Krzysztof Ignacy Parczewski
Chemical and nuclear engineer
Born Sept. 23, 1926, Wilno, Poland; came to U.S., 1958; son of Tomasz and Maria (Salmonowicz).
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), National University of Ireland, Galway, 1951; diploma (in engineering), London University (United Kingdom), 1952; Ph.D., University of Nottingham (United Kingdom), 1956.
Career: development engineer, Powell Duffryn Company, Hayes (United Kingdom), 1951-52; research assistant, University of Nottingham, 1953-58; research engineer, Celanese Corporation, Summit (NJ), 1958-60; research scientist, American Standard, Inc., Piscataway (NJ), 1960-66; engineer, General Electric Company (GE), Schenectady (NY), 1966-74; senior chemical engineer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington (DC), 1974 -.
Author: several articles on thermal and nuclear engineering in British and American technical journals; 2 U.S. patents.
Member of: American Chemical Society; American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE); American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); Polish American Arts Association, Washington.
Honors: Special Achievement award, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 1981.
Served with: Polish Armed Forces in the Middle East, 1942-44.
Affiliation: Independent. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, French, Russian.
Hobbies: skiing, walking, photography.
Home: 4977 Battery Lane #513, Bethesda, MD 20814.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.