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An obituary for Iowa politician Peter Melendy, who also served as a trustee of an agricultural college.

Peter Baláž sa narodil v Skalici 23. septembra 1954. Inžiniersky diplom získalv roku 1978 na Obchodnej fakulte vtedajšej Vysokej školy ekonomickej v Bratislave.Jeho akademický kariérny rast pokračoval získaním titulu CSc. (dnes PhD.) v roku 1983.Vedecko-pedagogický titul docent mu bol udelený v roku 1990 a neskôr, v roku 1997, hovtedajší prezident Slovenskej republiky Michal Kováč vymenoval za profesora. Vo svojejinauguračnej prednáške sa venoval téme: "Zvyšovanie konkurenčnej výkonnosti – pred-poklad úspešnosti zahraničnoobchodnej stratégie Slovenskej republiky". Od roku 2001 aždo svojho posledného dňa života viedol Katedru medzinárodného obchodu na Obchodnejfakulte EU v Bratislave.

In memoriam of Peter Bachrach.

Dr. Peter Mair, Professor of Comparative Politics and Government at the EUI (Florence) has suddenly and unexpectedly passed away, 15 August 2011, at the age of 60. He leaves behind his wife and 3 children. The political science community in Europe and beyond grieves this loss of an outstanding academic, journal editor and teacher. Peter Mair, born 3 March 1951, was a native of Ireland, a graduate of University College Dublin and enjoyed a distinguished academic career and was the author of a large number of books, chapters and articles on comparative and European politics and on party democracy in particular. It is a sad loss to European political science. He graduated in 1974 and began his career as an assistant professor at the University of Limerick. He subsequently lectured at the universities of Strathclyde and Manchester before moving to the European University Institute of Florence in 1979. He moved to the University of Leiden in the Netherlands in 1987 and was appointed professor of comparative politics in 1992. In 2005 he returned to Florence and was appointed head of the department of political and social sciences in 2007. Prof Mair specialised in the study of party and party systems and has written a number of books on the subject. He was co-author of Representative Government in Modern Europe, the fifth edition of which was published this year. He was also co-author of Identity, Competition and Electoral Availability, which was awarded the prestigious Stein Rokkan prize. Peter Mair served the comparative political science community by editorships of the internationally reputed European Journal of Political Science and of West European Politics. Peter was a person of great charm, a congenial colleague and always encouraging students. We grieve over his loss and sympathize with his family he left behind too early and too soon.

Peter Fraser is considered to be one of New Zealand's greatest Prime Ministers. Fraser was a dominant Prime Minister whose imprimatur was felt across party, policy and politics. Fraser is well known for his contribution to New Zealand's place in the world with his substantial role in the formation and objectives of the United Nations, which along with his war leadership and position as a Commonwealth elder gained him the high appellation of statesman -- a rare honour for a New Zealand Prime Minister. This article concentrates on Fraser's contribution to New Zealand's identity through his fascinating political meanderings between independence and dependence in political and constitutional matters, which mirrored the country's ambivalence between a separate national identity and interdependence moored with Britain and the Commonwealth. Though this may seem contradictory, Fraser's policies accurately reflected New Zealand's interests and position. Fraser, the first Prime Minister of 'independent' New Zealand, was a powerful and dominant voice in New Zealand political history and continues to have an influential and enduring legacy on all his predecessors almost 60 years after he left office. Adapted from the source document.