Zygmunt Francis Dembek
Epidemiologist, biochemist
Born Jun. 15, 1950, Hartford (CT), U.S.; son of Zygmunt and Bertha (Petrauckas); married Carol (Wynglarz).
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (in biology), Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, 1973; Master of Science (M.S.) (in biomedical sciences), Hood College, Frederick (MD), 1982; Ph.D. (in nutritional biochemistry), University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1995.
Career: group leader, divemaster, Bermuda Biological Station For Research, St. George's, 1979-80; academic investigator, Institute of Infectious Descease, U.S. Army Medical Research, Ft. Detrick (MD), 1981; research assistant, University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy, Storrs, 1981-82; lecturer (statistics), Manchester Community College (CT), 1983; operator, chemist, Water Pollution Control Facility, Windsor Locks (CT), 1983-86; lecturer (advanced biology), Asnuntuck Community College, Enfield (CT), 1985-86; environmental sanitarian, 1986-87, senior environmental sanitarian, 1987-90, epidemiologist III, 1990 -, Connecticut Department of Health Services, Hartford.
Author: author and co-author, several research papers; 1 book chapter.
Member of: life member, New York Academy of Sciences, and Reserve Officers' Association of the United States; American Chemical Society; American Institute of Chemists; Society of Armed Forces Medical Laboratory Scientists; representative, trustee, board directors member, North Central District Health Department, Enfield (CT); Sara Title III Local Emergency Planning Committee, Suffield (CT); Knights of King Jan III Sobieski, St. Michael's Society, St. Joseph Church, Rockville (CT).
Honors: grant, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1991; Medal of Achievement with Oak Leaf Cluster, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, U.S. Army, 1994; listed in Who's Who in Science and Engineering, 1994-95.
Served with: U.S. Army, United States Army Reserve (USAR), captain, 1976 -.
Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic
Languages: English, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Russian
Hobbies: enology, viticulture
Office: Connecticut Department of Public Health and Addiction Services, 150 Washington St., Hartford, CT 06106
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996