Boris Pash
| Boris Pash | |
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Colonel Boris T. Pash
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| Birth name | Boris Theodore Pashkovsky |
| Born |
20 June 1900 San Francisco, California |
| Died | 11 May 1995 (aged 94) Greenbrae, California |
| Buried at | Colma, California |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1938–1957 |
| Rank |
 Colonel
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| Commands held | Alsos Mission |
| Battles/wars | |
| Awards |
Legion of Merit Distinguished Service Medal |
Boris Theodore Pash (born Boris Fedorovich Pashkovsky; Russian: Борис Фёдорович Пашковский) 20 June 1900 – 11 May 1995) was a United States Army military intelligence officer. He commanded the Alsos Mission during World War II and retired with the rank of colonel.
Boris Theodore Pashkovsky was born in San Francisco, California, on 20 June 1900. His father was Reverend Theodore Pashkovsky (would become Most Reverend Metropolitan Theophilus from 1934 to 1950), a Russian Orthodox priest who had been sent to California by the Church in 1894. His father was recalled to Russia in 1906, and the entire family returned to Russia in 1912.
During the Russian Revolution, he served in the White movement navy in the Black Sea from 1918 to 1920. Because he could speak English, he served as a translator in meetings with the British. For his services he was awarded the Cross of St. George.
On 1 July 1920, he married Lydia Vladimirovna Ivanov, and chose to return to the United States when the Bolshevik consolidation of power became apparent. He was able to secure employment with the YMCA in Berlin, where his son Edgar Constantine Boris Pashkovsky was born on 14 June 1921.
Upon returning to the United States with his family in 1923, he attended Springfield College, in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Physical Education. It was during this time that he changed the family name from Pashkovsky to Pash.
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