Wojciech Antoni WinklerEngineer
Born Bedzin, Poland, 1916; married Halina Zofia Owsiany; children: Agnieszka, Malgorzata.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), mechanical engineering and postgraduate course in industrial administration.
Languages: Polish, English, French.
Career: Chief project engineer and consultant to South Korean Government, Busan, Korea.
Author: Contributor of articles on engineering and political subjects in Polish and American periodicals, two books.
Military: September campaign 1939, Polish Home Army (PHA) and Government Delegate 1939-44, 2nd Polish Corps 1945, PRC 1945-49, 2nd Lieutenant.
Awards: Polish Home Army (PHA) Cross 1968; Outstanding Immigrant to U.S. Award 1972, two Polish literary awards 1991 and 1992, The Commodore's Cross of Polonia Restituta Order 1993.
Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Mining Engineers, past national vice president, Polish American Congress (PAC), president / founder several Polish - American associations.
Resident: San Mateo, CA.
From: "Polish Americans in California, Vol. II," National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs & Polish American Historical Association. California 1995.
Wojciech Antoni Winkler
Mechanical engineer, Polish community leader
Born Dec. 22, 1916, Bedzin, Poland; came to U.S., 1953; son of Edward and Helena Szulc); married Halina (Owsiany); children: Agnieszka, Malgorzata.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), H. Wawelberg & S. Rotwand College of Engineering (Poland), 1941; postgraduate course (in industrial administration), Manchester College of Technology (United Kingdom), 1953.
Career: engineer, i.a.: in mechanical design, design supervision, project engineering and construction supervision, in the field of materials handling, port facilities and ore processing (40 years experience on 5 continents); project engineer and consultant to South Korean Government (Busan, port operations and equipment head), 1976-82; Retired.
Author, i.a.: Europa Srodkowa w Swietle Uniwersalizmu, 1946; Wielkie przenosniki tasmowe (lectures in Poland, 1981), published in.: 1982, 1983, 1984; Winklerowie. Historia jednego indygenatu, 1989; Emigrant, 1994; numerous articles in underground press during German occupation of Poland, and in Polish periodicals in United Kingdom and United States; scientific papers in American engineering journals.
Member of, i.a.: Polish Social and Cultural Center (United Kingdom); past member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), Society of Mining Engineers; president, Polish Catholic University Society "Veritas", 1963-64, founder and president, Polish - American Engineers Club, 1971, San Francisco (CA); president, Polish Millennium Observance Committee of North California, 1964-66; chairman, National Coordination Committee, Americans from East Central Europe, 1986-92; in Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) - vice president, 1981-82, president, 1983-84, political commission chairman, North California Division, 1985-92, national vice president, 1990-92, chairman, Eastern Central Europe Affairs Commission, 1989-92; Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.) Veterans Association; Polish Veterans of World War II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.); John Paul II Foundation.
Honors: Polish Home Army Cross, Gen. T. Pelczynski, former Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Polish Home Army, 1968; Outstanding Immigrant to United States, Institute of East Bay, 1972; 3rd literature award (for memoirs 50 Years Ago in Poland ), Polish Home Army Foundation, 1991; 3rd award (for activity in Polish Home Army), Polish Historical Institute (Poland), 1992; Commander Cross - Polonia Restituta, L. Walesa, President of Poland, 1993.
Served with: Polish Air Force; September '39 Campaign, Cavalry; Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), director of civil resistance for Warsaw district in government delegacy and Polish Home Army, 1939-45; Warsaw Uprising 1944; Polish Armed Forces in the West, 2nd Corps, Polish Resettlement Corps, 2nd lieutenant, 1946-49.
Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, French.
Hobbies: sports, reading, bridge.
Home: 171 Lakeshore Drive, San Mateo, CA 94402.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.