Mojmír Povolný, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mojmír Povolný

Czech-born American academic

Date of Birth: 25-Nov-1921

Place of Birth: Měnín, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 21-Aug-2012

Profession: political scientist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Mojmír Povolný (November 25, 1921 – August 21, 2012) was a professor of government at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin from 1958 to 1987.
He began his academic career with a J.D.
degree from Masaryk University School of Law in Czechoslovakia.
On August 21, 2012 Mojmír Povolný died at home in Appleton, Wisconsin.
In the earlier part of his life, Mojmír Povolný was politically exiled for devoting a majority of his life to liberating Czechoslovakia from Communist and Soviet occupation.
Povolný's service to Czechoslovakia was recognized by the President Vaclav Havel in 1955 when he was presented with the Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk.