Barbara Borowiecka (Zakrzewska)
Geography educator
Born Nov. 20, 1922, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1947; daughter of Stanislaw and Irena (Rago); married Mieczyslaw Borowiecki; child: Tomasz.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (suirima cum laude), 1956, Master of Arts (M.A.), 1957, Indiana University, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison, 1962.
Career: instructor, 1960-69, prof., 1969-92, chairman 1975-79, 1983-85, prof. emerita, 1992 -, Geography Department, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee; visiting assistant prof., Indiana University, 1963-64.
Author: co-author (with P. Lyndolph), Physical Geography Laboratory Manual, 1963 and 1967; editor, Landscapes of Wisconsin, 1975; Conversations with Geographers - Careers Pathways and Research Styles, 1982; over 40 publications and reviews in professional geographical journals.
Member of: president, Polish Women's Cultural Club "Polanki", Milwaukee; Association of American Geographers; American Geographical Society; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi; numerous fellowships and research grants from i.a.: American Association of University Women (AAUW), 1959-60, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1962-64, 1985-88, National Defense Educational Act, 1967, International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), 1972-73; listed in: Who's Who in American Education, American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in the Midwest, Community Leaders and Noteworthy Americans, Who's Who in Geosciences.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian.
Home: 10952 N. Pebble Ln., Mequon, WI 53092
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996