Zbigniew Golab
Slavic languages scholar, linguist
Born Mar. 16, 1923, Nowy Targ, Poland; came to U.S., 1961; son of Leon and Wanda (Obst); married Janina (Waluszewska); child: Julius.
Education: Ph.D., Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland), 1958.
Career: lecturer, Catholic University of Lublin (Poland), 1953-61; associate scholar, Institute of Slavic Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, 1954-61; associate prof., 1961-67, prof., 1967-94, University of Chicago (IL).
Author: Conditionalis typu balkanskiego w jezykach poludniowo-slowianskich, 1964; The Arumanian Dialect of Krusevo in Macedonia, 1985; The origins of the Slavs - A Linguist's View, 1992; co-author, Slownik terminologii jezykoznawczej, 1968; over 100 scientific articles, 1953-94.
Member of: Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow; Macedonian Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL); Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Polish University Abroad; Polish Linguistic Society
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Languages: Polish, English, Latin, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Slavic languages
Hobbies: travel, mountain hiking
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996