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Thaddeus Vladimir Gromada

Historian, scholar, Polish community leader

Born Jul. 30, 1929, Passalc (NJ), U.S.; son of Jan and Aniela (Pudzisz); married Theresa (Michalski); children: Joseph, John, Ann.

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (magna cum laude), Seton Hall University, South Orange (NJ), 1951; Master of Arts (M.A.), 1953, Ph.D., 1966, Fordham University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Bronx (NY).

Career: prof. (history), 1958-92, coordinator, Immigration and Ethnic Studies, 1974-92, prof. emeritus, 1992 -, Jersey City State College (NJ); chairman, Governor's Commission on Eastern Europe History, State of New Jersey, Trenton, 1985-89; executive director, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.), New York City, 1990 -.

Author: co-editor, founder, Tatrzanski Orzel, since 1947; editor, Essays on Poland's Foreign Policy 1918-39, 1970; co-editor, Polonia Amerykanska, 1988; editor (O. Halecki's posthumous book), Jadwiga of Anjou and the Rise of East Central Europe, 1991; contributor to: The Slavic Review, East European Quarterly, The Polish Review, and others; contributor to several books.

Member of: consultant, Department of Education, 1979; president, Polish American Historical Association (P.A.H.A.), 1984; vice president, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.) (secretary general, 1971-88); board trustees vice chairman, Kosciuszko Foundation (trustee, since 1981); board member, Polish Tatra Highlanders Alliance, Circle XI, since 1947; organizer, program chairman, 1st and 2nd Polish Festivals in Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel (NJ).

Honors: fellowship for study in Czechoslovakia, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS), 1968; Outstanding Citizen award, Polish University Club of New Jersey, 1977; Haiman Medal, Polish American Historical Association (P.A.H.A.), 1985; Officer Cross - Order of Merit, L. Walesa, President of Poland, 1993.

Served with: U.S. Army, Signal Corps, sergeant, 1953-55.

Affiliation: Independent, Roman Catholic

Languages: English, Polish, Slovak, French

Hobbies: classical music, Polish Tatra folklore, swimming

Home: 22 Purple Martin Dr., Hackettstown, NJ 07840

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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