Richard Boleslaw Solecki

Realtor, broker, elected city official

Born May 20, 1947, Lincoln, United Kingdom; came to U.S., 1952; son of Zbigniew and Jozefa (Kawalek); married Margaret (MacDonald); child: Heather.

Education: Bechalor of Arts (B.A.), Empire College State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo; diploma (in management), Bryant & Stratton.

Career: member, Board of Education, Cheektowaga / Sloan (NY), 1976-79; councilman, Town of Cheektowaga, 1987-95.

Member of: real estate boards member, Erie County and State of New York; national vice president, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.), since 1980; Pulaski Association, Buffalo.

Honors: Outstanding Young Man of America, U.S. Jaycees National Council of Christians and Jews; Employee of the Year, Nursing Homes; medal for helping Poland, Polish Episcopate.

Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English.

Hobbies: travel, politics, collecting stamps and coins.

Home: 108 Cromwell Drive, Depew, NY 14043.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.