Bohdan Antoni Grodzki
Geodesist, Polish community leader
Born Jul. 10, 1921, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1964; son of Tadeusz and Zofia (Suska); married Magdalena (D'Emilia); children: Tadeusz, Zofia.
Education: University of Rome (Italy), 1946-48; diploma (in geodesy), Macomb County Community College, Warren (MI), 1971.
Career: deputy chief, survey team, National Highway Agency (Argentina), 1948-55; ballistic technology topographer, Technology & Research Institute, Argentina Armed Forces, 1955-64, Buenos Aires; chief, survey team, 1964-71, registered professional land surveyor, Wayne County, 1971-88, Detroit (MI). Retired.
Author: various historical articles in: Kurier Polski (Argentina), Gwiazda Polarna, Dziennik Polski, Swiat Polski.
Member of: Michigan Society of Registered Land Surveyors, 1974-90; 2nd Corps Veterans Circle (president, 1971-72, vice president, 1973-85), Detroit; organizer, Museum of 2nd Corps, board directors chairman, 2nd Corps Foundation and Center (vice president, 1986-87, president, 1988-93), Orchard Lake (MI); director, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) Michigan division.
Honors: for World War II - Cross of Valor, Cross of Merit with Swords, Monte Cassino Cross, War Medal, British medals, 1939-45; 50th Anniversary Medal, Haller's Swords, 1980, Medal of Merit, 1983, Polish American Veterans Association - Stowarzyszenie Weteranow Armii Polskiej (S.W.A.P.); Gold Cross of Merit, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom), 1987; Cavaliers Cross-Order of Merit, L. Walesa, President of Poland, 1994.
Served with: Polish Armed Forces in the West (France), 1940; 1st Corps (Scotland), 1940-42; Polish Army in the Middle East, 2nd Corps, Italian Campaign, major, 1943-45.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Italian, Spanish.
Hobby: military history
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996