Marian Krzyzaniak
Economist, scholar
Born Feb. 4, 1911, Starczanowo, Poland; came to U.S., 1956; son of Walenty and Stanislawa (Baran); married Hylda (Baldwin); children: Andrzej, Valentine.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.) (in economy), University of Poznan (Poland), 1932, and U.niversity of Alberta, Edmonton (Canada), 1954; University of Innsbruck (Austria), 1945; Ph.D. (in economy), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, 1958.
Career, i.a.: journalist, Polish weekly magazine, Rome (Italy); public relations officer, Polish Armed Forces in Italy; clerk, Polish Combatants Association, London (United Kingdom); bookkeeper, accountant, assistant manager, Canadian oilfields; assistant, 1957-58, statistical laboratory assistant, 1958, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); research associate, Michigan University, Ann Arbor, 1958-59; assistant prof., Montana University, Missoula, 1959-60; lecturer, research associate, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore (MD), 1960-61; assistant prof., 1961-63, associate prof., 1963-64, Wayne State University, Detroit; associate prof., 1964-67, prof. (economics), 1967-69, Henry Fox Senior prof., 1969-81, prof. emeritus, 1981-93, William Marsh Rice University, Houston (TX); visiting prof., Texas Southern University, Houston, 1967, Bogazici University, Bebek (Turkey), 1979.
Author: co-author (with R. Musgrave), The Shifting of the Corporation Income Tax, 1963; editor, Effects of Corporation Income Tax, 1966; numerous papers at scientific meetings and articles in proflessional journals.
Member of: advisory editorial board member, Public Finance Quarterly, 1972-75; international advisory board member, Irving Fisher Graduate Monograph, and Frank Taussig Undergraduate Article Award, 1972-74, 1975-76; advisor, Marquis Biographical Library Society, 1973; national council member, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.SA.) (president, 1979-78, vice president, 1979-93, Houston Circle); International Institute of Public Finance; Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.).
Honors, i.a.: grants, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1956-58, Merit Foundation, 1958-59, National Science Foundation (NSF), 1961, Brookings Institution, 1961-62, Center for Research in Social Change and Economical Development, 1969, Rice University, 1970-75, and Fulbright - Hayes Foundation, 1979; fellowship, Wayne State University, 1965, Rice University, 1966, 1968; Research Recognition award, Wayne State University, Detroit (MI), 1963; listed i.a. in: Dictionary of International Biography, Who's Who in America, American Men of Science, Gale's Contemporary Authors, Who's Who in Texas, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Library of Human Resources.
Served with: Polish Army, September '39 Campaign; Prisoner of War (POW) in Germany, 1939-45.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German.
Hobbies: chess, Polish history.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996