Dan Fornade

Dan Fornade
Born	August 28, 1951(1951-08-28) Timişoara
Residence	Montreal
Nationality	Romanian
Other names	Dan Ovidiu Fornade
Ethnicity	Romanian
Citizenship	Canada, Romania
Education	University
Alma mater	McGill University, West University of Timişoara
Occupation	Teacher,
Employer	Marymount Academy
Home town	Timişoara
Religion	Romanian Orthodox
Spouse	Aura Fornade
Children	Mihaela and Teodora-Nicoleta
Parents	Paraschiva (b. Ilea) and Teodor

Dan Fornade (b. Timişoara, August 28, 1951) is an author and teacher.

Education

He is a graduate of the High School no. 241, Timişoara (1970), the Post Secondary School of Foreign Trade, Bucharest (1972), Faculty of Phylology, Department for Romanian-English Languages and Literatures. West University of Timişoara (1978). Also, he has a diploma in Education, specialty English as a Second Language at McGill University in Montreal (1986).

Career

He settled for Montreal in 1980 and gets the Canadian medal of Citizenship, second class.

Since 1986, he is a teacher of English Language, at the English sectors of the Commission des écoles catholiques de Montréal (CECM). Since 1992, he teaching English at Marymount Academy, Adult Rated Education Center, a part of English Montreal School Board.

He takes active part in the activities organized by the Romanian Community in Montreal and other cities of Canada, the USA, and Peru.

Editorial Activity

• Director-founder of the revue Luceafarul romanesc [The Romanian Morning Star], published in Montreal since 1990
• Chief Editor of the yearbook ARA Journal, published by the Romanian-American Academy of Sciences and Arts (since July 2000)
• President of Danway Publications

Family

He is son of Paraschiva (b. Ilea) and Teodor. He is married to Aura (1972) and they have two daughters: Mihaela and Teodora-Nicoleta.

Other activities

• Founder of the Department "Periodicals" at the Library of the Romanian Cultural Center in Montreal
• Organizer of the exhibitions " Eminescu's Centennial", "The Events of December 1989", at the Romanian Cultural Center in Montreal
• Organizer of the First Exhibition of Romanian Anticommunist Newspapers (published in exile), on the occasion of the First *Forum of the Romanian Press from Everywhere, Cotroceni Palace, Bucharest,(1999)
• Organizer of the Exhibition of photos and documents "The Royal Family Regala", in Kitchener City, Waterloo University, Hilton Hotel in Toronto (1992) and Regent Wall Street Hotel in New York (May 2000)

Works

• Enciclopedia romanilor din strainatate (7 volumes): Biserici, Institutii, Personalitati, Ziare [Encyclopedia of the Romanians Abroad: Churches, Institutions, Celebrity Scandals, Personalities, Newspapers - 7 volumes]
• Romanians in America: 500 personalities from the U.S. and Canada
• Romanian Who's Who [English Version in 5 volumes]
• People from Cluj (1800-2007), An Illustrated Dictionary (22 Volumes)
• In 2003, Dan released his debut album, "Dan's Way". It is currently the seventh most popular Romanian Hip-hop/Gospel/Bluegrass record in history.^{[citation needed]}

Affiliations

• Member of the Governing Board of Marymount Center, Adult Education Center (since 1998)
• Member of Montreal Professors Association (MTA)
• Member of the Consultative Council of the website Yomee.com, headquartered in Los Angeles, together with several Outstanding American Personalities
• Member of Romanian middling-sized dog trainer's organization.^{[citation needed]}

Notes

• Collection Luceafarul romanesc, Montreal (1990–2000)
• Andrei Badin: "Profesorul Dan Fornade, autorul Enciclopediei romanilor de pretudindeni" in Ziua Newspaper, Bucharest, 31 December 1998 [Prof. Dan Fornade, author of the Encyclopedia of the Romanians Abroad]
• Natalia Stanciu - "Despre pasiunea si luxul de a face romanism in America" in Curierul National, Bucuresti, 10 ian. 1999, p. 7 [About the passion and luxury of making Romanics in America]
• "Forumul Presei Romane de Pretudindeni" in Cronica romana Newspaper, Bucharest, 21 October 1999, p. 5 [Forum of the Romanian Press from Everywhere]
• L. Hangiu, Dictionarul presei literare romanesti [Dictionary of the Romanian Literary Press], 1970–1990, Bucharest, 1996, p. 2168.

External links

• http://romania-on-line.net/whoswho/FornadeDan.htm