Pawel Jozef Depta
Librarian, Polish community leader
Born Jul. 30, 1927, Bydgoszcz, Poland; came to U.S., 1960; son of Paul and Jozefa (Potocka); married Ingrid (Mattson); child: Aleksander.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Trinity College, Dublin (Ireland), 1959; Master of Arts (M.A.), University of Dublin, 1990; Master of Arts (M.A.), Indiana University, Bloomington, 1964; Master of Library Sciences (M.L.S.), Simmons College, Boston (MA), 1965.
Career: worker, Junkers Werke F. R. Betrieb, Warsaw (Poland), 1943-44; clerk, J. Lyons & Company, 1950-51; representative, Medical Supplies Company, London (United Kingdom), 1952-54; salesman, Rocky Mountains Filter Queen, Denver (CO), 1960-61; librarian, Harvard College Library, 1963-75, Cambridge Public Library, Cambridge (MA), 1975-91, Second Green Mountains Corporation (CO), 1991 -.
Author: articles on Poland and Warsaw Uprising 1944 in magazines and journals.
Member of: Massachusetts Library Association; New England Library Association; in Boston - president, Harvard Library Club, 1963-69, director, Krakowiak Polish Dancers, 1964-68, president, Polish Veterans of World War II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.), 1966-68, Friends of Polish Culture, 1968-71, chairman, Ethnic Division, Massachusetts Republican State Committee, 1968-74, director, Irish Graduate University Association, 1973-76, director, Polish Broadcasting Corporation, 1981-85, president, Polish Home Army Association.
Honors: testimonial plaque, City of Boston, 1968; Polish Home Army Cross, 1970; Foreign Service Area Officer United States Information Agency (USIA), State Department, 1971-72; Silver Meritorious Award, World Federation Polish Veterans of World War II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.), 1972; Silver Cross of Merit, Polish Government in Exile, London, 1974.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), 1943-44; Polish Armed Forces in the West, 1st Polish Armored Division, corporal, 1945-47.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Cathohc
Languages: Polish, English, German, French, Russian
Hobbies: swimming, squash, skiing
Home: 12815 W. Alameda Dr., Lakewood, CO 80228
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996