Kossak, Krzysztof Jan
(1922 - 2008)by Jennifer Moskal
86, was born in Krakow, Poland, and graduated from high school at the outbreak of World War II. Kossak and his father fled from war torn Poland through the Tatra Mountains into Czechoslovakia, and he eventually made it to Palestine to enlist with the Allied Forces. He served in the 8th Army's famed "Desert Rats" in North Africa and later trained with the British Royal Air Force. He was awarded a full university scholarship and earned an honors degree in architecture in 1951 from Manchester University. He worked for several prominent architectural firms in England, Africa, Canada and eventually the United States. He contributed to a number of high profile projects throughout the United States. He was also very active in numerous charitable and Catholic organizations.
Source: Polish American Journal, October 2008, Vol. 97, No. 10.