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About the Authors and Photographer:
History of the "United Romanian Society"
Istoria Societatii "Unirea Romanilor"
© copyright 1997, FEEFHS, all rights reserved
Latest Update: 4 June 1997 (A few corrections)
The History of the "United Romanian Society" Istoria Societatii "Unirea
Romanilor", 209 pages, 1995, is © copyright 1997 by the authors, Eugene S.
Raica and Alexandru T. Nemoianu. It is published by the United Romanian Society, 18405
West Nine Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan USA 48075. Mailing address: P.O. Box 03189,
Detroit, Michigan 48203. This section, "About the Authors and Photographer", is published
with the written permission of Eugene S. Raica.
ABOUT The AUTHORS and PHOTGRAPHER
Alexandru TOMA NEMOIANU was born in Bucharest, Romania on
28 April 1948, the youngest son of Virgil and Victoria Nemoianu,
originally from Caras-Severin County, Banat. He graduated from
the University of Bucharest, College of History Magna Cum Laude
in 1971.
Mr. Nemoianu was employed by the Musem of History of Romania
initially as a researcher and later as principal researcher,
participating in various archeological field diggings in
Maramures, Bihor and the Mures Valley.
In 1982 he emigrated to the United States and after residing in
Washington D.C. for two years , Mr. Nemoianu accepted the
position of Secretary-Resident Historian at the Romanian-American
Heritage Center at Jackson Michigan in the fall of 1984. His
articles appear regularly in Information Bulletin of the
Heritage Center, the the Solia, Cuvantul Romanesc,
Lumea Libera, America newspapers in America and
the Altarul Banatului of Timosoara, Romania.
Mr. Nemoianu is married to the former Larissa Gabriela PUSCASU,
his college classmate, and they have a son, Andrei Toma Nemoianu,
who graduated from high school in 1994. All are members of the
United Romanian Society of Southfield Michigan.
Eugene SILVIU RAICA was born in Beba Veche, Banat, Romania
on 21 December 1949, the son of Nicolae and Elena Raica. he has
resided in the Detroit Michigan area since the age of seven, when
his mother, a U.S. citizen, was repatriated to America with her
family.
Mr. Raica graduated from Wayne State University at Detriot,
Michigan in 1972 receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree with
Distinction, with a major in Economics and a minor in History.
He was elected to membership in Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa
Epsilon, Chi Rho and Golden Key National Honor Societies. After
two years of active duty in thge U.S. Army he earned a master of
Arts Degree in Business Administration from Wayne State
University. Currently he is employed by the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Affairs.
A member of many professional and civic organizations, he has
held numerous offices in Romanian cultural organizations and has
been president of the United Romanian Society since 1988.
He is also a contributing writer to the America newspaper
and the Information Bulletin of the Heritage Center.
George PASLARU was born in Jevreni, Moldava, Romania on 22
July 1925 and after completion of his secondary education he was
selected to attend aviation training in Germany.
In 1950 he emigrated to the United and served in the U.S. Army
for three years. After discharge he established residence in
Detroit Michigan where he was employed by the General Motors
Corporation for fourteen years and then as Chief Photographer by
the Chrysler Corporation for eleven years. Currently a Chrysler
Corporation contract employee, he has also been a free lance
photographer for over three decades, having his photographs
printed regularly in the Romanian Communion,
America and Credinta Newspapers and Calendars.
Mr. Paslaru is married to the former Patricia CUSEAN, and the
father of two daughters, Patricia and Janet. He first joined the
United Romanian Society in 1950 and has been active
socially in the organization in the ensuing years. All
photographs in the monograph are the work of George Paslaru with
the exception of those on page 171, 185-189, 196, 200 and
202.
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