Jozef Komorník, the Former Dean of the Faculty of Management at Comenius University, Passes Away
Bratislava, 1 July 2019: On Sunday, June 30, Jozef Komorník, the former dean of the Faculty of Management, died suddenly at the age of 69. He had been the faculty's dean twice: for the first time from 2000 to 2007 and for the second time from 2011 to 2018.
Professor Jozef Komorník completed his studies in mathematics at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava. He completed his internal academic training in 1978 in the field of probability and mathematical statistics at the same faculty. Komorník then completed his habilitation in 1981 in the field of probability and mathematical statistics at what was then called the Mathematics and Physics Faculty of Comenius University. Seven years later he received the academic title of Doctor of Sciences at the same faculty. He became a professor in 1989.
In 1991 he was a co-founder of the university's Faculty of Management, which was the very first in Slovakia to specialize in teaching and undertaking research in the field of management. He became the head of the Department of Economics and Finance at the faculty in 1993. In 2008 he established the study programme of international management, which he was the guarantor of at Master's level.
A service for Professor Jozef Komorník will be held on Wednesday, 3 July 2019, at 11.00 am in the Church of St Margaret in Lamač in Bratislava. The funeral itself will take place at 12 pm in the Lamač cemetery.