Barbara Jadwiga Switalski-Lesko
Egyptologist, author
Born Oct. 8, 1940, Chicago (IL), U.S.; daughter of John and Lee (Janke); married Leonard Lesko.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1962, Master of Arts (M.A.), 1965, University of Chicago.
Career: instructor, 1968-70, bibliographer, 1970-82, University of California, Berkeley; administrative research assistant, Department of Egyptology, 1982 -, instructor, Brown Learning Community, 1984 -, Brown University, Providence (RI); lecturer, Alumni Tours of Egypt for University of California, Harvard University, Brown University, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1989.
Author: The Remarkable Women of Ancient Egypt, 1978; co-author, Becoming Visible: Women in European History, 1986; editor, Women's Earliest Records, 1989; co-editor, Dictionary of Late Egyptian, (5 volumes) 1982, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990; articles and book reviews in professional journals.
Member of, i.a.: International Association of Egyptologists; Egypt Exploration Society (United Kingdom); board member, Archaeological Institute of America (president, Narragansett Society, 1987-89); Association of Ancient Historians; Travel Club, Women of Brown University (founder and chairman, 1984-85); local organizations of Barrington (RI).
Honors: grants, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), and Mellon Foundation, 1987-88.
Languages: English, French, German, Ancient Egyptian.
Hobbies: sailing, painting, collecting antiques.
Office: Brown University, Department of Egyptology, Box 1899, Providence, RI 02912.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.