Leonid Rudnytzky

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Ivanovych and the family name is Rudnytzky.

Leonid Ivanovych Rudnytzky (born September 8, 1935) is a Ukrainian linguist and professor of German, Slavic and Ukrainian Studies. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and co-editor of numerous American and Ukrainian encyclopedias.

Leonid Rudnytzky
Леонід Рудницький
Personal details
Born	(1935-09-08) September 8, 1935 Lviv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine)
Alma mater	La Salle University, University of Pennsylvania, Ukrainian Free University

Awards

• Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching for teaching at La Salle University in Philadelphia (USA – 1966)
• Ivan Franko Literary Prize of the Union of Writers of Ukraine for research in Franko studies (Kyiv, Ukraine – 1993)
• Award of the President of Ukraine for his personal contribution to the development of the Ukrainian state (Kyiv, Ukraine – 1996)
• Basilian Humanitarian Award from the Order of Basilian Sisters (Sestry Vasilianky) (Philadelphia, USA – 1997)
• Order of Yaroslav the Wise – IV degree (Kyiv, Ukraine – 2003)
• Knight of the Order of Malta (USA – 2004)
• Pro Universitate Medal of the Ukrainian Free University (Munich, Germany – 2005)
• Diploma of Laureate and Medal of Myhailo Hrushevsky (Lviv, Ukraine – 2005)

References

• O. Kupchynsky "Leonid Rudnytzky – scientist, teacher, social and cultural worker, "preface to the collection of scientific papers in honor of Leonid Rudnytzky, Lviv Philadelphia, 2008. – pp. 4–34.
• N. Rudnytzky "Materials for a bibliography of works by Leonid Rudnytzky," preface to collection of scientific papers in honor of Leonid Rudnytzky, Lviv, Philadelphia, 2008. – pp. 35–59.
• D. Pavlychko "The Power of disobedience," preface to the collection of scientific papers in honor of Leonid Rudnytzky, Lviv, Philadelphia, 2008. – pp. 63–68
• Penn Language center of the University of Pennsylvania