Janusz Maria Szyrmer
Economist, educator
Born Aug. 2, 1950, Olsztyn, Poland; came to U.S., 1980; son of Jozef and Halina (Donimirska); married Hanna (Saroszewska); children: Lukasz, Magdalena, Paulina.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.) (in economy), Poznan Academy of Economics (Poland), 1973; Master of Arts (M.A.), Ph.D. (in regional science), 1984, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
Career: research assistant, Institute of Geography, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1973-80; lecturer, Economic Educational Center, Polish Economical Society, Warsaw, 1976-80; adjunct assistant prof., lecturer (regional science end economics), director, Social Science Data Center, associate director, Graduate and Research Computing - Social Science Computing, University of Pennsylvania, 1985 -; visiting associate prof., Central University of Venezuela, Caracas, Bryn Mawr College (PA), Haverford College (PA).
Author: co-author, Post-industrial Philadelphia! Structural Changes in the Metropolitan Economy, Faulty Foundations, Soviet Economic Policies, and Ownership and Market Reform Transition in Eastern-Central Europe; numerous articles in Polish, British, Russian and American professional journals; numerous research reports and symposium papers.
Member of: Regional Science Association International; American Economic Association; Group of Catholic Intelligentsia, Czestochowa Shrine, Doylestown (PA).
Honors: Best Student award, Poznan Academy of Economics, 1972; Fulbright scholarship, University of Pennsylvania, 1980-82; scholarships, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Dijon University (France), Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sophia, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Moscow, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, Georgetown University, Washington (DC), Central University of Venezuela, Caracas.
Languages: Polish, English, French, Russian.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Hobby: travel.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.