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Piotr Stanislaw Gorecki

History educator

Born Dec. 14, 1955, Cracow, Poland; came to U.S., 1969; son of Jan and Danuta (Wojnar); married Renata Dylewska (Jankowska); child: Anna.

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), University of Illinois, Urbana, 1977; Master of Arts (M.A.), 1979, Juris Doctor (J.D.), 1983, Stanford University (CA); Ph.D., University of Chicago (IL), 1988.

Career: visiting assistant prof., Department of History, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1988-89; assistant prof., Department of History, University of California, Riverside, 1989 -.

Author: Economy, Society, and Lordship in Medieval Poland (1100-1250), 1992; Parishes, Tithes, and Society in Earlier Medieval Poland, (1150-1250), 1993; 2 historical articles, 1983, 1984.

Member of: co-organizer, Polish University Abroad, Chicago Branch, 1988; American Historical Association (AHA); Medieval Academy of America.

Honors: grant in Eastern Europe, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), 1984-86

Affiliation: Democrat

Languages: English, Polish, French, Russian, German, Czech, Latin

Hobbies: choral singing, cartooning

Home: 5225 Pearblossom Dr. #8, Riverside, CA 92507

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

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