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Maria Magdalena Kapuscinska (Siniarska - Czaplicka)

Chemist, researcher

Born Jul. 21, 1939, Borzymie, Poland; came to U.S., 1979; daughter of Kazimierz and Jadwiga (Dunin - Wasowicz); married Jan Kapuscinski.

Education: Master of Science (M.S.), 1961, Ph.D., 1969, Technical University of Lodz (Poland).

Career: research assistant, 1961-69, research associate, 1969-75, Technical University of Lodz; research associate, Institute of Fine Mechanics, Warsaw (Poland), 1976-79, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn (NY), 1981-82, Texaco Research and Development, Beacon (NY), 1982 -.

Author: over 20 scientific papers on synthesis and physical chemistry of polymers; 2 Polish and 28 United States patents.

Member of: vice president, Pilsudski Institute of America; committee member, J. Lojek Fund; American Chemical Society.

Honors: Sigma Xi; fellowship, Polytechnic Institute, 1981; Women and Industry award, Dutchess County (NY), 1989.

Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English.

Hobbies: literature, skiing, hiking.

Office: Texaco Research & Development, PO. Box 509, Beacon, NY 12508.

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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