Burghardt, John P.

Physician and surgeon. Born in Brooklyn, N. Y., on August 18, 1906. Educated at Boy's High School, 1920-1924; Columbia University, 1924-1927; Long Island College of Medicine, 1927-1931. Licensed to practice medicine and surgery, in June, 1931. Interne in Greenpoint Hospital, 1931-1933. Postgraduate studies included an x-ray course in 1938. Practices medicine and surgery in Bayside, L. I., N. Y., since July 1, 1933. Chief Medical Examiner of Polish National Alliance of Brooklyn, N. Y., 1933-1939.

Member: P.N.A.; Greenpoint Hospital Alumni Ass'n; Bayside Polish Democratic Club; American National Red Cross Society. Queens County and New York State Medical Societies; American Geographic Society. American Ass'n of Physicians and Surgeons; Polonus Philatelic Society of Chicago; Flushing Hospital Courtesy Staff; Assistant Surgeon O.P.D.; Mary Immaculate Hospital, Assistant Pediatrician, 1934-1937; Doctors Sanitarium in Port Washington, N. Y. Member of St. Josaphat's R. C. Church in Bayside, N. Y.

Hobbies: Stamp and coin collection; moving picture photography; artistic drawing and painting. Married Catherine Matusiewska of Hempstead, N. Y. in 1934.
Residence: 3520 Bell Boulevard, Bayside, L. I., N. Y.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943