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Kenneth Emil Tadeusz Cierpial, SJ

Jesuit priest, educator

Born Aug. 16, 1957, Springfieid (MA), U.S.; son of Emil and Emily (Kopaczek).

Education: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.), Westfield State College (MA), 1973; Master of Arts (M.A.), Harvard University School of Education, 1982, Ph.D., Harvard University School of Divinity, 1991, Cambridge (MA); certificate, Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland), 1987.

Career: minister, Jesuit Urban Center, Boston (MA), 1987-92.

Author: various articles on Chinese medicine and herbs.

Member of: two terms Chicopee School Committee.

Affiliation: Democrat.

Languages: English, Polish, Spanish, Latin.

Hobbies: rug hooking, writing, travel.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996

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