Julius Frank Przesmycki
Engineer
Born Nov. 1, 1923, Gorlice, Poland; came to U.S, 1958; son of Jan and Waleria (Wojnar); married Irene (Orlow); child: Christina.
Education: civil engineer, State School of Architecture, Cracow (Poland), 1943; diploma, architectural technician, Escuela Estatal de Construcciones de Obras, Buenos Aires (Argentina), 1953; Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.), Detroit Inst.itute of Technology (MI), 1967.
Career: senior project engineer, Overseas General Motors (GM) Company, Sao Paulo (Brazil), 1971-73, Argonaut General Motors (GM) Company, Detroit, 1966-86, Saturn General Motors (GM), Troy (MI), 1988; Retired.
Author: Suspension of Indirect Fired Heaters (invention), 1960; Energy Conservation at General Motor Proving Ground (study), 1975; The Sold Out Dream (war memoirs), 1992; articles in: Glos Polski (Argentina), Gwiazda Polarna, Dziennik Polski, Swiat Polski, Kurier.
Member of: board directors member, Union of Poles in Argentina, 1954-58; founder, president, Polish Sports Club Association (Argentina), 1957-58; vice president, Polish Academy Association, Hamtramck (MI), 1967-70; board directors member, president, 1987-89, secretary, 1985-87, 1989 -, Polish Home Army Veterans Association, Michigan Division; secretary, Polish Home Army Museum Committee.
Honors: Tau Phi; Gold Cross of Merit, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom), 1990.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), Partisan Infantry, cadet - officer, 1940-45; Polish Armed Forces in the West, 2nd Corps, Headquarters, 1946-48.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Spanish, German, Portuguese.
Hobbies: bridge, music, tennis.
Home: 1424 Montrose Avenue, Royal Oak, MI 48073.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.