Henryk Franczak
Air force and airline pilot, insurance agent
Born Mar. 31, 1918, Zagorzyce, Poland; came to U.S., 1953; son of Stanislaw and Helena (Liwszyc); married Norah (McGaley).
Education: Polish Air Force Cadet Officers' School, Deblin (Poland); Royal Air Force Officers' School, Cosford (United Kingdom); licensed pilot, Government of Pakistan, 1949.
Career: pilot, Orient Airways, Ltd., Pakistan, 1949-53; farmer, 1954-58; insurance agent to tax shelter investments representative, Mutual of Omaha, Bankers Life & Casualty, New York Life, New England Underwriters, 1958-78. Retired.
Member of: life member, Polish Air Force Association, London (United Kingdom) and New York City; State of Rhode Island delegate, Republican Senatorial Mid-Term Convention, 1994; National Republican Committee; National Republican Senatorial Committee; Polish Arts and Culture Foundation, San Francisco (CA).
Honors: Order of Virtuti Militari, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom), 1943; Cross of Valor with 3 Bars; several other Polish, British and French war medals and military decorations; Honorary Citizen of the State of California, 1992
Served with: Polish Air Force, Royal Air Force, Pakistan Air Force, 1938-49, captain.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic
Languages: Polish, English
Hobbies: gardening, classical music, theater
Home: 109 A Peeptoad Rd., North Scituate, RI 02857
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996