Leokadia Dybczak (Wieniawa-Zebrowska)

Language teacher, clerk

Born Dec. 9, 1908, Wilno, Poland: came to U.S., 1957; daughter of Witold and Kazimiera (Sobolewska); married Adolf Dybczak; children: Andrzej, Marie Anne.

Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), Stefan Batory University, Wilno, 1933; summer course of French, Alliance Francaise, Paris (France), 1935; phonetics course, London University College (United Kingdom), 1952-53; Spanish course, Salem State College (MA), 1963.

Career: secondary school teacher (French), Dzisna (Poland), 1935-38, (French, Latin), Oszmiana (Poland), 1938-39; teacher (Latin), Polish secondary school, Teheran (Iran), Ghazir-Zouk (Lebanon), 1943-49; teacher (French), Gudolphin Latymer School, London (United Kingdom); secondary school teacher, Redhill Surrey (United Kingdom), Shore Country Day School, Beverly (MA),1957-62, Bishop Fenwick High School, Peabody (MA), 1962-64, William Russell School, Boston (MA), 1964-69; office clerk, Salem (MA), 1985-92; Retired.

Author: articles in: Teheran Newspaper, 1945, Salem Evening News, 1988.

Member of: president, Secular Franciscan Order, since 1957; American Association of Teachers of French; American Foreign Language Teachers; Holy Rosary Sodality, Salem; Polish - American Women's Club.

Honors: Certificate of Appreciation, City of Boston, 1974

Affiliation: Roman Catholic

Languages: Polish, French, Russian, Spanish, English, Latin

Hobbies: painting, writing

Home: 8 Pioneer Ter #F, Salem, MA 01970

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