Ladislaus Bolchazy
American classical scholar, independent academic publisher, and cultural advocate
Ladislaus Joseph "Lou" Bolchazy (June 7, 1937 – July 28, 2012) was an American classical scholar, independent academic publisher, and cultural advocate. He is widely respected among Classics scholars and instructors as the founder of Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers.
Early life and education
Bolchazy was born in 1937 in Michalovce, Czechoslovakia. His family had their own land and raised crops and farm animals. During World War II, they experienced the violent conflict between occupying German forces and Slovak partisans. In 1949, after the communists had taken control of Czechoslovakia, the family emigrated to the United States and settled in Yonkers, New York. Bolchazy pursued studies in theology, philosophy, and the Classics at several institutions. In 1973, he completed his Ph.D. at SUNY Albany with a dissertation titled Livy's Interest in the Humanizing Role of the Law of Hospitality, which was later published as a book. Bolchazy taught at various academic institutions, including Loyola University Chicago and Millersville State College in Pennsylvania.
Publishing
Bolchazy began his publishing enterprise with a new printing of the classic work Rome and Her Kings.
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