Ewa Elizabeth Barczyk

Librarian, administrator

Born Feb. 13, 1949, Cambridge, United Kingdom; came to U.S., 1952; daughter of Wiktor and Zofia (Kusmierska); married Neal Pease; children: Andrzej, Krystyna, Alexander.

Education: B.S., Loyola University, Chicago (IL), 1971; M.A., University of Kansas, Lawrence, 1974; Master of Library Sciences (M.L.S.), University of Southern Connecticut, New Haven, 1976.

Career: circulation assistant, University of Southern Connecticut, 1974-75; assistant director, Research Libraries, 1975-76, 1979-81, reference librarian, 1981-83, Yale University, New Haven; adult reference librarian, Shorewood Public Library (WI), 1983-85; assistant director for collection management, 1985-92, assistant director for public services and collections, 1992 -, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

Author: article in Golda Meir Library Newsletter, 1990.

Member of: fellow, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); chairman, Coordinate Collection Committee, Library Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee; committees member, Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.), St. Robert School, Shorewood; American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS); American Library Association; Wisconsin Library Association.

Affiliations: Roman Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, Russian, French, Italian.

Hobbies: reading, hiking, travel.

Office: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Golda Meir Library, 2311 E. Hartford Ave, Milwaukee WI 53211

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