Richard M. Kostrzewa

Pharmacology educator

Born Jul. 22, 1943, Trenton (NJ), U.S.; son of John and Wladyslawa (Wnuk); married Florence (Palmer); children: Theresa, Richard, Joseph, Maria, Krystyna, Thomas, John, Francis, Roseanna, Monica.

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), 1965, Master of Science (M.S.), 1967, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (PA); Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1971.

Career: research pharmacy, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1977-75, assistant prof. (physiololy), Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1975-78, New Orleans; associate prof. (pharmacy), 1978-84, prof., 1984 -, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City.

Author: over 75 scientific articles in professional journals.

Member of: executive committee member, Appalachian chapter March of Dimes, 1979-90; councillor, Southeastern Pharmacy Society, 1990-91; organizer, New Orleans chapter, and Appalachian chapter, Society for Neuroscience; American Society of Pharmacy and Experimental Therapeutics; Society of Toxicology.

Honors: research award, East Tennessee State University, 1981.

Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.

Language: English.

Hobbies: sports.

Office: East Tennessee State University, Department of Pharmacology, PO. Box 70577, Johnson City, TN 37614.

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