Waclaw Hilary Bninski
Journalist
Born Mar. 24,1923, Cracow, Poland; came to U.S., 1957; son of Hilary and Jadwiga (Tarnowska); married Julia (Cieszkowska - Zoltowska); children: Roman, Jan, Klara, Tomasz.
Education: Jagiellonian University, Cracow, 1946.
Career: editor, Radio Free Europe, Munich (Germany), 1956-58; editor, 1969-87, correspondent in French and Italian, 1982-87, Voice of America, Washington (DC); retired.
Author: numerous articles in: Kultura and Zeszyty Historyczne (France), Hochland (Germany), Widnokregi (Switzerland), Nowy Dziennik (U.S.).
Member of: co-founder, board directors member, Studium - North American Study Center for Polish Affairs, 1974-82; president, Polish Veterans of WW II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.), Washington (DC), 1974-79; board directors member, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.), 1980-82.
Honors: Silver Cross of Merit with Swords, Polish Home Army, Poland, 1944; Silver Honorary Award, World Federation, Polish Veterans of WW II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.), 1978; 25th Anniversary Medal of Polish Veterans of WW II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.), 1980; delegate of Supreme Council, Polish Home Army Circle, Free World Polonia Conference, Washington, 1975.
Served with: Polish Underground Army - Zwiazek Walki Zbrojnej (Z.W.Z.), Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.); ltaly, 1940-45.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, French, German, Italian.
Hobbies: water sports, horseback riding
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996