Jan (Francis) Krawiec

Journalist

Born Jun. 15, 1919, Bachorzec, Poland; came to U.S., 1949; son of Michal and Jadwiga (Dudziak).

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Loyola University, Chicago (IL), 1963.

Career: editor, Kromka (Germany); mechanic, Canfield's Beverage Company, Chicago, 1950-59; city editor, Dziennik Chicagowski, 1959-63; social worker, Cook County (IL), 1963-67; editor-in-chief, Dziennik Zwiazkowy, Chicago, 1981-85; Retired.

Author: Zagadnienia chlopskie, 1947; Najtrwalsza Konstytucja (booklet), 1987; editor, Narod w walce 1939-45, 1990.

Member of: Chicago Council on Foreign Relations; Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.).

Served with: Polish Army, 2nd lieutenantt., 1938-39; September '39 Campaign; prisoner of concentration camps in Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

Affiliation: Roman Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English.

Hobbies: swimming, boating, reading.

Home: 1414 Central St., Evanston, IL 60201.

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