Henry J. Dende

Publisher, editor, Polish and local community leader

Born Scranton (PA), U.S.; son of John and Mary (Borowska); married Prospine (Storace).

Education: Alliance College, Cambridge Springs (PA); Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (in journalism and publishing), University of Scranton; University of Warsaw (Poland); Washington and Jefferson College, Washington (PA).

Career: publisher, editor, Polish - American Journal, 1945-83; Scranton School Board member, 1951-69; president, Lackawanna County Vocational -Technical School Board, and vice president, Lackawanna County School Board, 1964-69; national president, Polish Union in United States, Wilkes-Barre (PA); consultant on Polish ethnicity to numerous U.S. representatives and senators; Retired.

Author: over 50 editorials published in Congressional Record, 1946-66.

Member of, i.a.: board trustees member, Lackwanna Junior College; National Alumni Associate of University of Scranton (president, 1965-66); past president, Scranton Philharmonic Orchestra; past chairman, Cancer Crusade in Lackawanna County; active member, Friends of Polish Society of Lackawanna County; Pennsylvania Heritage Society.

Honors, i.a.: numerous invitations to White House by president J. F. Kennedy, L. B. Johnson, R. Nixon, G. Ford, J. Carter, R. Reagan; Printing Man of the Year, 1961; Boss of the Year, Women's Professional Club, 1963; special citation. State Senate of Pennsylvania, 1969; Man of the Year, Friends of Polish Society of Lackawanna County, 1992; Henry J. Dende Center, honorarily name of Vocational Technical School in Scranton.

Served with: U.S. Army, World War II, 1942-45

Affiliation: Democrat

Languages: English, Polish

Home: 105 Rhonda Dr., Scranton, PA 18505

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996

Dende, John
Publisher. He is a publisher of "Republika-Gornik," a Polish weekly published in Scranton, Pa.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943