The following article, published is Saturday's Times Free Press, tells
about Dr. Karel Hujer, who taught astronomy at UTC in the 60's and 70's.

Chattanooga Times Free Press, Saturday, November 9, 2002
Metro Section B, page 1

Late UTC astronomy professor honored by Czech postal service
Former student says Karel Hujer would be proud
By Dorie Turner, Staff Writer
        Seeing the words "Czech Republic" stamped on a postcard would
have delighted late UTC professor Karel Hujer, according to a former
student.
        The astronomer, who died in 1988, a year before the Berlin Wall
fell, is being honored with a commemorative postcard issued by his home
country.
        "He always dreamed of a Czechoslovakia without communism," said
Hal McAlister, a student of Dr. Hujer's who teaches astronomy at Georgia
State University. "He would love to see his image on a postcard that
says 'Czech Republic.'"
        Dr. Hujer spent nearly 30 years teaching astronomy and physics
at the University of Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga. He spoke eight languages and gave lectures on astronomy and
physics around the world. He was a friend of Mahatma Gandhi and Albert
Einstein.
        Dr. Hujer, who attended the University of Prague and the
University of Chicago, was a member of the American Astronomical
Society, the Royal Astronomical Society of London. the Astronomical
Society of the Pacific and the French Astronomical Society.
        Marie Ctrnacta of the Czech postal service said the postcard was
issued in honor of Dr. Hujer's 10Oth birthday this year. The cards are
collected and traded at stamp shows in republic and abroad, she said.
The postcards are issued by the Czech government to honor "outstanding
personalities," she said.
        Dr. McAlister said Dr. Hujer loved his country but hated the
communism that tore apart much of Europe. "One of the heartbreaks in his
later life was on his last trip to Czechoslovakia," Dr. McAlister said.
"He landed in Prague and was refused entry into the country by Czech
officials."
        UTC Chancellor Bill Stacy, said Dr. Hujer played "an integral
role" in the university's history. "Karel Hujer's life as a scholar and
advocate of world peace continues to affect the minds and hearts of
those in his native country and around the world," Dr. Stacy said.
"Chattanooga's university stands taller thanks to Dr. Hujer."
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO I ' This postcard issued by the postal service of the
Czech Republic will honor the late Dr. Karel Hujer, who taught physics
and astronomy at UTC.

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