Krzysztof Maciej James Ostaszewski
Mathematician, educator, financial analyst
Born Aug. 5, 1957, Lodz, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; son of Leszek and Elzbieta (Chmielecka); married Patricia (Mapa); children: Angelica, Ian.
Education: Master of Science (M.S.), University of Lodz, 1981; Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, 1985; chartered financial analyst, 1991.
Career: visiting prof., University of California, Davis, 1985-86; assistant prof., 1986-91, associate prof., 1991-93, University of Louisville (KY); asset liability modeling director, International Telephone & Telegraph Corporation (ITT), Hartford (CT), 1993 -; risk analysis director, Providian, 1993 -.
Author: Henstock Integration in the Plane, 1986; Fuzzy Sets Methods in Actuarial Science, 1993; co-author, I-Density Continuous Functions, 1994; over 25 scientific papers in mathematic and finance; poetry, 5 volumes, 1980-87.
Member of: associate, Society of Actuaries; Association for Investment Management; American Mathematical Society; Cracow Industrial Society.
Honors: research grants, University of Louisville, 1986-91, Society of Actuaries, and South Central Bell Company, 1991; Fulbright research fellow, 1994-95.
Affiliation: Libertarian. Atheist.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, German.
Hobby: tae-kwon-do.
Home: 4230 Telovi Court, Louisville, KY 40241.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.