Piotr Sierant (Jacek Lewart, Wojciech Brzozowski, Ziemowit Rybnicki)
Historian, chemist, author
Born Nov. 22, 1924, Sulisiawice, Poland; came to U.S., 1966; son of Piotr and Marianna (Zawada); married Kazimiera (Rygulski); children: Piotr, Anita.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland), 1952; Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Institute of Technology, Lodz (Poland), 1963; Ph.D., Universitatis Polonorum, London (United Kingdom), 1985.
Career: department head, Food Processing, Inc., Cracow, 1952-66; chemist, Pfizer, Inc., Groton (CT), 1967-91; Retired.
Author: co-author, Dynamit, 1967, Konkurs imienia Jozefa Wyrwy, 1977, 2 Pulk Piechoty Legionow Armii Krajowej (in progress); numerous articles in periodicals: Polski Slownik Biograficzny, Rocznik Historii Czasopismiennictwa Polskiego, Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Jagiellonskiego, Studia Historyczne, Wojskowy Przeglad Historyczny, WTK, Tygodnik Powszechny, Dziennik Polski (Poland), and Nowy Swiat - Ogniwo, Niepodleglosc, Polish - American Gazette (U.S.).
Member of, i.a.: vice president, Polish Heritage Association, Norwich (CT); Smithsonian Institute; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Pilsudski Institute of America; Polish Home Army Veterans Association - Armia Krajowa (A.K.); Polish - American Guardian Society.
Honors: Diploma of Honor, Jagiellonian University, 1966; Letter of Thankfulness, Prime Minister of Israel, 1979; Diploma De Academico en Humanidades, Academia Universade Humanidades (Argentina), 1985.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), 2nd lieutenant, 1943-45.
Languages: Polish, German, English, Russian.
Hobbies: numismatics, collecting stamps.
Home: Norwich CT.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.