Pete chvany biography

Pete Chvany’s three-decade tenure at Emerson was more than just an academic career—according to his son Alec Chvany ‘95, it was just the “third act” of a long life.

Chvany, a former professor and soccer coach, passed away at the age of 81 on Sept.

7, at his home in Somerville, Mass.

Pete chvany biography

An army veteran who graduated from Harvard University, he briefly taught at Boston University and Worcester State University before joining Emerson as a visual and media arts professor in 1988—a decision that would shape the rest of his life.

“[Pete] made his most meaningful contributions to the world after he was 50,” Alec Chvany shared in a Facebook post.

“He had to find that path, I remember him struggling to find it. It wasn’t inevitable.”

In his next three decades at the college, Chvany would become a full-time professor, the faculty advisor for several different organizations—Emers