Michael Jacek Mikos
Linguist, educator
Born Oct. 3, 1939, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1968; son of Michal and Stanislawa (Maczewska); married Susan (Gibson); children: Ann, Michael.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), Catholic University of Lublin (Poland), 1963; diploma, University of Edinburgh (Scotland), 1966; Ph.D., Brown University, Providence (RI), 1977.
Career: instructor, M. Curie - Sklodowska University, Lublin, 1963-67; assistant prof., Ricker College, Houlton (ME), 1968-74; research assistant, instructor, Brown University, 1976-77; assistant prof., 1978-84, associate prof., 1984-90, prof., 1990 -, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Author: Problems in Polish Phonology, 1977; Early Maps of Poland (1508-1772), 1982; Polish Vocabulary and Grammar I and II (computer programs), 1986, 1988; Sienkiewicz w oczach Curtinow, 1992; editor, Medieval Literature of Poland. An Anthology, 1992; over 60 articles, translations and reviews in professional journals.
Member of: board directors member, Milwaukee County Historical Society; editorial board member, Slavic and East European Journal, Milwaukee History, 1985, Milwaukee Studies on Language, 1984; American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS); American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL); Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: scholarship, British Council, 1965; Amoco Foundation Award, 1982; grant, University of Wisconsin, 1985, 1987.
Affiliation: Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, French, Russian.
Hobbies: collecting old maps of Poland, books, tennis.
Office: University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996