PRINTER'S NO. 2039
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
388
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY TURZAI, ROTHMAN, RABB, READSHAW, OWLETT, KAUFFMAN,
GILLESPIE, SCHMITT, MOUL, HOHENSTEIN, GREINER, MERSKI,
DiGIROLAMO, RYAN, SONNEY, WILLIAMS, KINSEY AND HEFFLEY,
JUNE 7, 2019
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 7, 2019
A RESOLUTION
Celebrating the life of John Lukacs and extending condolences on
his passing.
WHEREAS, John Lukacs was born January 31, 1924, in Budapest,
Hungary; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lukacs survived the Nazi occupation of Hungary
during his youth; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lukacs fled to the United States once Hungary
became occupied and controlled by the Soviet Union; and
WHEREAS, In 1946, Mr. Lukacs became a professor of history at
Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lukacs also served as a visiting professor at
Columbia University, Johns Hopkins University, La Salle
University and Princeton University; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lukacs became an authority on Eastern European
history, World War II and the Cold War; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Lukacs published 35 books on these and other
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