Walter Michael Gajewski
Engineer
Born Apr. 4, 1923, Hartford (CT), U.S.; son of Michael and Mary Ann (Boron); married Mary (Maglieri); children: Lisa, Stephen, Paul.
Education: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (B.E.E.), 1949, Master of Science (M.S.) (in engineering), 1951, University of Connecticut, Storrs.
Career: engineer to engineering manager, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh (PA), Richland (WA), 1951-88. Retired.
Author: co-designer and researcher, construction and operation of first of a kind nuclear power plants for United States Navy (USN), and first large liquid metal breeder reactor.
Member of: fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); American Nuclear Society; National Management Association.
Served with: U.S. Army, Signal Corps, 1943-46.
Affiliation: Independent. Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish.
Hobbies: travel, woodworking.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996