Personal

Name: Jiri (George) F. Kovats

Address: 9829 Fosbak Drive, Vienna, VA 22182

e-mail address: gkovats@erols.com

Date of Birth: March 13, 1945

Place of Birth: Praha, Czechoslovakia

Married: Yes

Children: One rascal named Thomas

Naturalized: November 15, 1976

Education

High School: Vocational School CKD, Praha, Czechoslovakia

License: Lathe Operator

Specialized Education: Army School for Tank Mechanics, Tabor, Czechoslovakia

Certificate: Tank Mechanic, Second Class

College: Industrial School, Praha, Czechoslovakia

            Croydon Technical College, Croydon, England

Certificate: Ordinary National Certificate in Mechanical Engineering

Specialized Education: Apprenticeship Program for Surveyors, Virginia

Certificate: Chief of Survey Party

Professional Registration

Professional Engineer, Virginia

Employment History

1971 to present: Dewberry & Davis, Fairfax, VA, civil engineer and project manager

1970-1971: Camp, Dresser & McKee, Boston, MA, civil engineering draftsman

1968-1971: J. Sainsbury Ltd., London, England,refrigeration designer

1966-1968: Steam Plant Veleslavin, Praha, Czechoslovakia, machinist

1964-1966: Military service, tank mechanic

1963-1964: Poldi, Kladno, Czechoslovakia, machinist

Affiliation

National Society of Professional Engineers

Engineers and Surveyors Institute

United States Chess Federation

Vienna Art Society

MKM Club of Magicians

Art Background

Entirely self-taught

Exhibitions

Local Northern Virginia group art club exhibitions

Paintings in Collections

Mr. & Mrs. Lichtenberg

Mr. & Mrs. Ferrari

Mr. Brady

Mrs. Molly Brown

Mrs. Olga Cuenfelis

Mrs. Ilona Prochazka

Mrs. Jirina Kovatsova

Mr. & Mrs. Rostislav Adamek

Mr. John Storms

Mr. J. Lyons

Awards

Several Honorable Mentions

First Place Prints 1986 for Still Life with Pear (linocut 9"x 12")

Blue Ribbon 1987 for Autumn (oil on canvas 36"x 48")

Commissions

Normally discouraged but I can be talked into lot of things