Jacek Stefan Sivinski
Irradiation technology consultant, businessman
Born Jun. 23, 1926, Ashton (NE), U.S.; son of lgnac and Anna (Smedra); married Krystyna (Plachecka); children: John, Valerie, Robert, Sharon, Gregory.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.), Iowa State University, Ames, 1957; graduate, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Ft. Leavenworth (KS), 1975, and Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Arlington (VA), 1979.
Career: in Albuquerque (NM) - systems analyst, 1957-66, department manager, Planetary Quarantine Research, 1966-76, Applied Biology and Isotope Utilization, 1976-81, Sandia National Laboratories; director, Radiation Technologies, CH2M HILL, 1981-90, consultant, International Technological Services, 1990 -; owner, ITS Poland, Warsaw (Poland), 1992 -.
Author: co-author, Methods in Microbiology, 1969; over 50 technical papers published in 18 countries, since 1960; organizer, chairman, Engineering Foundation Conferences on Food Irradiation, 1984, 1986.
Member of: active member, various United Nation (UN) teams and commissions, i.a.: technical advisor, United Nations (UN) International Atomic Energy Agency, World Hunger Commissions, Vienna (Austria), since 1976, and United Nations (UN) Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy Conference, Geneva (Switzerland), 1986; European Society for Nuclear Methods in Agriculture; board member, chairman, Research and Development Association's for Military Food and Packaging Systems; American Nuclear Society; Pan - American Health Organization, National Environmental Projection Act for Brazil, 1979; Asian Regional Cooperation Project on Food Irradiation, Pacific Basin, 1986; Rotary International.
Honors: appointed to Planetary Quarantine Advisory Panel, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Planetary Missions, 1969-75; honorary award for engineering excellence, American Consulting Engineers Council, 1983; listed in: Who's Who in Technology Today, American Men and Women of Science.
Served with: U.S. Army, World War II and Korean War, active reserve, colonel, 1944-81.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish.
Hobbies: hiking, fishing, photography.
Home: 12800 Comanche NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.