Bozena M. Gilbride, (Urbanowicz)

Lecturer, exhibition director

Born Oct. 12, 1934, Leonowka, Poland; came to U.S., 1947; daughter Wiktor and Janina (Los); married Richard V. Gilbride; children: Richard T., Timothy, Stephen, Christine

Education: Nassau Community College (NY), 1975-77.

Career: executive director, Holocaust - A Mosaic of Victims exhibition, Polish American Museum, Port Washington (NY), 1992 -.

Member of: Polish American Congress (P.A.C.), Holocaust Documentation Committee; Educational Committee member, Nassau County Holocaust Commission, 1989; Kosciuszko Foundation; American Polish Council; Polish American Museum

Honors: Woman of the Year, Pathfinders of Nassau County, 1992; Citizen of the Year, Polish American World, 1993; Louis E. Yavner Award, New York State Board of Regents, 1993; Chivalry Cross - Polonia Restituta, Polish Government, 1994

Affiliation: Roman Catholic

Languages: Polish, English

Hobbies: sewing, reading, travel

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