My first Publication Alumni Magazine21-online | Page 12

ISSUE 21, JUNE 2019
SAVA
SAVCHEV
’44:
My Children,
Grandchildren,
and Great
Grandchildren
Are My Fortune
Everyone in the ACS Development Office loves Sava’s short
notes that are as informative as they are thoughtful, always
signed with respect, and sent our way regularly. Sava writes
them on a typewriter that only has Cyrillic letters but he
still uses some English phrases, only transcribed in Cyrillic.
He always calls to thank us, to let us know that our card or
invitation has arrived, and whether or not he will be able
to come to the Christmas Concert or Graduation Ceremony.
We’ve counted on Sava for so many years now to tell us
who of the Class of 1944 is still around, interviewing him
was always on our to-do list. I’m so glad, in July 2016, I
finally managed to pay Sava that visit in his cozy flat across
from the beautiful Zaimov Park. Our correspondence even
intensified afterwards, as Sava was kind enough to send us
several files of great value to ACS from his personal archive,
among them, his speech at his class reunion in 2003 and the
first ever alumni database of the College, covering Classes
1925-1943! Диър Сава, we thank you to the moon and back!
Interview by Petia Ivanova ’97