Zygmunt Janusz Dyrkacz
Building developer, biologist
Born May 21, 1952, Kalisz, Poland; came to U.S., 1980; son of Janusz and Teresa (Tomaszewska); children: Christopher, Martin.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1983.
Career: inspector, Horticultural Cooperative, Poznan (Poland), 1972-76, Kalisz, 1978-80; developer, restoration of old Polish Triangle in Chicago, 1986-94.
Author: producer, art director, Story Map of Poland, 1987; producer, theater plays, Peepshow, American Way, Chairs, Herbarium, Moisture, Banialuka, Tutam, Madman and the Nun.
Member of: ethnic art director, Art Council, Near North West Side, 1985-87; Kosciuszko Foundation (vice president, Chicago chapter, 1991-92); advisor, coordinator, United States Information Agency (USIA) delegation to Poland, 1990; director, Around the Coyote Festival, 1993, 1994.
Honors: Polish Workers Independent Trade Union - "Solidarnosc", trustee, 1st Free Election in Poland, Chicago 1989; Jefferson Award for best theater assembly, 1991.
Languages: Polish, English
Hobbies: travel, volleyball, literature
Home: 143 W. Division, Chicago, IL 60622
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996