Viera Jančušková
Lecturer, Hall of Fame 2012
She graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering of the Slovak Technical University (now STU) and worked as a specialist in building construction (1969–90) as an independent and leading designer at Doprastava Bratislava, Stavoinvest Banská Bystrica and the State Design and Typization Institute Bratislava, later also as a researcher at the Institute of Housing Bratislava (1991–92) and editor of the magazine Projekt, published by the Association of Architects of Slovakia (1993–95). In the years 1995–2015 she worked at STU, for 10 years as the editor-in-chief of the university magazine Spektrum and for 10 years as the secretary of the Academic Senate of STU.
She became a local history guide in 1982, and thanks to her erudition, she became a lecturer five years later and, in 1989, a member of the examination committee for the Tourist Guide course.
Since 2000, she has served as its expert guarantor and chairwoman of the examination committee.
Her work focused on 20th-century architecture, cemeteries, theaters, printing houses, as well as theoretical issues of tourism, etc.
