Stanislaw Strzalkowski
Engineer, army officer, Polish community leader
Born Jun. 30, 1913, Sosnowiec, Poland; came to U.S., 1950; son of Bronislaw and Jozefa (Gadomska); married Maria (Pankowska); children: Wanda, Stanley J.
Education: cadet-officer, Cadet Officers' School, Komorowo (Poland), 1935; engineer, Wayne State University, Detroit (MI), 1958.
Career: platoon and company commander, Polish Army, Katowice, 1935-39; commander, Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), Bedzin, Cracow, 1939-43; prisoner, German concentration camps, Oswiecim, Flosenburg, 1943-45; commander, Polish Guard Company - U.S. Army, Managim (Germany), 1945-50; worker, Detroit, 1950, draftsman, designer, 1951-69, supervisor engineer, 1970-78, Birmingham (MI), Ford Motor Co.
Member of: president, Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), Michigan Circle, 1951-54; board directors member, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.), Michigan Division, 1952-85; Polish Engineering Society, 1955-78; president, Polish Scouting in America - Zwiazek Harcerstwa Polskiego (Z.H.P.), Michigan Division, 1960-64; president, co-founder, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) Credit Union, 1976-81; president, co-founder, International Radio Investment Corporation, 1984-88.
Honors: Silver Cross of Merit, 1970, Golden Cross of Merit, 1973, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom); Partisan Cross, Oswiecim Cross, September '39 Campaign Medal, L. Walesa, President of Poland, 1992.
Served with: Polish Army, September '39 Campaign, Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), major, 1932-92.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, French.
Home: 2087 North Lovington Street #105, Troy, MI 48083.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.