Gorczynski, Wladyslaw, D.Sc.Climatologist. Research Associate in Climatology, 1940-41, University of California, Scripps Institution of Oceanography; University of Miami, Florida, 1942. Business address: University of Miami, Coral Gables. Florida. Born in Bramki, near Warsaw, Poland, March 19, 1879; son of Franciszek Gorczynski and Maria nee Higersherger. Attended secondary schools in Lodz, Poland, 1889-1896; University of Warsaw, Poland, 1896-1901; University at Montpelier, France, 1905-1906. Received Doctor of Science degree from University of Montpelier, France, in 1906. Specializes in problems of Actinometry (Solar Radiation for Climatology, Agriculture, Actinotherapy) and climatic studies. For many years engaged in meteorological (chiefly actinometrical) research work in the Meteorological Bureau, Warsaw, Poland. Lecturer in Meteorology' and Climatology (1915-1922) at the University of Warsaw and Warsaw Polytechnical School. Director of Warsaw Polytechnical School. In 1927 resigned as director to carry on scientific research work only. From 1927 to 1942 made several scientific expeditions for Solar Radiation Measurements in the following countries: Siam and Dutch Java (6 months); Algeria, Tunisia, and the Oasis of Quargla, Sahara Desert; Mexico (three times in 1926, 1927 and 1928); French Riviera (Nice, 1929-1936), with Spanish and Portuguese coasts; also made several actinometric expeditions on boats crossing the Atlantic and Indian oceans. Instruments for solar radiation measurements (so called solarimeters and solarigrapbs) have been constructed since 1924 by Jules Richard, Paris, France, and P. T. Kipp, Delft, Holland, from Professor Gorczynski's design. Author of about 200 scientific articles and monographs published in the Polish, French and English languages. Some of the articles were printed in the following scientific journals: Monthly Review, Washington, D. C., 1904,1907, 1921, 1924, 1926, 1927; Journal of the Optical Society of America and Review of Scientific Instruments, 1924, 1927; Monthly magazine "Tycos," Rochester, N. Y., 1926; Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, London, 1926; Meteorological Magazine, London, 1937 and 1938. Research studies published in book form: "Sur la marche de l'intensite du rayonnement solaire," doctorate thesis for University of Montpellier; "Nouvelles Isothermes," Warsaw, 1918 (the same work for the atmospheric pressure) published in 1917; "Climat Solaire de Nice et de Ia Cote d'Azur," Nice, 1934; "California's Climates as compared with those of other sunny lands" with the collaboration of Dr. G. F. McEwen, California University Press, 1943. Member of: Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, and American Meteorological Society. Honorary Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (since 1928). Member of the British Meteorological Society. Member of the Solar Radiation Commission (since 1913), International Meteorological Organization. Professor Gorczynski is considered an authority on climates and solar radiation. Residence: 829 S.W. Seventh Ave., Miami, Florida.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943