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Lucas L. Kulczycki

Pediatrician, educator

Born Aug. 19, 1911, Jurjampol, Poland; came to U.S., 1950; son of Ludwik and Rozalia (Stabiszewska); married Halina D.; children: Dorothy, Christopher.

Education: Dr. of Bacteriology, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.), Academy of Veterinary Medicine, Lwow, 1936; Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), University of Edinburgh (Scotland), 1946; Master of Public Health (M.P.H.), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London (United Kingdom), 1948; diploma (in child health), Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dublin (Ireland), 1950.

Career: director, Medical Center, Department of Health, Winnipeg (Canada), 1951-52; resident, 1953-55, research physician, lecturer, 1955-61, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston (MA); associate prof., director, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's Hospital, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington (DC), 1962-76: prof. (pediatrics), Georgetown University Medical School, 1976 -; director, Cystic Fibrosis Center, board member, District Columbia Cystic Fibrosis chapter; guest worker, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 1962-91, 1955-91.

Author: co-editor, Guide to Diagnosis and Management of Cystic Fibrosis, 1963-74, and Materia Medica Polona, since 1960; co-editor (with L. S. Prasad), Paediatric Problems, 1982; numerous scientific articles in professional journals in United States: New England Journal of Medicine, Pediatrics, Annals of Allergy, and in Poland: Polski Tygodnik Lekarski, Pediatria, Polska Gazeta Lekarska, Materia Medica Polona; pioneering work in mental deficiency and handicapped conditions at Wrentham State School (MA), and Harvard Medical School, 1954-57; pioneering work with H. Shwachman in cystic fibrosis research and establishing Cystic Fibrosis Clinics in New England. 1955-72; legal expert on tetracyclines testifying, 1986-91.

Member of: fellow, Royal College of Physicians, Edinburgh; diplomate, American Academy of Pediatrics; life member, Medical Society of District of Columbia; American Medical Association (AMA); fellow, New York Academy of Sciences; secretary, vice president, Cystic Fibrosis Club (president, 1974-77); executive board member, International Center of Immunology, Georgetown University; president, Polish - American Health Association.

Honors: Outstanding Service citations, Health Department of Manitoba (Canada), 1953, and Health Department of Maine (U.S.), 1968; International Expert award, Agency for International Development, 1967; Physician's Recognition awards, American Medical Association (AMA), 1969, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1988; 2 awards, National Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation, 1973; Vicentenial Silver Medal, Georgetown University, 1981; honorary member, Polish Pediatric Society.

Served with: Polish Armed Forces in the West, Scottish Command, Polish Medical Corps, liaison medical officer, lieutenant, 1940-47.

Affiliation: Roman Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, French, Slavonic, German.

Hobbies: travel, mountain climbing , promoting social interaction.

Home: 1507 N. Kirkwood Road, Arlington, VA 22201.

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

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