Bogdan Pukszta

College administrator

Born Mar. 9,1958, Knyszyn, Poland; came to U.S., 1982; son of Lucjan and Teresa (Rzemieniecka); married Cynthia (Comstock); children: Susan, Michael.

Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), Silesian University, Katowice (Poiland), 1981, University of Chicago (IL), 1989.

Career: in Chicago - administrative coordinator, 1983-84, assistant director, 1984-85, associate director, 1985-87, National College of Education, administrrative director, National - Louis University, 1987 -, executive director, Polish American Chamber of Commerce, 1994 -.

Author: articles in newspapers and magazines; conference paper.

Member of: board member, Polish American Chamber of Commerce, and Polish American Economic Forum (president, 1992-93); Chicago Council on Foreign Relations.

Honors: recognition awards, U.S. Senate Resolution 163, State of Illinois Eighty - Seventh General Assembly Senate. 1991.

Affiliation: Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, Spanish, French, Russian.

Hobbies: literature, economic development, travel.

Office: National - Louis University, 18 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60603.

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