If you could invite them to have a concert for you, it would be, I believe, blessing for you - to hear the beautiful songs like "Hodu l´Adonaj, ki Tov, ki le Olam Chasdo", during which, almost 3000 years ago, "the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God", or enemies of Israel have killed themselves (see 2Chr 5:13-14, 2Chr 20:21-23, and CD with David´s star) in their original versions. It would be, however, blessing for our whole family, too.

Katia is also beginning with creation of her own personal website, where she is placing e.g. her poetry (only in Czech, now),
and website of the Day Care Center for Seniors, where she works as a chief (both only in Czech).







 

My father

My father, Prof. Dr. Jiri (George) Tlusty, P.E., (January 5, 1921 in Prague - October 20, 2002 in Gainesville) contributed considerably to the progress of metal cutting machines, and thus of all production industry. His success in this area has begun with a revolutionary Theory of self-excited vibrations in machine tools. His useful role in this area during whole his life was manifested e.g. in the most precise metal cutting machine in the world, designed and manufactured in his company MLI in 1995, which works with preciseness of 1/2 milionth of inch.
In his 80 years of age in 2001, he still worked at 5 "jobs": Professor at U. of Florida, Director of the Machine Tool Research Center, President of MLI, writer and Chair of the 29th NAMR Conference.

Condolences and memories for our father, collected on pages of UBC by Prof. Yusuf Altintas and HERE


  Manufacturing Laboratories, Inc., est. 1985
5/2001: Chair of the 29th North American Manufacturing Research Conference - photos


5/2001: "Prof. J. Tlusty, Memories and Views" by Prof. Yusuf Altintas and other 25 former students and colleagues of my father, who are already also famous Professors and succesful experts. (1 MB)
All these 26 experts bear quite extreme witnesses, e.g.:

"I continue to find myself amazed at the depth and breadth of Dr. Tlusty’s knowledge regarding virtually all aspects of machining ... He is without question the best design engineer I have ever known"; "I watched with amazement as he walked into class every day with nothing but a piece of chalk and proceeded to write out complicated derivations and solve complex problems with no notes or aids" (Prof. John Ziegert, Ph.D., Machine Tool Research Center, University of Florida), etc.
Source:  

The title "father of high-speed machining"
and "pioneer in machine tool measurement"

Awards:
Since 2003 there is award named after our father "Society of Manufacturing Engineers' Jiri Tlusty Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award" (in 2003 to 12 engineers);  
(see http://www.enme.umd.edu/news/december02/herrmann.html). (see 8 Academic Recipients + 4 Industry Recipients in 2003
and Prof. Jeffrey Herrmann selected to receive Jiri Tlusty Award.)
1999: ASPE Lifetime Achievement Award
1997: ASME W.T.Ennor Manufacturing Technology Award
1990: ASME Blackall Award
1980: ASME Centennial Medallion
1979: SME Gold Medal
1968 January 11; title DrSc. by Scientific Council of CVUT for the work "Statical and dynamical rigidity of frame of metal cutting machines, criteria and methods"
1958 November 14; title CSc. by Scientific Council of Mech. Eng. Fac. of CVUT for the work "Self excited vibrations on metal cutting machines"
1954: State prize for revolutionary Theory of self-excited vibrations
(awards - see page 5)








In the following universities and societies our father lectured or conducted the research (except cVUT, where he studied):

                   

Father chairs the 29th North American Manufacturing Research Conference, May 22-25, 2001, University of Florida Hotel and Conference Center, Gainesville, Florida; the 1st photo is his "Keynote Address"; + 1 photo at home (each photo can be enlarged):

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  UFL Mech. Eng. Faculty staff

Photos from the monography on my father:
                                    

       Weather in Gainesville  
My father´s former flat on the Atlantic beach of Florida
(Ocean House, Crescent Beach, St. Augustine)
VÚOSO: 1st Tuesday in month 17:00 behind Libensky castle - playground METEOR, hotel for footbalists




 

My mother:

 My mother Vlasta Tlustá (born Krákorová, July 4, 1926 - Nov.19,1999) was talented painter and "the best mother in the world".

