Felix Jan Brzozowski-Bernatowicz
Engineer, scientist
Born Sept. 12, 1920, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1956; son of Jan and Leokadia (Malinowska); child: Monica.
Education: diploma, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, 1946; Master of Science of Mechanical Engineering (M.S.M.E.), University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1962.
Career: assistant director, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Bern (Switzerland), 1946-49; technical officer, New South Wales University of Technology, Sydney (Australia), 1950-56; research & development engineer, Armzen Company & T. Sendzimir, Inc., Waterbury (CT), 1956-58; senior research & development engineer, Bristol Company, Naugatuck (CT), 1958-66; senior analytical engineer, Colt Industries, West Hartford (CT), 1966-68; senior engineer, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton (CT), 1969-90; retired; consultant, Advanced & High Technology, New London (CT), 1990 -.
Author: over 50 technical studies, projects and articles in professional journals.
Member of, i.a.: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (committee member, 1974-76); American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); American Defense Institute; U.S. Naval Institute; Smithsonian Institution; New York Academy of Sciences; National Republican Congressional Committee; Republican National Committee (Election Commission member, New London, 1972, 1980); R. Reagan Presidential Foundation; Heritage Foundation; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Pilsudski Institute of America.
Honors: grants, Pennsylvania State University, 1958, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1962, American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics, 1976, University of Wisconsin, 1977, 1987, Princeton University (NJ), 1977, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 1978, G. Washington University (DC), 1980, University of California, 1982, University of Maryland, 1986, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), 1990, University of Texas, 1990.
Served with: Polish Armed Forces in France, French Corps, cadet - officer, 1940.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German.
Hobbies: modern history, classical music, sailing.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996