Anna K. Nabelek (Karczewska)

Acoustician, scholar

Born Mar. 1, 1934, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1967; daughter of Zdzislaw and Irena (Wlodek); married Igor Nabelek; children: John, Peter.

Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), 1955, Master of Science (M.S.), 1959, Technical University of Warsaw; Ph.D., Polish Academy of Sciences, 1966.

Career: assistant, Technical University of Warsaw, 1954-62; research assistant, Instytut Podstawowych Problemow Techniki (IPPT), 1962-66 Warsaw, Institute of Physics, Bratislava (Czechoslovakia), 1967, Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis (MO), 1968-70; post-doctoral fellowship, Veterans Administration Hospital, 1970-71, research associate, Gallaudet College, 1971-73, Washington (DC); research prof., Department of Audiology and Speech Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1973 -.

Author: co-author, numerous articles in professional journals, i.a. in: Journal of Acoustical Society of America.

Member of: fellow, Acoustical Society of America; American Speech, Language and Hearing Association.

Honors: grants, National Institute of Communicative Diseases and Stroke, 1974-95, American Association of Retired People, Andrus Foundation, 1989-90.

Affiliation: Roman Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, Slovak.

Hobbies: travel, indoor plants, water sports.

Home: 2117 Duncan Ridge Way, Knoxville, TN 37919.

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