Hanna Maria Sobkowicz
Neurologist, scientist, educator
Born Jan. 1, 1931, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1963; daughter Stanislaw and Jadwiga (Ignaczak); married Jerzy (Rose).
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), 1954, Ph.D., 1962, Warsaw Medical Academy.
Career: resident (neurology), Neurological Clinic, Warsaw Medical Academy, 1955-63; research fellow, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Columbia University, New York City, 1963-66; assistant prof., 1966-72, associate prof., 1972-79, prof., 1979-, Neurological Department, University of Wisconsin - Madison.
Author: numerous publications in medical journals on development and regeneration of the nervous system and the hearing organ.
Member of: editorial board member, International Journal of Development Neuroscience.
Honors: grants, National Institutes of Health (NIH), since 1968, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1993.
Affiliation: Democrat. Catholic.
Language: Polish, English, French.
Hobbies: books, dogs, flowers.
Home: 4169 Cherokee Drive, Madison, WI 63711.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.