Janina (Jean) Babiec (Kiluk)
Teacher, Polish and local community leader
Born Nov. 23, 1929, New Bedford (MA), U.S.; daughter of Joachim and Honorata (Sieroslawska); married Francis Babiec; children: Daniel, Cheryl.
Education: B.S., University of Rhode Island, Kingston, 1971.
Career: home economics teacher (handicapped and mentally retarded), Providence schools. (RI).
Author: research paper, Home Economics - Handicapped, 1970.
Member, i.a.: past chairman and commissioner, Pawtucket Bicentennial of the Constitution, and City of Pawtucket Planning Commn.; Polish subcommittee chairman, past commissioner, Rhode Island Heritage Commn.; chairman, Polish Holocaust Committee (RI); commissioner, past secretary, Rhode Island American & Polish Cultural Exchange Commission; board trustee member of, Mother's Hospital Lodz (Poland); Kosciuszko Foundation; Friends for Poland, New Bedford (MA); Boston Malacalogical Club, Harvard (MA); Pawtucket Preservation Society; Pawtucket Arts Council.
Honors: fellowship, M. Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin (Poland), 1980; Honorary Guest (issuance of Rhode Island statehood commemorative U.S. postage stamp), U.S. Post Office, 1990; One of the Outstanding Poles in Rhode Island, 1991; award at recognition diner, Pawtucket Chamber of Commerce; numerous citations for promoting Polish ethnicity and culture; listed in: Who's Who in American Education, Who's Who in Rhode Island.
Served with: Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, French.
Hobbies: cooking, sewing, collecting sea shells.
Home: 293 Prospect St, Pawtucket RI 02860
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996