Ludmil Adam Chotkowski
Physician
Born May 19, 1916, Kensington (CT), U.S.; son of Henry and Mary (Gierymski); married Emily (Drust); children: John, William, Henry.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Trinity College, Hartford (CT), 1938; Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Yale University, New Haven (CT), 1942.
Career: medical examiner, school physician, 1945-69, health director, 1945-90, Town of Berlin (CT); private practice, Kensington, 1945-69; chief of medical, Rocky Hill Veterans Hospital (CT), 1969-79; medical director, Connecticut Valley Hospital, Middletown, 1974-86; retired.
Author: What's New in Medicine, 1991; 16 articles in medical journals i.a. in: New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association (AMA), Connecticut Medical Journal; columnist, American - Polish Eagle.
Member of: president, Berlin Hospital League, 1950-60, chairman, Committee on Quality of Education, Parent Teacher Association, 1960-65, Berlin; staff president, New Britain Memorial Hospital, 1962-63, vice president, Solidarity International of Connecticut, 1981-92, chairman, Popieluszko Monument Committee, 1982-92, New Britain; delegate, Solidarity Human Rights Conference, Cracow (Poland), 1988; American Medical Association (AMA); American College of Physicians (ACP); Connecticut State Medical Society.
Honors: Outstanding Intramural Athlete award, Canisius College, 1937; Best Anatomy award, Yale University, 1940, American Cancer Society, 1972; award for outstanding faithful service, State Health Department, 1990; "Diamond" award for outstanding community service, 1992.
Served with: United States Army Reserve (USAR), WW II, Medical Corps, 2nd lieutenant, 1942-44.
Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, French, German.
Hobbies: writing, lecturing, public speaking on medicine.
Home: 1193 Chamberlain Hwy, Kensington, CT 06037.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996