered Fairfield University where he received a B.A. degree majoring in education. He then studied reading at the University of Bridgeport where he was awarded a Master of Arts degree. He holds a State Certificate as a Reading Consultant and was for some time a member of the Reading Laboratory of the University of Bridgeport. At present he is a member of the New Canaan, Connecticut, School System. He is a member of the International Reading Association, the Connecticut Education Association, the National Educa- tion Association, and the New Canaan Education Asso- ciation. Mr. Lukiw teaches developmental reading and study skills at St. Basil's.

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MARGUERITE DEIANNI, B.A., M.A., Instructor of Spanish and English, graduated from Marymount College where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree. ln her junior year at College, she studied Spanish at the University of Madrid. Miss Delanni returned to New York University to receive her Master of Arts degree. After her graduation, she lived in Spain where she taught Spanish, and English as a second language. Miss Delanni returned to New York in December of 1971. Her interests are ice skating and reading. MYROSLAV BORYSIUK, PH.M., M.A., PH.D, Instructor of Latin, Dr. Borysiuk, received his Master of Philosophy degree in classics from the University of Lviv, where later he was appointed Assistant Professor of Greek. He spent two years in Rome, studying classical culture and deep- ening his field of specialization: pre-Homeric religion. After his arrival in the United States, Dr. Borysiuk studied at Columbia University where he received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in classics. Moses Hadas, commenting in Newsweek of the current crop of American classicists, referred to Professor Bory- siuk's dissertation at Columbia in these words: This is a doctoral thesis by one of my students. lt's about Plutarch-and it's written entirely in Latin. He didn't have to do that. I should be very proud, don't you think, that one of my students strove for such excellence? Professor Borysiuk is an active member of the American Philological Association, the New England Philological Association, and the Canadian Philological Association. He is listed in the Directory of American Scholars, VVho's Who in the East?, Outstanding Educators of America, Dictionary of International Biography and Prominent Ukralnians in America. 15

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.. ii 249 at .. 'JE i mv ff it r ' aaa file ALEXANDER M. BERNYK, B.s. in Mus., M.A. re- ceived his Bachelor of Science degree in Music from New York University and his Master of Arts from Manhattan College. Mr. Bernyk is Associate Professor of music at Lehman College where he has taught for the past thirty years. He has also held teaching assignments at Iona College, Rutgers Uni- versity, and New York University. He is an active member of PHI MU ALPHA, the Na- tional Honorary Music Fraternity, as well as of the Collegiate Bandmasters' Association. At St. Basil's, Mr. Bernyk teaches all the music theory and appreciation classes, litur- gical chant, and directs the choir, chorus, and orchestra. MRS. CANDACE D. HERBST, B.A., M.L.A., Mrs. Herbst took her undergraduate studies at Hunter College where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthro- pology and art. She was awarded her M.L.A. at Pratt Institute of Technology. She is a member of Beta Phi Mu, the International Library Science Honor Society. Before coming to St. Basil's, Mrs. Herbst worked as a librarian for various firms. In addition to her duties as librarian, Mrs. Herbst teaches art at the Prep.