In spite of her talent, our mother never had any exhibition. Therefore I am trying to prepare it, at least here (in chronological order).
She studied in the atelier of Cyril Bouda, who said that she was his most talented student. She always wanted to paint.
But first, she had 3 children in 3 years after her studies, and then she taught painting as a professor for the whole life. During this time, she used to draw pictures for students on the blackboard.
When she finally started with her own painting after her retiring, she was painting on the boards of the size of the school blackboard.
During her teaching she lived by the hope that she still has time, because her favorite painter Grandma Moses started with painting in her 76, and still made a great work.
Unfortunatelly, she had no chance to paint till 101, as Grandma Moses.
Her talent was inherited by her grand daughter Marika. I hope, their common exhibition may be prepared, one day.

Mini-exhibition of Vlasta Tlustá (every picture can be enlarged by clicking)
Time of studies:

Holidays with children:

Example of common work of children - her students:

Time reminding more or less Grandma Moses:

Real places (where her son, daughter, and father [unfinished one] lived):
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Other unfinished paintings:

My 1st daughter Nikola: 
My daughter Nikola Tlusta (*1973 in Prague) studied "Processing of technical documentation" + Christian High School at Hussite Faculty of Charles University + English at London School. She is a great advocate of vulnerable animals.
CV of Nikola Tlusta (in English)
Nikola´s drawings and photos (chronologically):

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My 2nd daughter Marika 

is a priest. She is creating a website of the church, where she serves:
Website of the CS Hussite Church at Prague 6 - Brevnov.
Vecerník Praha Feb.26, 2001

Marika follows my mother in painting (each picture can be enlarged by the click):

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My brother:
My brother Jan (Ing. Jan Tlustý) is a mechanical engineer, as my father. He is newly married (also to Katia, as me) and has a small daugter Debora.     E-mail
 

Debora about 1 year in summer 2002	Debora with her father and grandmother
With her grandfather	.. and mother ... and with Rabí Sidon in December 2005.

Website that Jan made for his wife Kateryna:
http://kateryna-kolcova.webzdarma.cz/czindex.htm








My sister

My sister Eva (born Tlusta) has lived and worked in New York since 1983. Her work, ranges from drawings to sculpture, furniture, product, interior design, as well as jewelry design.
Her creative output manifests her personal belief in the importance of logic, order, concentration and directness in the presentation of an idea.
After her interrupted studies in Prague, she studied at Parsons School of Design in New York, where she also taught for a number of years.
Presently she teaches at the New York University at the Art and Art Professions Department.
6 articles on Eva's work,  Eva´s jewelry,       

   The Church of the Year 2000, Rome, Italy, is one of many successful projects on which John, Eva´s husband, collaborated as a Design Partner at the Richard Meier & Partners office in New York.   (at Richard Meier´s web page),  

       ArchNewsNow, October 23, 2003: Iconic Arcs: Jubilee Church by Richard Meier & Partners.

     
 

      

    

 
      
 

Article in Czech "Proc ríkat 5 vetami, co jde ríct 2 slovy" 
Exhibition of jewelry in muzeum


 

 

My grandson

My grandson Matthew (Matej, Matýsek) (*February 16, 2007)
 
On 29th May 2007 Matthew visited seniors in their Day Care Center:

 

 

My cat

My cat Paw (*25.10.2002 = 5 days after leaving of my father)

 

 Ancestors

Parents of our father, Ladislav Tlustý and Bozena Franková



 

    (his brother-twin = Vojtech Tlustý /Prof.PhDr.DrSc., 5.1.1921-21.8.1989/ has with Milena Tlustá /Doc.PhDr./ son Vojtech Tlustý)

