Ann O. Fletcher (Kazulewski)
Engineer, patent illustrator
Born Sept. 22, 1911, Latrobe (PA), U.S.; daughter of Wladyslaw and Wladyslawa (Rakowski); married Cicero P. Fletcher; child: Carl Robert.
Education: Wayne State University College of Engineering, Detroit (MI), 1942-44.
Career: patent illustrator, Bendix Aviation Corporation, Detroit, 1942-47, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn (MI), 1947-68; technical assistant to chief engineer, Shatterproof Glass Corporation, Detroit, 1968-80; free-lance technical consultant, 1980-90. Retired.
Author: 15 short biographies (booklets) on the achievements of Polish - American engineers and scientists, 1979-93.
Member of, i.a.: fellow, Engineering Society of Detroit (board member, 1980-86) and Society of Women Engineers (president, Detroit section, 1965-68, 1977-78); Society of Engineering Illustrators (president, Detroit, 1971-72, 1983-85); president, American-Polish Engineering Association (past president, 1978-79, 1988-90); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) (vice president, Michigan division, 1973-84); Polish Activities League; Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.); Polish Heritage Society.
Honors, i.a.: Certificate of Appreciation, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.), 1975, and City of Mt. Clemens, 1983; Woman of the Year, Orchard Lakes Ladies Auxiliary (MI), 1979; Successful Women of the 80's, Wayne State University Alumni Association, 1982; Distinguished Service award, Engineering Society of Detroit, 1987; General K. Pulaski Award, Pollish-American Central Citizens Committee, 1990. award and dedication for outstanding Service, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.), 1991; listed i.a. in : Who's Who in the Midwest, Who's Who of American Women, The World Who's Who of Women, National Register of Prominent Americans, Two Thousand Women of Achievement, Directory of International Biography.
Languages: English, Polish
Hobbies: civic activities, lapidary and gem faceting
Home: 39910 Bridgeview St., Mt. Clement, MI 488045
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996