Wladyslaw Kossakowski
Naval engineer
Born Mar. 18, 1921, Tiumen (Siberia), U.S.S.R.; came to U.S., 1974; son of Stanislaw and Maria (Kliczman); married Joanna (Zawadzka); child: Juliusz.
Education: naval officer, National Naval College, Gdynia (Poland), 1947; 1st class shipping engineer, 1951, Bachelor of Sciences (B.S.), 1955, Technical University of Gdansk (Poland).
Career: shipping engineer, Polish Ocean Lines - Gdynia - America Lines, 1947-53; inspector, Polish Shipping Mission, Amsterdam (Netherlands), 1953-54; technical director, Polish Ocean Lines, Gdynia, 1954-58; chief engineer, "Pelni" - Pelaharan Nasional, Djakarta (Indonesia), 1959-60; technical manager, L. Figueiredo Navegacao, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), 1960-75; technical director, Frota Amazonica, New York City, 1975-86; Retired; marine technical consultant.
Author: project, Propulsion conversion from steam to diesel engine (Poland built vessels for Brazil owners), 1968; co-author, ships project (reefer cargo ship for Amazon River services), 1973; edititorial commission chairman, Korab International.
Member of: founder, Club of Polish Naval Architects and Engineers, 1977.
Honors: Silver Cross of Merit, Polish Shipping Ministry, 1957.
Served with: Polish Navy, 2nd lieutenant, 1945.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Portuguese, Spanish.
Home: 41-40 Union St., Flushing, NY 11355.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996