Jerzy Soltan
Architect, educator
Born Mar. 6, 1913, Prezma, Latvia; came to U.S., 1961; son of Wladyslaw and Helena (Korsak); married Hanna (Borucinski); children: Joanna, Karol.
Education: Master of Science (M.S.), Technical University of Warsaw (Poland), 1939; Master of Arts (M.A.) (honorary), Harvard University, Cambridge (MA), 1966.
Career: assistant, Atelier le Corbusier, 1945-49, instructor, L'Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts, 1948-49, Paris (France); associate prof., Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw (Poland), 1949-65; prof., Harvard University, 1961 -.
Author: numerous articles, since 1938, and architectural projects, since 1950.
Member of: Akademie der Kunste, Berlin (Germany); Union of Polish Artists (Poland); Association of Collegiate Schools of Architects; Boston Architectural Center (board directors member, 1988-90).
Honors: Cross of Valor, 1939; honorary prof., Universidad Nacional Federico Villareal, Lima (Peru), 1969; Medaille d'Education, Academie d'Architecture, Paris, 1971; Nelson Robinson Prof. of Architecture & Urban Design, Harvard University, 1978; Distinguished Prof., Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, 1985.
Served with: Polish Army, September '39 Campaign, 2nd lieutenant; Prisoner of War (POW) in Germany, 1939-45.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, French, German, Spanish.
Hobbies: mountains.
Office: GSD Harvard University, Gund Hall, Quincey Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.