Ciechanowski, Jan
Diplomat. Ambassador of Poland to the United States. Residence: 2640 Sixteenth Street, NW., Washington, D. C. Born May 15, 1887, in Grodziec, Poland; son of Stanislaw and Maria (Garbinska) Ciechanowski. Studied at the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, and graduated in economics from the University of Birmingham, England; completed his diplomatic studies in Warsaw, Poland. Married Gladys Koch deGooreynd, January, 1921. Children: Jan, Ladislas and Stanislas. Started the diplomatic career in 1918 with his appointment as Chief of the British Section in the Polish Foreign Office. In 1919 he acted as Chief Secretary to Ignace J. Paderewski during the Peace Conference in Paris. From 1919 to 1924 he occupied the position of Counsellor of the Polish Legation in London. In 1925 he returned to the Polish Foreign Office in Warsaw as Chief of Department; in October of the same year was appointed Polish Minister to the United States in which post he served until February, 1929. For a period of ten years from Feb., 1929 until Sept., 1939, he was actively engaged in the educational-political field in Poland, France and America as a member of "Academie Diplomatique Internationale." On September, 1939 he was appointed General Secretary of the Polish Foreign Ministry Office in which capacity he served until 1941. Since Feb., 1941 he is Ambassador of Poland to the United States. Member of following clubs: "KIub Mysliwski" (Hunters Club), Warsaw, Poland; St. James Club, London, Orleans Club, London and Metropolitan Club, Washington. D. C.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943