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Jan Stanislaw Kowal

Teacher, librarian

Born May 1, 1922, Rozyska, Poland; came to U.S., 1951; son of Michal and Janina (Maszkowska); married Virginia (Rodgers).

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1962, Master of Education (M.Ed.), 1965, Master of Library Sciences (M.L.S.), 1967, Wayne State University, Detroit (MI).

Career: high school teacher, Detroit, 1962-67; librarian, Mansfield State College (PA), 1967-69, Central Midwest Regional Educational Laboratory, Carbondale (IL), 1969-71, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo (MI), 1971-72; scientific cataloguer, Detroit Public Library, 1974-75; teacher, Chelsea (MI), 1975-84; Retired.

Author: My First Survival or My Life in Poland and in the USSR, 1992.

Member of: Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).

Served with: Polish Armed Forces in the West, 2nd Corps, lance corporal, 1942-47.

Affiliation: Roman Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian, Italian.

Hobbies: travel, photography, World War II.

Home: 533 Burwood Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48103.

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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