Albina Swierzbinska (Kruszewska)
Educator, Polish community leader
Born Jul. 31, 1923, Jersey City (NJ), U.S.; daughter of Jan and Irena (Pernej); married Joseph E. Swierzbinski; children: Joseph, Annette.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Montclair State College (NJ), 1943; Master of Arts (M.A.), Columbia University, New York City, 1946; graduate studies, Seton Hall University (NJ); Ph.D. equivalency, Rutgers University, New Brunswick (NJ), 1980; Latin, Polish, social studies, English and English as a second language teacher's certificates.
Career: teacher, director, Polish supplementary school, Jersey City, 1941-47; teacher (Latin), Woodrow Wilson Jr. High School, Weehawken (NJ), 1943-46; teacher (Polish, Latin), Passaic High School (NJ), 1947-53; teacher (English as a second language), Jersey City Board of Education, 1967-74; prof. (Polish language and literature), Jersey City State College, 1974-86; teacher (Polish, Latin), Bayonne High School, 1978-89; adjunct prof. (English), St. Peter's College, Jersey City, 1989 -.
Author: scientific paper in The American Slavic and East European Review, 1947; numerous translations from Polish literature.
Member of: American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL) (treasurer, 1949-55); commissioner, Jersey City Redevelopment Agency, 1964-67; director, Polish Women's Alliance of America (president, Council 38), since 1975; vice chairman, Hudson County Bicentennial Commission, 1975-77; vice president, General Pulaski Memorial Committee, since 1978; narrator, Pulaski Day Parade, WPIX, Channel 11 TV, 1972-81; National Education Association; New Jersey Education Association; Hudson County Teachers Association; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Kosciuszko Foundation.
Honors: Kappa Delta Pi; Woman of Achievement, Jersey Journal, 1969, and Perspectives, Inc., 1979; Woman of the Year, Polish University Club of New Jersey, 1974, Polish American World, 1977, and Polish American Civic Association, Jersey City, 1986.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, Latin, Spanish.
Hobbies: reading, music, travel.
Home: 153 Haverhill Avenue, West Paterson, NJ 07424.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.