Jan Evangelista Tlusty , born December 27, 1842 in Hlinsko, house # 9, + June 15, 1889 at Hlinsko 103 for "tuberkule"; sine prov. – culpa domesticor (linen weaver and seller, burgess, catholic)     (his sibs:
    brother Frantisek Tlustý, * 17.2. 1845 in Hlinsko 9, † 23.2.1864
    brother Václav Tlustý, * 13.8. 1848 in Hlinsko 7, † 22.9.1854
    sister Anna Tlustá-->Prokopová, * 11.9. 1852 in Hlinsko 7 [she married on 8.10. 1872 in Hlinsko 77 Jan Prokop,
    butcher, * 13.5.1845 to Josef Prokop, butcher from Hlinsko 463 and Josefa born Plíhalová from Hlinsko])

7) My 3xgreat grandparents:

Jan Tlusty, born Nov.1, 1765 in Hlinsko, house # 215 (potter)

    (his sibs:
    brother Frantisek Tlustý, * Oct.6, 1763)
+Katerina born Medkova, about 1770 in Hlinsko, house # 95
(catholic; wedding was on 22. 1. 1788; her father fur dresser Josef Medek, mother Lidmilla Safránková)

8) My 4x great grandparents:

Jan Tlustý * around 1740 ? (subject to Rychenburk)

+Ludmila born ?????   (subject to dominion Richenburské)

5 generations of KRÁKORAs

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1) My parents:

Vlasta born Krákorová, July 4, 1926 in Prague, + November 19, 1999 in Prague (paintress, Evangelic)

Jirí Tlustý, *January 5, 1921 in Prague, + October 20, 2002 in Gainesville (mechanical engineer, Prof., Ing., Dr., researcher)

    (his brother-twin = Vojtech Tlustý /Prof.PhDr.DrSc., January 5,1921-August 21,1989/ has with Milena Tlustá /Doc.PhDr./ son Vojtech Tlustý)

2) My grandparents:
Josef Krákora, *August 15, 1877 in Svaté Pole ("Holy Field") 25 near Dobrís (in the small house next to the school and abreast of church), + in Beroun   (locksmith and technical officer in cKD, Catholíc; who had around 10 sibs, in Svaté Pole)
Julie born Vobrová January 6, 1889 in Ctibor near Pocátky + in Prague (gardener, officer, Evangelíc)

3) My great grandparents:

Frantisek Xaver Krákora, *5.11.1843 in Svaté Pole 25; (parish clerk in Sv.Pole, originally worker in (Daleké) Dusníky 17"?)

Marie rozená Tesárková , in (Dalekých) Dušníkách 17 (* před 1859?) (father of Marie Tesárková: Josef Tesárek, crofter (Daleké) Dušníky 17, jeho otec: Antonín Tesárek, crofter z (Dalekých) Dušníků 19, jeho matka: Marya Nowotná z Dlouhé Lhoty 3
matka Marie Tesárkové: Alžběta Nowotná, "tamtéž", její otec: František Nowotný , crofter z (Dalekých) Dušníků 17, její matka: Marya Kordulová z (Dalekých) Dušníků 17)
(sourozenci Marie Tesárkové: František *30.1.1862, Josef *4.1.1865-9.12.1883, Alžběta *25.5.1867-21.12.1889, Václav 14.7.1876)
 

4) My 2xgreat grand-parents:
Matthew Krákora, *in Svaté Pole 25; (crofter in Svaté Pole 25)
Lidmila born Minaríková , *in Zahorany 22; (county Dobris; her father: Frantisek Minarík, small farmer Zahorany 22, her mother: Katerina Bunatová from Velké Lecice near N.Knín, county Karlstejn)

5) Mí 3xgreat grand-parents:
Jan Krákora, *in Svaté Pole 25; (crofter Svaté Pole 25)
Katerina born Krejsová /Kreyzová from Voznice 12;

 

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