Marya Lilien Czarnecka
Architect, educator
Born Mar. 27,1900, Lwow, Poland; came to U.S., 1941; daughter of Adolf Lilien and Emma (de Mises); married Wlodzimierz Czarnecki.
Education: engineer architect, Lwow Technical University, 1927; Frank L. Wright Taliesin Architecture School (WI and AZ), 1936-37; diploma, School of the Art Institute, Chicago (IL), 1991.
Career: prof., head, Department of Interior Architecture, School of the Art Institute, 1941-67; Retired; lecturer, Columbia College, Chicago.
Author: numerous architectural projects i.a.: Drawings and water colour.
Member of: scholarship foundation, The Marya Lilien Foundation for the Advancement of Interior Design; board directors member, Kosciuszko Foundation; honorary member, Polish Arts Club, Chicago; Chicago Architectural Foundation; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Languages: Polish, English, French, German.
Hobbies: collecting art.
Office: Columbia College, Art Department, 600 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60603.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996