Eduard Adam Skendzel
Educator, author
Born Nov. 12, 1927, Grand Rapids (MI), U.S.; son of Adam and Mary (Jerva).
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1947, Master of Arts (M.A.), 1949, University of Detroit (MI); Master of Arts (M.A.), Wayne State University (MI), 1966; Ph.D., Universidad Interamericana, Saltillo (Mexico), 1961; graduate study, Indiana University, Northwestern University, Catholic University of America, University of Rome (Italy) and Moscow State University, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.).
Career: English and foreign languages high school and college teacher, Detroit, Dearborn (MI); lecturer, University of Detroit, Wayne State University, H. Ford Community College, Dearborn.
Author: The Kolasinski Story, 1979; Detroit's Pioneer Mexicans, 1980; The Sacred Heart Story, 1980; The Basilica of St. Adalbert, 1980; A Centennial Parish. Sweetest Heart of Mary Parish, 1985; The Detroit St. Josaphat's Story 1889-1989, 1989.
Languages: English, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Polish, German, Latin, Greek, French.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.