A San Pedro Croatian Fisherman’s Kid at Stanford — Nick Lovrich

Aug 14, 2025

Dr. Nicholas Lovrich, Ph.D. tells the story attending Stanford University as son of humble fisherman and how he made his place among more affluent and educated based in his innate intelligence, strong work ethic instilled by his family and being on the school baseball team.

Italian & Croatian Assimilation Survey — Nicholas Lovrich

Feb 18, 2025

Dr. Nicholas Lovrich, Ph.D. graduate of Stanford University, tells the story garnering  Fulbright scholarship and his dissertation at UCLA  on the assimilation patterns of Italian and Croatian immigrants to the seaside town of San Pedro, California and how those patterns impacted their ability to join the sociall fabric of their newly adopted community.

How Baseball Saved the Life of a Croatian Kid — Nicholas Lovrich

Sep 9, 2024

Dr. Nicholas P. Lovrich, Ph.D. was born in 1944 and raised in San Pedro. He recounts learning Croatian language and how playing baseball inspired his life and future success. Child of parents who emigrated from the town of Crikvenica in Croatia, married in Vancouver...