Tadeusz Dziekanowski-Wieniawa

Business administrator

Born May 29, 1916, Rogowo Rypin, Poland; came to U.S., 1948; son of Teofil and Stanislawa (Grzegorzewska); married Stanislawa (Peczynska); children: Tadeusz, Alexander.

Education: University of Georgia, Meat Science Institute, Athens.

Career: president, Teddy's Provisions, Newark (NJ), 1951 -.

Author: Z herbem w plecaku.

Member of: Iieutenant colonel, Pulaski Cadets Association; life member, Polish - American Museum; Knights of Malta.

Honors: Order of Polonia Restituta, 1964, Gold Medal of National Treasury, 1966, Commander Cross with Star, 1974, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom); Gold Medal, Polish Army Veterans Association - Stowarzyszenie Weteranow Armii Polskiej (S.W.A.P.), 1975; Grand Cross, Knights of Malta, 1985; listed in Men of Achievement.

Affiliation: Republican

Languages: Polish, English

Hobbies: collecting stamps and coins

Home: 219 Ferry St., Newark, NJ 07105

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