Edmund Sulkowski

Civil servant

Born Oct. 5, 1915, Gorki, Poland; came to U.S., 1950; son of Jozef and Kazimiera (Rzeszotarska); married Janina (Foltyn).

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Union College, Schenectady (NY), 1960.

Career: political emissary between Warsaw (Poland) and Ancona (Italy), 1945, 1947; worker, American Locomotive Company, Schenectady, radio - announcer, Polish program, Amsterdam (NY), 1951-54; civil servant, New York State Department of Auditory & Control, 1956-59, and Department of Tax & Finance, 1960-62, Albany, Department of Labor, Rochester, 1963-66, Schenectady. 1967-83; Retired; Polish - Jewish dialog coordinator.

Author: editor, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) Bulletin, 1976-1990.

Member of, i.a.: representative, Civil Service Employees Association, 1967-79, Professional Employees Federation, 1979-83; American Security Council, Washington (DC); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) (president, New York Central Division, 1976-90); chief auditor, Polish Veterans of World War II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.); board directors member, Polish Immigration Commission, New York City; deputy chairman, Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.); Captive Nation Committee; Polish - Ukrainian Cooperation; Polish - Hungarian - Lithuanian - Ukrainian Coalition, Albany; Pilsudski Institute of America; Kosciuszko Foundation.

Served with: Polish Military School, sergeant, 1936-37; Polish Home Army, captain, 1940-45 (arrested by Narodnyj Komissariat Vnutriennikh Del (NKVD), Russia), (1945); Polish Armed Forces in the West, 2nd Corps, 1945-46.

Affiliation: Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English.

Hobbies: travel, photography, sports.

Home: 1096 Merlin Drive, Schenectady, NY 12309.

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