Ansonia graduate, youngest head of U.N. Security Council, honored

By Patricia Villers
Register Staff
Ivan Barbalic, permanent representative from Bosnia and Herzegovina to the United Nations, recently received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree in a ceremony at the University of Bridgeport.
Barbalic graduated from Ansonia High School when he was an exchange student in 1993.
He lived with Joseph and June Virzi of Ansonia while in his senior year. He attended the University of Bridgeport on a full scholarship and graduated with a business degree in 1997.
The Virzi family remained in contact with Barbalic, 36, and his wife, Stela, over the years.

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