Serbian Orthodox Church San Diego

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Serbian Orthodox Church San Diego

Serbian Orthodox Church San Diego

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — St. George Serbian Orthodox Church celebrates its annual Serbian Festival, on Saturday, October 15 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and Sunday, October 16 from Noon to 5 p.m. A fun day for the family!
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Dr. Alexander L. Srbich, Professor Emeritus, San Diego State University, peacefully passed into eternity after a year of decline at the age of 96. He was born September 16, 1914, to Jivko and Perceda Valovich Srbich in Zajecar, Yugoslavia. He was an artillery commander in the King’s Guard of the Royal Serbian Army and was captured by the Nazis in their oft-delayed push into southern Europe. He became a prisoner-of-war in Nuremberg, Germany for four years, then escaped and joined the British Army. At the end of WWII, he returned to his university education, and obtained a second Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Cologne, Germany. British benefactors (direct descendants of Benjamin Franklin) granted him a scholarship to further his education in the United States, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree from the University of Michigan, College of Engineering in 1956. He went on further to receive his Master’s of Business Administration from the University of Minnesota and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Industrial Engineering in 1961. His graduate advisor was the well-known economist, Dr. Paul W. McCracken. He was elected a member of Beta Gamma Sigma in 1962; a senior member of the American Institute for Industrial Engineers in 1964; a senior member of American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers in 1964-65; received his California State Professional Engineer’s license in 1968; was elected into Sigma Iota Epsilon, an honorary management fraternity, in 1971; received several awards from the American Institute of Industrial Engineers throughout his career; and in recognition for his contribution to the teaching and practice of management, was admitted to membership in the Academy of Management. Amongst his many accomplishments, Dr. Srbich was honored as “Man-of-the -Year” by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) in 1972-1973; with three APICS “Award of Merit” in 1974 and 1975; and an APICS Presidential “Award of Merit” in 1975.

Dr. Srbich taught industrial engineering, management, and economics in the School of Business Administration at San Diego State University since the 1950's, retiring in 1984 as an honorary Emeritus faculty member. He consulted for private industries, including the San Diego Zoological Society, Mercy Hospital, and General Dynamics. He also consulted for various other organizations and manufacturing companies in Southern California and in Tokyo, Japan. From 1969 through 1970, he was a visiting faculty member for the Chinese University of Hong Kong and a visiting researcher at University of California, Berkeley.

Dr. Srbich was a well-read man and knew several languages besides English - including French, German, Italian, Russian, Latin and his native Serbian. He believed in life-long learning and even geared up to use the computer in his mid and late eighties.

Still a bachelor in 1961, he was on a teaching sabbatical in East Asia when he fell in love with a widow with three young children. It was love at first sight and they were married at the end of that year. He is currently survived by his wife of 49 years, Jeannette Loh-Hui Pei Srbich, of San Diego, children Leo A. Pei, M.D. of Baton Rouge, Eva Pei-Srbich Leonard, M.D. of San Diego, and Victor Pei, architect, of New York. His older brother, George Srbich, preceded him in death in the 1980's. He is also survived by one niece, Danica Srbich Rakitic, and two grandnephews, Dusan and Stefan Rakitic, of Belgrade. He is also survived by eight grandchildren (from Texas to Louisiana to New York to Massachusetts) and five great-grandchildren.

True to the meaning of his name, he loved people and often brought international students and graduate students home for Thanksgiving meals. He entertained dignitaries in his home as well, including the late King Peter, his brother the late Prince Andrew, and Dr. Lillian Gilbreth, heroine of the original book Cheaper by the Dozen. He enjoyed the opera, classical music, the theatre, horseback riding, skiing, and football (both soccer and American football). He served for years in his Serbian Orthodox Church as a respected lay leader, donating time, effort, and money. He encouraged his family to love and respect God, care about people and diverse cultures, constantly pursue education, and appreciate travel, all the arts, and various cultural activities.

Dr. Srbich died peacefully with outpatient hospice care at Sunset Garden Home, a wonderful Board and Care in Del Cerro less than one mile from his home, on Saturday, November 13, 2010.

Memorial services are scheduled for Saturday, December 11, 2010, at El Camino Memorial Park in Sorrento Valley. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Mortuary Chapel. The memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. in the main El Camino Chapel, followed by burial at Arlington Point on the grounds of the El Camino Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the St. George Serbian Orthodox Church, 3025 Denver Street, San Diego, California 92117.

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December 11, 2010 - El Camino Memorial Park, San Diego, CA
Presented at Daddy's memorial service by Joseph:

“My wife, Eva, does not trust herself to speak without getting emotional, so she asked that I read this for her.

Daddy was a scholar and a gentleman. He embodied the story of beauty from ashes when he met Mother in 1961. He was a 47 year old bachelor on a sabbatical to the Far East and it was love at first sight when he was introduced to my mother, a widow with three young children. He himself had suffered the hardship of World War II, losing his parents, losing his country, and educating himself in Germany, where he had been a prisoner of war for four years, before immigrating to the States. He studied hard for his five degrees and became a distinguished university professor, consulting industrial engineer, and professor emeritus.

To honor him is to honor Mother, who took a step of faith to remarry when the Chinese prejudice was against widows remarrying and against interracial marriage. The two were joined at the hip and in spite of obvious differences, shared much in common for 49 years. Daddy was

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