Andrzej Korbonski

Political science educator, editor

Born Jan. 2, 1927, Poznan, Poland; came to U.S., 1950; son of Stanislaw and Lucja (Omiecinska); children: Holly, Ellen.

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in economy), University of London (United Kingdom), 1950; Master of Arts (M.A.) (in economy), 1954, Ph.D. (in political sciences), 1962, Columbia University, New York City.

Career: prof. (political science), University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 1963 -; editor, Communism and Post-Comunist Studies.

Author: over 100 publications: books, book chapters, articles and papers.

Member of: treasurer, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS); Council on Foreign Relations, New York City.

Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), lance-corporal, 1944-45; Polish Armed Forces in the West (United Kingdom), lance-corporal, 1945-47; U.S. Army, corporal, 1951-53.

Languages: Polish, English, German, Czech, Russian, French.

Office: University of California, Department of Political Science, Los Angeles, CA 90024.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996