Bartlomiej Kaminski
Economist
Born Poland; son of Antoni and Maria (Henisz); married Ewa (Sokorska); child: Matthew.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.) (in economy), 1967, Ph.D., 1972, Dr. hab., 1978, University of Warsaw (Poland).
Career: public investment analyst, National Commission of Planning, Council of Ministers, Warsaw, 1966-67; teaching assistant, research associate, 1968-72, assistant prof., 1978-82, Department of Economics, University of Warsaw; visiting prof., Department of Economics, Kent State University (OH), 1980-81, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver (CO), 1981, Department of Government, University of Maryland, College Park, 1981-83, Department of International Relations, University of Beijing (China), 1987; assistant prof., 1984-90, associate prof., 1991 -, Department of Government and Politics, director, Center for the Study of Post-Communist Societies, College of Behavioral Social Sciences, University of Maryland; lecturer, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, 1991 -; consultant to i.a.: Institute of Management, Ministry of Heavy Industry (Poland), 1974-75, Committee of Future Studies "Poland 2000", Polish Academy of Science, 1977-80, Warsaw, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty, 1987-90, Coordinating Office Abroad of Poland. Workers Independent Trade Union - "Solidarnosc", Brussels (Belgium), 1988 -, World Bank Development Report 1987 and 1988, UN Department of Technological Cooperation, 1990-91. Advisory Committee to President of Poland 1991, long-term consultant, International Economics Department, 1992 -, The World Bank.
Author: co-author (with A. Lukaszewicz), Racjonalnosc gospodarowania w socjalizmie, 1981, (with M. Okolski), System gospodarki swiatowej. Problemy rozwoju, and Swiat obecny, swiat przyszly, 1978; Granice modelowania globalnego, 1982; The Collapse of State Socialism: Case of Poland, 1991; editor, Ekonomista and Oeconomica Polona (Poland), 1978-81; numerous book chapters, technical reports and articles in professional journals i.a. in: Ost-Europa Wirtschaft (Germany), Studies in Comparative Communism, Journal of Social & Behavioral Sciences, International Political Science Review, Problems of Communism, Comparative Political Studies, International Journal, Development & Peace, Journal of Contemporary Studies, Financial Times, Oeconomica Polona, and Ekonomista.
Member of: executive committee member, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), Washington chapter; International Studies Association; Friends of Solidarity, Washington.
Honors: fellowship, University of Bern (Switzerland), 1972-73; F. Skarbek Annual Reward for best book, Polish Academy of Science (Poland), 1979; international visitor, United States Information Agency (USIA), 1980; general research award, University of Maryland, 1985; grant, U.S. Department of Education, 1992-93.
Languages: Polish, English, French.
Hobbies: tennis, painting - cubism.
Home: 3880 University Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20016.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996