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Kapa, Stanislaus J.
Engineer-lawyer. Born Jan. 8, 1899 in Philadelphia, Pa. Received elementary education at St. Josaphat's School, Phila., Pa. In 1915 graduated from St. Stanislaus Kostka College, Chicago, Ill.; University of Pa. with B.S. in C.E. degree. Engaged as an engineer by Concrete Steel Co. in Phila.; later by Bradley, Bruff and La Barthe Co. in San Francisco Cal. Sent to Burma, British India, to construct a foundry factory. Returned to U.S., engaged by American Bridge Co., Belmont Iron Works, and McClintic Marshall Construction Co., in Phila., Pa. In 1928 graduated from Georgetown University Law School and admitted to the Bar in Pa. in 1929. Engaged as engineer by the U.S. Government in the construction of public buildings. In 1939 Federal Supervisor of the plans at Bethlehem Steel Corp., Bethlehem, Pa., for Federal Building at World's Fair in New York, N. Y. Pres. of Intercollegiate Student's Ass'n at University of Pa., Phila., Pa. Pres. of Polish Falcons of America, Dist. XII, Phila., Pa. Vice-pres. of Polish Day at the Sesquicentennial Fair in Phila., in 1926. Pres. of group 848 of P.N.A. in Washington, D. C., the Pulaski Day Committee in 1937 in Washington, D. C. Delegate to the 142nd Council of P.N.A. in Baltimore, Md. Lecturer of Polish and Polish history in Thompson H.S. in Washington, D. C. Veteran of World War I and member of American Legion, Post 28 in Tacoma Park, Md. Member of Phi Beta Gamma, Legal Fraternity. Correspondent for Polish Daily "Dziennik Zwiazkowy," 1936 1937. Correspondent of weekly paper "Patryota" in Phila., Pa. Co-editor of Pol-American Law Journal, published in Chicago, Ill. Died in 1941. [Dec. 19 Washington, D.C. Ed.]

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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