Witold Saski
Pharmacist, educator
Born Dec. 4, 1909, Brzesc, Poland; came to U.S., 1951; son of Jerzy and Teresa (Marszalska).
Education: Pharmacy Master, S. Batory University, Wilno (Poland), 1933; Pharmacy Diploma, University of Bologna (Italy), 1946; diploma (in pharmaceutical chemistry), Brighton Technical College; diploma (in ophthalmology), Institute of Optical Science, London (United Kingdom), 1950; Bachelor of Science (B.S.), University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1954.
Career: provincial pharmaceutical inspector, Tarnopol (Poland), 1938-39; Soviet labor camps prisoner, 1940-41; chief pharmacy, Polish Civic Committee, London (United Kingdom), 1946-47; senior pharmacologist, British Ministry of Health, 1948-51; assistant prof., University of Montana, Missoula, 1951-52; assistant prof. to prof., University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1952-75; visiting prof., University of California, San Francisco, 1959-60; exchange scientist, U.S. Academy of Sciences, Poland, 1970; Retired.
Author: co-author, Experimental Pharmaceutics, 4 editions, last 1977; Crossing Many Bridges. Memoirs of a Pharmacist .... 1988; Przez wiele mostow, 1992; over 350 research papers, reports, abstracts, and articles.
Member of: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Pilsudski Institute of America; Kosciuszko Foundation.
Honors: Sigma Xi; Rho Chi; Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity; awards, American Cyanamid Company, 1962,1964, 1966; Fulbright scholar, University of Pisa (Italy), 1968; Admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska, 1970; fellow, Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 1975; Citation for Service, 1975, Teacher of the Year, 1977, University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Served with: Polish Army in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), medical supplies depot chief, 1941-42; Polish Army in the Middle East, General Staff, 2nd Iieutenant, 1943; Polish Armed Forces in the West, Italian Campaign (Monte Cassino), 1944-45.
Affiliation: Independent. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, Russian, Italian, English.
Hobbies: cycling, walking, gardening.
Home: 2600 South 46th Street, Lincoln, NE 68506.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.