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Jus
Volodymyr
(William)
is
an
industrialist,
inventor,
philanthropist.
He
was
born
on
January
5,
1895
in
the
village
of
Chernykhivtsi
in
Halychyna
(now
the
territory
of
Zbaraz
district
of
Ternopil
region).
In
1914,
he
emigrated
with
his
parents
to
the
United
States
and
settled
in
West
Islip,
near
New
York.
Even
in
his
youth,
Volodymyr
(who
took
the
middle
name
William)
showed
exceptional
abilities
in
technical
fields
of
knowledge
and,
although
he
did
not
receive
a
diploma
of
higher
education,
he
was
constantly
interested
in
scientific
achievements
in
technology
-
especially
the
aviation
industry
attracted
his
attention.
V.
Jus
began
working
on
a
simple
but
very
important
element
of
improving
the
lock
mechanism
for
the
hood
of
aircraft.
It
was
necessary
to
take
into
account
the
anti-vibration
factor
and
at
the
same
time
to
increase
the
durability
of
the
mechanism
due
to
the
high
level
of
load.
The
inventor
became
the
author
of
a
fastener
called
"Juice
Fastener",
patented
the
invention
and
started
his
own
business
(first
setting
up
a
workshop
in
a
small
garage).
This
discovery
eventually
made
W.
Jus
famous
and
began
to
bring
a
stable
profit
-
as
early
as
1933,
William
managed
to
finance
the
construction
of
his
own
factory
-
Jus
Fastener
Koink.
With
the
first
free
money,
he
began
to
open
libraries,
schools,
as
well
as
a
museum
for
the
Ukrainian
community
in
West
Islip,
and
paid
great
attention
to
the
professional
education
of
employees.
Innovative
airbrush
products
of
the
inventor's
enterprises
began
to
enter
the
European
export
market
already
in
1935,
and
three
years
later,
Volodymyr
Jus
built
factories
in
Great
Britain
and
France.
During
the
Second
World
War,
the
locking
lock
began
to
be
used
massively
in
US
military
equipment.
At
that
time,
the
industrialist
was
engaged
in
active
charitable
activities:
his
enterprises
financed
the
work
of
the
International
Committee
of
the
Red
Cross.
The
philanthropist
was
also
concerned
about
the
life
of
the
Ukrainian
diaspora
in
the
West.
He
set
himself
the
goal
of
preserving
the
historical
roots,
the
culture
of
the
native
people,
the
language
and
being
able
to
influence
state
institutions,
which
was
embodied
in
a
concrete
plan:
immediately
after
the
end
of
the
Second
World
War,
Volodymyr
Jus
began
preparing
the
opening
of
a
Ukrainian
center
that
would
satisfy
the
scientific,
cultural
and
information
needs
of
Ukrainians
from
all
regions
of
North
America.
This
is
how
the
project
of
creating
a
specialized
institute
appeared.
The
inventor
personally
appealed
to
20
well-known
Ukrainian
emigrant
families
in
the
USA
with
the
offer
to
become
the
founders
of
the
new
institution.
On
May
3,
1948,
the
Ukrainian
Institute
of
America
(UIA)
was
incorporated
in
West
Islip,
New
York,
and
Volodymyr
Jus
was
elected
its
first
president.
The
statute
of
the
UIA
clearly
defined
the
directions
of
its
work:
to
spread,
support
and
spread
all
kinds
of
manifestations
of
Ukrainian
political
and
cultural
activity
by
organizing
and
supporting
public
meetings,
thematic
discussions
and
professional
reports,
scientific
conferences
and
symposia,
various
educational
events,
art
exhibitions,
concerts,
theater
performances,
literary
evenings,
as
well
as
to
strengthen
ties
with
the
intellectual
circles
of
the
American
world,
to
promote
the
education
of
the
young
generation
of
Ukrainian
scientists,
inventors
and
other
creative
forces
in
the
form
of
various
incentives
and
scholarships,
to
help
emigrants
from
Ukraine
adapt
to
the
conditions
of
American
life.
In
1955,
Vladimir
Jus
provided
a
financial
grant
for
the
purchase
of
one
of
the
historic
buildings
in
New
York
on
Fifth
Avenue.
Built
in
1898
by
prominent
architect
Charles
Gilbert
in
the
Eclectic
Renaissance
style,
this
building,
an
architectural
landmark,
has
become
the
center
of
life
for
the
Ukrainian
diaspora.
Having
changed
its
address,
the
Ukrainian
Institute
of
America,
together
with
other
important
institutions
(Ukrainian
Free
Academy
of
Sciences,
Slavic
studies
departments
of
many
universities,
editors
of
radio
stations
"Freedom"
and
"Voice
of
America")
joined
the
political
escalation
of
the
"Cold
War",
increasing
the
international
authority
of
Ukraine
through
its
activities.
The
inventor
continued
to
support
his
emigrant
compatriots
-
residents
of
West
Islip,
deepened
ties
between
cultural
centers
of
Ukraine
in
America,
until
the
last
days
of
his
life
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