Olgierd Piotr Plonski

Physician, historian

Born Oct. 9, 1944, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1963; son of Witold and Halina (Tarkowska); married Danuta (Luzinska).

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (cum laude), 1968, Master of Library Sciences (M.L.S.), 1969, New York University (NYU), New York City; Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Warsaw Medical Academy, 1977.

Career: librarian, cataloger, Columbia University, New York City, 1969-70; internship, Warsaw Medical Academy Hospital, 1977-78; resident, St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital, Chicago (IL), 1980-83; family physician, Union Health Service, Chicago, 1984-85, Humana Medfirst, Boling Brook (IL), 1985-86; private office, Chicago, 1986 -.

Member of: American Medical Association (AMA); American Academy of Family Physicians; Chicago Medical Society; Polish Medical Alliance, Chicago.

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Coats of Arms Society, New York University; scholarship, New York University, 1966-67, Columbia University, 1968-69; Dean's List, 1965-68.

Affiliation: Roman Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, Latin.

Hobbies: history of Poland, Polonia and United States, collecting old maps and stamps.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.