Gelb, Ignace JanProfessor. Born Oct. 14, 1907, Tarnow, Poland. Secondary education completed in Gymnasium, Tarnow, 1917-1925. Attended Universities of Florence and Rome, 1925-1929. Studied oriental languages and literature, ancient history and geography. In 1929 received Ph.D. degree, in Rome. From 1929 to 1942 member of the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, first as a traveling fellow, later as assistant in Research, now assistant Professor of Assyriology. American citizen. Married; child: Walter Alexander. Author: "HiHite Hieroglypes I-II," Chicago, 1931-35 "Inscriptions from Blishar and Vicinity," Chicago, 1935; "HiHite Hieroglyphic Monuments," Chicago, 1940 and many shorter articles. Member of American Oriental Society, New Haven, Conn.; American Schools of Oriental Research, New Haven, Conn.; National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.; Polskie Towarzystwo Orientalistyczne, Lwow, Poland; Societe HiHite et Asiatique Paris. Collaborator of "Polska Akademja Umiejetnosci." (Polish Academy of Arts and Science), Cracow, Poland.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943