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George Blagowidow

Publisher, author

Born Dec. 5, 1923, Czestochowa, Poland; son of Pawel and Tamara (Paszyn); married Ludmilla (Dobrzycka); children: Nicholas, Natalie.

Education: University of Cracow (Poland), 1945; University of Munich (Germany), Institut Superieur de Commerce, Antwerp (Belgium) 1945-50; Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), 1953, Ph.D., 1959, Graduate School, New York University (NYU), New York City.

Career: sales manager, Doubleday & Company, 1955-62; vice president, Macmillan & Company, 1962-66; president, Funk & Wagnalls, 1966-70, and Hippocrene Books, 1970 -, New York City.

Author: Optimum Book Marketing, 1963; novels, The Last Train from Berlin, 1977, Operation Parterre, 1982, In Search of the Lady Lion Tamer, 1987; co-author, Decision Games in Marketing, 1962.

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

Hobbies: travel, languages.

Home: 86-45 Chelsea St., Jamaica, NY 11432

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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