Jerzy R. Piekarski
Journalist
Born Jan. 21, 1954, Mysliborz, Poland; came to U.S., 1983; son of Stanislaw and Wanda (Mackiewicz); married Anna (Chetkowska); child: Paulina.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), Teacher's College, Cracow (Poland), 1981; Utica College (NY), 1983-84; Master of Arts (M.A.), Syracuse University (NY), 1986; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1987-88.
Career: editor, Obserwator Robotniczy, Regional Office of Polish Workers Independent Trade Union - "Solidarnosc" for Southern Poland, 1980-81, correspondent, Glos Nowej Huty, 1981, Cracow; internee, 1981-82; graduate assistant, Syracuse University, 1985-86; free-lance correspondent, Nowy Dziennik, 1983 -, Przeglad Polski, 1984 -, O.K. America, 1991-92, New York City; teacher, Hollister School District (CA), 1991-93; interpreter, AT&T, Monterey (CA), 1993 -; staff correspondent, Przekroj (weekly), Cracow, 1994 -.
Author: numerous articles, reports, weekly commentaries and columns, interviews and correspondences in: Przekroj, Gazeta Krakowska, Tygodnik Solidarnosc, Goniec Malopolski, Agencja Solidarnosci "AS", Obserwator Robotniczy, Biuletyn Informacyjny KRH (Poland), Nowy Dziennik - Przeglad Polski, O.K. America (United States), and Kultura (France).
Honors: Stephen Mierzwa scholarship, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1984.
Languages: Polish, English.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.