Jerzy Lukasz Dobrzanski - Hubal (Zaleski, Zaremba)
Land owner, broadcaster
Born Nov. 1, 1902, Smogorzow, Poland; came to U.S., 1950; son of Jozef and Kazimiera (Gorska); married Irena (Klingsporn).
Education: National Higher School of Agriculture, Warsaw (Poland); University of Warsaw; Chivalry College, Grudziadz (Poland), 1931.
Career: agriculture consultant, assistant manager, Polish Radio, Warsaw, until 1939; officer, National Armed Forces - Narodowe Sily Zbrojne (N.S.Z.), Swietokrzyska Brigade, 1939-50; editor, newspaper for Polish Armed Forces in Crieff and Edinburgh (Scotland); officer, Liaison Section, Polish Armed Forces in Germany; editor, Ostatnie Wiadomosci; broadcaster, Sikora's Polish Program, Chicago; Retired.
Author: numerous articles in: Listy do Polakow, Zeszyty Historyczne; chapter in Bylem dowodca Brygady Swietokrzyskiej.
Member of: honorary president, Mutual Aid Association of the New Polish Immigration; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.).
Honors: honorable of 3rd and 4th degree, Knights of Columbus, 1965; Gold Cross of Merit, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom), 1974; War Medal 1939-45, British Ministry of Defense, 1979; honorary badges and awards, Polish Veterans of World War II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.), Mutual Aid Association of the New Polish Immigration, 1965-78, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.), 1980; Polish Heritage Award, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.), 1990; National Military Action Cross, Lech Walesa, President of Poland, 1994.
Served with: Polish Army, 16th Regiment of Uhlans of Wielkopolska, Cavalry of Wolyn Group, cavalry captain, 1939-45.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, French.
Hobbies: broadcasting, horseback riding.
Home: 13210 Branding Iron Dr., Sun City, AZ 85351.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996