Stefan Alexander Dekowski
Neurosurgeon, physician
Born Jun. 3, 1922, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1952; son of Boleslaw and Maria (Paradowska); married Irene (Besonis); children: Steven, John.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Bologna University (Italy), 1948.
Career: internship, United Kingdom, 1948-52, and in Illinois - South Chicago Community Hospital, Cook County Hospital, Mercy Hospital, Hines Hospital, 1952-56; neurosurgeon, St. Mary's Hospital, Chicago, St. Francis Hospital, Blue Island (IL), Our Lady of Mercy Hospital, Dyer (IN), Ingalls Memorial Hospital, Harvey (IL), Hazel Crest General Hospital (IL), St. Mary's Hospital and Riverside Hospital, Kankakee (IL), 1956-93; chief of surgery, medical staff president, St. James Hospital, Chicago Heights, 1979-80; Retired.
Author: numerous scientific medical papers, lectures and articles.
Member of, i.a.: fellow, International College of Surgeons; Congress of Neurological Surgeons; American College of Surgeons; Central Neurosurgical Society; Illinois Neurosurgical Society; Chicago Neurological Society; American Medical Association (AMA); Illinois Medical Society; Polish Medical Alliance.
Honors: Order of Virtuti Militari, Cross of Valor; Polish Home Army Cross; Victory and Freedom Medal; Warsaw Uprising Medal; Army Medal.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), 1942-44; Warsaw Uprising, 1944; Polish Armed Forces in the West, 2nd Corps, Italy, 1945, 2nd lieutenant.
Languages: Polish, Italian, English
Hobbies: golf, electronics, photography
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996