Leonard Joseph Suligowski
Polish heraldic artist
Born Jul. 1, 1928, Brooklyn (NY), U.S.; son of Chester and Julia (Wojno); child: Richard.
Education: Institute of Applied Sciences, Chicago (IL), 1949; certificate, British Heraldry Society.
Career: private investigator, States of New York and New Jersey, 1956 -; customer service representative, National Airlines; radio announcer, WCPA, Clearfield (PA), WGBB, Freeport (NY).
Author: History of Greenpoint, 1975; Our Polish Nobility, 1977; Bibliography of Known Polish Books in Print Dealing with Heraldry and Genealogy, 1978; History of the Suligowski Family (in progress).
Member of: grand chancellor, Polish Nobility Association; Sovereign Hospitallers Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Polish Genealogical Society; Pilsudski Institute of America.
Honors: Officer Cross - Polonia Restituta; Knight Grand Cross, Order of St. John of Jerusalem; Royal Order of Piast; Royal Order of Jagiello; 8 war medals; listed in Who's Who in Genealogy & Heraldry.
Served with: United States Navy (USN), aviation mechanist, mate 2nd class, 1947-53.
Affiliation: Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, French, Italian, German, Spanish, heraldic languages.
Home: 218 A North Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.