Joseph Peter Koz (Kosciuszko)
United States Air Force officer, university and government official, executive
Born Dec. 18, 1942, Worcester (MA), U.S.; son of Joseph Kosciuszko and Jayne (Lemanski); married Ann (Menzenski); children: Dawn, Julie, Joseph A.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), U.S. Military Academy, West Point (NY), 1965; Master of Arts (M.A.) (in urban sociology), University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, 1972; Air War College, Montgomery (AL), 1983-84; Ph.D. (in social psychology), American University, Washington (DC), 1984.
Career: staff officer, Washington (DC), 1974-78, squadron commander, Madrid (Spain), 1978-81, United States Air Force (USAF); students' dean, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs (CO), 1981-83; inspector general, United States Air Force (USAF), Osan (South Korea), 1984-87; defense attache, United States Embassy, Tel Aviv (Israel), 1987-90; director, Office of Attaches, Washington, 1990-93; president, Air Force Institute of Technology, Dayton (OH), 1993 -.
Author: Accident Proneness in the Fighter Pilot; BABCI (biography); co-author, AF Twenty-Year Plan (paper); contributor, New Horizons II (study).
Member of: director, Dayton Area Graduate Study Program; Daedalians; American Sociology Association; Pilots and Owners Association; Air Force Association; Miami Valley Research Park; Air Force Aero Club; Veterans of Foreign Wars; West Point Association of Graduates; Air Force Institute of Technology Association of Graduates; basketball team captain, U.S. Military Academy, 1964-65; director, Sunday School, 1976-78.
Honors: Distinguished Flying Cross, 1972, Legion of Merit, 1987, United States Air Force (USAF); Defense Superior Service Medal, Department of Defense, 1993.
Served with: United States Air Force (USAF), colonel, 1965 -.
Affiliation: Independent. Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, Russian, Hebrew, Spanish.
Hobbies: basketball, tennis, live entertainment.
Home: 409 Johnson Drive, Wright-Paterson Air Force Base, OH 45433.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996