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The Greek-American Cultural Experiences pages profiles those who endeavor to share their Greek-American cultural experiences with the world. Although their opinions and views are solely their own and do not reflect the opinions and views of YaSas.com, we share a love for the culture of Greece. Go here if you have a Greek-American cultural experience to share and wish to be considered for a profile. Lazar "Larry" Odzak" - Writer
In 1998, he moved with his wife Hope to Durham, North Carolina. After being a visiting scholar at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, for the past ten years and until the present, Larry is an Archivist-Historian at the North Carolina Archives, at the State's Department of Cultural Resources, in Raleigh, NC. Larry has written a number of articles on his favorite topics - Immigration and Ethnicity - as well as edited works of other authors. He has also completed a book, titled "Demetrios Is Now Jimmy:" Greek Immigrants in the Southern United States, 1895-1965, published in 2006 by Monograph Publishers. In 1984, Larry joined the AHEPA [American Hellenic Educational and Progressive Association], and has remained an active member at the Chapter and District levels.
An enduring interest in the chronicles of Immigration and Ethnicity, potent forces in American History, will sustain his research and writing.
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LAZAR “LARRY” ODZAK was born to first generation immigrant parents in Alaska, a few years before it became the 49th state. Drifting south, he completed his studies at the University of Florida, concentrating on 19th and 20th Century US History and specifically on the fields of Immigration and Ethnicity.
Larry maintains his membership in several professional organizations, such as the American Historical Association (AHA), the Society of NC Archivists (SNCA - where he is the current treasurer), and the North Carolina Military Historical Society. Both Hope and Larry are engaged parishioners in their local St. Barbara Greek Orthodox Church.