Dorothy R. Pieniadz (Mierzwa)
Educator, local and Polish community leader
Born May 12, 1924, Buffalo (NY), U.S.; daughter of Louis and Rose (Janik); married Edward Pieniadz.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), State University of New York (SUNY) College, Buffalo, 1945, Master of Arts (M.A.), 1947, Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), 1953, Columbia University Teachers' College, New York City.
Career: teacher, Tonawanda, Goshen (NY), 1946-48; demonstration teacher, Potsdam State College (NY), 1948-51; students' dean, Glassboro State College (NJ), 1954-56; students' dean, 1956-69, prof., 1970-87, Rhode Island College, Providence; Retired.
Author: consultant to Time Magazine and Associated Press on Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R.) and Poland, 1970's-80's; numerous articles on Poland in Providence Journal; articles for New England Slavic Association; numerous seminars, lectures, photo exhibitions.
Member of: life member, National Education Association; educational committee consultant, Rhode Island Polonia Coordinating Committee, 1971-87; board member, Rhode Island Polonia Heritage, 1981-85; boards directors member, Big Sister Association of Rhode Island (president, 1967-70), Camp Fire, Narragansett Council (secretary, 1966-76, president, 1969-72), Rhode Island Polonia Scholarship Foundation (president, 1978-84), and Family Services of Rhode Island (secretary, 1970-73); president, Federal Hill House, Providence; New England Slavic Association.
Honors: foreign fellowship (Europe), Kappa Delta Pi; fellowship, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), 1978; listed in: Who's Who of American Women, 1961, Dictionary of International Biography, 1966, Who's Who in the East, 1967, Leaders in Education, 1971, Directory of American Scholars (vol. IV), 1974.
Languages: English, Polish, German.
Hobbies: reading, travel, theater.
Home: 73 Erie Street, Providence, RI 02908.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.