Sajkiewicz-Saykiewicz, Jan Napoleon

Jan Napoleon Sajkiewicz-Saykiewicz

Economist, educator

Born Jun. 10, 1939, Lublin, Poland; came to U.S., 1987; son of Jan and Ewa (Komorowska); married Elzbieta (Przetacznik); children: Jan Rafal, Olaf, Mateusz.

Education: Master of Science (M.S.) (in economy), 1962, Ph.D., 1969, Central School of Planning and Statistics, Warsaw (Poland); diploma, postgraduate African studies, Oriental Institute, University of Warsaw, 1968; diploma, executive program, School of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, 1972.

Career: assistant prof., Central School of Planning and Statistics, 1962-75; researcher, School of Business Administration, University of California, Berkeley, 1972-73; associate prof., University of Warsaw, 1974-88; visiting prof., Fordham University, New York City, 1978; secretary general, Polish Marketing Society, Warsaw, 1980-81; visiting prof., 1981, prof., 1987 -, School of Business & Administration, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (PA); expert, International Labor Organization, Geneva (Switzerland), 1982; vice president, board trustees member, "Spolem" Cooperative, Warsaw, 1984-88.

Author: Formy koncentracji dzialalnosci handlowej w wielkich przedsiebiorstwach detalicznych, 1972; Marketingowa koncepcja zarzadzania przedsiebiorstwem, 1975; numerous articles, monographs, research reports, papers and translations in Polish and foreign professional journals; various lectures for Polish - Americans, San Francisco (CA), 1972-73, and for business community, Western Pennsylvania, 1987-94.

Member of: Academy of International Business; American Marketing Association; Academy of Marketing Science; board directors member, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Slavic Center, University of California, 1972-73.

Honors: fellowship, Ford Foundation, 1972; Silver Cross of Merit, Polish Marketing Society, 1980; award, Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, 1981; Gold Cross of Merit, Rector of University of Warsaw, 1982; "Zlota Syrenka", honorary decoration for social work for City of Warsaw, 1985.

Affiliation: Independent. Roman Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, Russian, Czech, German, French.

Hobbies: social development studies, travel, beautiful women.

Office: Duquesne University, School of Business and Administration, Rockwell Hall, 600 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15282.

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

Saykiewicz, Jan Napoleon, Dr.
Honorary Consul of Poland
Honorary Consul Saykiewicz Greeting Pulaski Day Parade
Dr. Saykiewicz was installed as Honorary Consul of the Republic of Poland in Pennsylvania on March 13, 2008 in a ceremony held in Pittsburgh at Duquesne University, where he is Professor of Economy and Marketing. In June, he had a chance to get acquainted with Philadelphia's Polish community while attending the 66th annual meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences. It was in Philadelphia that he got interested in the budding grassroots campaign of legislating Pulaski Day in Pennsylvania.
A teacher, scholar and counsel in economy and marketing, he was educated at Warsaw's Szkola Glowna Planowania i Statystyki (1962-1969) and then in African Studies at Warsaw University. In 1972 he earned an Executive Diploma from the University of Califomia at Berkeley Graduate School of Business Administration which, combined with the Ford Foundation's Fellowship in the Eastern European Management Program, made him a fully fledged expert on economic and social transitions at a time when such expertise was much in demand by international bodies in Geneva and Brussels. He had a spattering of teaching positions in New York, Beijing and Rome, and lectured around the globe, in Tokyo, St. Petersburg, Moscow. He returned to Poland for the academic year of 2000/2001 as a Fulbright Senior Scholar, but even earlier, in 1990, he was involved in the preparation of the U.S. Treaty with Poland on Business and Economic Relations.
A Polish and U.S. citizen, residing in Pittsburgh since 1987, when he began teaching at the Duquesne University, he is well acquainted with the Polish community. He was named Honorary Consul of Poland in Pittsburgh after a break of 63 years since the closing down of the prewar Consulate with the change of government in 1945, and he has received the full support of the Pittsburgh Cultural Council, Polish Falcons and other local organizations.
Source: Nowy Dziennik, Sunday, October 5, 2008, Dodatek Filadelfijski, Pulaski Day Parade, by Regina Gorzkowska