Jan Kowalik
Teacher, bibliographer, author
Born Aug. 28, 1910, Skoczow, Poland; came to U.S., 1950; son of Jozef Slawiczek and Ewa (Suchy); married Emmy (Mock).
Education: diploma, Teachers College, Biala (Poland), 1931; diploma, Higher Teachers Institute, Cracow (Poland), 1935.
Career: teacher, public school, Wyry (Poland), 1931-39; library assistant, Hoover Institution, Stanford (CA), 1952-54; researcher, bibliographer, founder, American Polish Documentation Studio, San Jose (CA), 1954-75; Retired.
Author: Bibliography der deuschen Polen-Bibliographien 1900-1958, 1960; Bibliography of Bibliographies of the Polish Diaspora, 1965; World lndex of Polish Press, 5 volumes, 1967-88; The Polish Press in America, 1978; 5 volumes of poetry, 1947-88.
Member of: Polish Society of Arts and Sciences Abroad, London (United Kingdom); Academy of Political Science (NY); California Historical Society; Friends of Bancroft Library, Berkeley (CA); secretary, Polish Society, San Francisco (CA); Kosciuszko Foundation; Polish American Historical Association (P.A.H.A.); Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.).
Honors: Gold Cross of Merit, 1964, Chivalry Cross - Polonia Restituta, 1986, Polish Government in Exile, London; A. Jurzykowski Award, 1968; grant, A. Jurzykowski Foundation, 1971; Anna Godlewska Award, Zurich (Switzerland), 1973; listed in Who's Who in California, 1991.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German.
Hobbies: hiking, mushrooming, playing violin.
Home: 1154 Creekwood Drive, San Jose, CA 95129.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996