Henryk Dominik Skolimowski
Philosopher, scholar
Born May 4, 1930, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1964; son of Antoni and Kazimiera (Kruza).
Education: Master of Science (M.S.), Technical University of Warsaw, 1956; Master of Philosophy (M.Ph.), University of Warsaw, 1959; Dr. of Philosophy, Oxford University (United Kingdom), 1964.
Career: lecturer, Technical University of Warsaw, 1956-62; assistant, associate prof., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 1964-70; research fellow, Linacre College, Oxford University (United Kingdom), 1969-70; consultant, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 1977-78; visiting prof., Madras University (India), 1981; prof., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1970 -; associate editor, The Ecologist (United Kingdom), 1972 -; head, Eco - Philosophical Department, Technical University of Lodz (Poland), 1991.
Author: Polish Analytical Philosophy, 1967; Eco - Philosophy. Designing New Tactics for Living, 1981; Technology and Human Destiny, 1983; The Theater of the Mind, 1984; Dancing Shiva in the Ecological Age, 1991; Living Philosophy. Eco - Philosophy as a Tree of Life, 1992; A Sacred Place to Dwell, Living with Reverence upon the Earth, 1993; Eco Yoga, Practice and Meditations for Walking in Beauty on the Earth, 1994; The Participatory Mind, A New Theory of Knowledge and of the Universe, 1994; 6 other books; 3 volumes of poems; over 300 articles in professional journals.
Member of: director, Eco - Philosophy Center, Ann Arbor; editorial board member, The Trumpeter (Canada); Task Force on Appropriate Technology, U.S. Congress; Committee on Ecology, International Union for the Conservation of Nature, 1981.
Honors: honorary vice president, The Teilhard Society, London (United Kingdom); philosophy in residence, Dartington Hall, Devon (United Kingdom), 1979-83.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, Greek.
Home: 18500 Bowdish Road, Gregory, MI 48137.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.