John Tatar
John Tatar
John Tatar is a public servant with a genuine desire to assist others. He has formed coalitions around issues such as affordable housing, homelessness prevention, violence prevention, environmental justice and equity; immigrant rights accessing healthcare; air and water quality in San Francisco Bay restoration efforts; as well as providing opportunities for our youth.
He founded the RYSE Center, an innovative youth center in Richmond that emphasizes social justice and youth development. Additionally, he’s working with non-profit Urban Tilth to establish a community farm in North Richmond.
Early Life and Education
John Tatar is an educated individual who has achieved great success as both a businessman and entrepreneur. Now running for governor of Michigan on behalf of the Libertarian Party, his goal is to make Michigan more tranquil.
He has attended many festivals and gun shows to engage voters and collect signatures for office. He believes factions in democracies waste time and resources fighting among themselves instead of focusing on serving those they represent.
He believes government should run more efficiently, which includes reducing tax burdens for citizens. Furthermore, he wants to decrease the power of the Federal government and enhance states’ rights. Furthermore, he fully endorses the Second Amendment and believes gun safety should be taught in schools.
Professional Career
John Tatar boasts an impressive list of accolades. His award-winning tenure as professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at MIT earned him both the title of Distinguished Scholar and a research grant, all displayed proudly on campus in its most prominent ring. But none more valuable to John than this award he holds so dear; it sits alongside four trophies that have been bestowed upon him thus far.
Achievements and Honors
John Tatar holds the rank of Harvard Professor emeritus, having joined the school in 1978. He is renowned for his research into human brain function and cognition; furthermore, John has written numerous acclaimed works on these topics. Additionally, John has gained widespread recognition as an author and researcher with numerous notable publications to his credit.
He has earned numerous honors, including a 2021 Diplomacy Award with the Valour designation for his leadership of Crimean Tatar people and community during Ukraine’s independence and Russian’s illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. The European Diplomat Awards Committee recognized his steadfast dedication to ancient and indigenous Ukrainians as worthy of reward. He serves as an inspiring example of what can be accomplished when dedicated leaders unite under principles such as democracy, equality and justice.
Personal Life
Tatar, a professor of Germanic languages and literatures at Harvard, has an intriguing personal life. She’s married with two children: a daughter who works as a doctor at a major university, and son serving in the Air Force.
As a teacher, she relishes the collaborative aspect of her job and loves it when students ask her questions that provide new insights. Particularly when dealing with fairy tales which require skills from literary criticism and psychology as well as anthropology and history. But she’s also drawn to exploring darker sides of human experience which she explored in Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany. Currently she has another academic book on Bluebeard on its way.
Net Worth
John Tatar has an estimated net worth of $7 million, amassed through his professional ice hockey career. He has played for multiple NHL teams and the Slovak national team, winning many awards and accolades along the way. Additionally, John was part of Slovakian team which won silver at 2012 World Championships.
Maria Tatar is a research professor at Harvard University and the editor of The Norton Critical Edition of The Classic Fairy Tales and Annotated Brothers Grimm. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and holds a senior fellow position at Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Additionally, Maria has authored numerous books on folklore; her most recent release Enchanted Hunters: The Transformative Power of Childhood Reading has become a bestseller.