Jacek Purat
Environmentalist
Born Nov. 8, 1957, Poznan, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; son of Czeslaw and Boleslawa (Wizla); married Katie (Mangotich); children: Nemo, Felix, Jan.
Education: A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, 1978-81; University of Berkeley (CA), 1983-84.
Career: director, Green Library, Berkeley, 1987 -; president, Ecologic Library Foundation, Poznan, 1989 -.
Author: articles in: Green Library Journal, and Earth Island Journal.
Member of: Polish Ecological Club, 1981; chairman, Environmental Commission, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.).
Honors: grants, International Research & Exchange Board (IREX), 1982, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1989.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, Spanish.
Hobbies: collecting birds' guides, canoes, prehistory of Poland.
Home: 1929 Fairview Street, Berkeley, CA 94703.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.