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No. 3THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JANUARY 17, 1999 13NOTES ON PEOPLEWins Emmy Awardfor technical advancesDarleen RubinYar Mociuk with his Emmy Award.by Semen MarkusBRONXVILLE, N.Y. – Whether it bean old reel of the “Howdy Doody Show,”top secret government battle footage, or anuncut version of the latest blockbuster“Titanic,” film quality is the key to conveyinga visual story. Now imagine thatreel of film being submersed in water for afew years. How can it be restored?You can ask Yar Mociuk, a recentEmmy Award winner honored by theNational Academy of Arts and Sciencesfor Outstanding Achievement in TechnicalAdvancement, Pioneering Development ofFilm Scratch Removal Systems forTelecines.The awards ceremony was heldOctober 12, 1998, at the Marriot MarquisHotel in New York.Born in Mylovania, Ukraine, he is a 43-year veteran of the U.S. film industry. Mr.Mociuk has worked with almost everymotion picture company and televisionnetwork, including Paramount Pictures,Miramax, Disney, MGM, Columbia andWarner Brothers, with recent work on themovies “Titanic,” “Saving Private Ryan,”“Meet Joe Black” and others.In addition to working with new films,his experience encompasses restoringfilms for museums, various institutes andthe Federal Bureau of Investigation thatdates back to World War I. “If we can pullsomething back from the edge of extinction,that’s where we get our gratification,”said Mr. Mociuk, “Because when this stuffis gone, it’s gone.”Mr. Mociuk is president and majoritystock holder of Filmtreat InternationalCorp. in Long Island City, N.Y. He holds aU.S. patent (No. 3,609,034) for “Methodand Apparatus for Treating Motion PictureFilms.”He also holds a Ph.D. in cinema artsand sciences. Dr. Mociuk is listed innumerous U.S. and international “Who’sWho” and achievement biographes. He isa member of many professional and civicorganizations, including the UkrainianNational Association (Branch 287).Filmtreat International Corp. is the oldestmotion picture film rejuvenation establishmentin the world. The company hasbeen in business for over 60 years. Thereason for Filmtreat’s long success is aninnovative rejuvenation process as developedby the company over the years, andprogressive ideas that keep pace withchanging technology in the industry.As the television and cable industryhave grown, so has the opportunity forpeople to view more films and televisionfrom eras gone by.A current project on which Mr. Mociukis working is restoration of three years ofthe “Buick-Berle Show,” staring MiltonBerle, dating back to 1948. “Some filmswere taken during the actual performance,and truly are a national treasure,” said Mr.Mociuk.Restoration and rejuvenation mayinclude films being washed or bathed inspecialized chemicals, often using electronicsound restoration; this process cantake from one week to over a year,depending on the quality of the film.“You can’t go to school for this kind ofthing, it was all self-taught,” said Mr.Mociuk. “We started cleaning film witheverything from polish remover to soapdetergent.” Film restoration is a team projectand that’s the secret to its success.Mr. Mociuk and his wife, Irene, residein Bronxville, N.Y., and they have twodaughters, Daria and Natalia.Earns chemistry Ph.D.,climbs peak in NepalIRVINE, Calif. – Markian MyroslawPeter Stec received a Ph.D. in chemistry atthe University of California at Irvine onAugust 7, 1998.Dr. Stec’s field of expertise is syntheticorganic chemistry. His dissertation on“The Stereoselective Synthesis of theTaxane Ring System Utilizing the Type 2Intramolecular Diels-Alder Reaction andthe Synthesis of 1, 3-Butadienes fromBromocyclopropanesp” will contribute tothe synthesis of anti-cancer drug analogs.Dr. Stec was born and raised inMinnesota, the son of Maria andMyroslaw Stec and brother of Daria,Alexandra and Adrian. He was active inSt. Constantine Ukrainian CatholicChurch, Plast and the Zahrava UkrainianDr. Markian Stec and his wife, Amy.Folk Dance Ensemble. After graduatingfrom Breck School in 1987, where heplayed varsity soccer, he received a B.S. inchemistry from the University ofWisconsin at Madison in 1991.While working on his doctorate inCalifornia, Dr. Stec and his wife, Amy,became avid mountaineers and rockclimbers. During their six years on theWest Coast they summited several glaciatedpeaks in the Pacific Northwest, includingMt. Rainier (14,410 feet) and MountBaker (10,778 feet).In March 1998 they completed amonthlong trek in Nepal, during whichthey climbed to the base camp of MountEverest (17,490 feet) and summited the18,192-foot peak Kala Pattar.Dr. Stec and his wife reside in AnnArbor, Mich., where he is a post-doctoralresearch fellow at the University ofMichigan. Dr. Stec is a member of UNABranch 385.THEY COULD BE YOURSYWe are looking to expand our advertising clientele for our publications,the Ukrainian-language daily Svoboda and English-language The Ukrainian Weekly.If you are a self-motivated, hard-working and bright individual, you can supplement yourincome by referring customers to our advertising department. Your earnings will be basedon the amount of advertising you attract to our pages.For details please write or call: Svoboda Administration, Advertising Department,Maria Szeparowycz, 2200 Route 10, P.O. Box 280, Parsippany, NJ 07054 (973) 292-9800