Edwin Paul Kulawiec
Educator, author, translator
Born Jun. 29,1929, Newark (NJ), U.S.; son of Antoni and Genowefa (Misiak); married Barbara (Siwanowicz); children: Ewa, Peter.
Education: Bachelor of Sciences (B.S.), Bethany College (WV), 1950; Master of Arts (M.A.), Seton Hall University, South Orange (NJ), 1956; Master of Arts in Teaching, Indiana University, Bloomington. 1961; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1971.
Career: high school teacher, Springfieid (NJ), 1960-61; Russian language teacher, Fair Lawn (NJ), 1963-64; instructor, University of Guam, Agana, 1964-66; assistant, University of Wisconsin, 1966-69; assistant prof., Grinnell College (IA), 1969-72; prof., G. Washington University, Washington (DC), 1972-86, University of Southern Maine, Gorham, 1986 -.
Author: translator, Janusz Korczak, The Warsaw Ghetto Memoirs, 1978, and When I Am Little Again, 1991; The Child's Right to Respect; numerous articles in: Educational Leadership, Childhood Education, The Maine Scholar, Futures, Intellect, Harvard Educational Review, Perspectives, Ameryka (Poland).
Member of: American Council of Polish Culture (A.C.P.C.) (board member, 1979-80); Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; U.S. delegate, International J. Korczak Association; advisory council member, J. Korczak Literary Award.
Honors: Phi Delta Kappa; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.) grant, Inter - University Committee, 1961-62.
Languages: English, Polish, Russian.
Hobbies: gardening, hiking.
Home: Great Wass Island, Beals, ME 04611.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996