[1] Business commentator Diane Francis described him as a self-made man in her book Controlling Interest.

"[3] Peter Newman profiled him in "Sometimes a great nation: will Canada belong to the 21st century?

He helped to found and organize the Slovak Catholic Eparchy of Saints Cyril and Methodius of Toronto.

The monumental Cathedral of the Transfiguration of our Lord in Markham was funded and designed by him, modeling the structure on the church in Veľký Ruskov.

[5] Roman was invested in the Order of Canada and the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame.