Aleksandra Nawakowski (Chrobok)
Occupational health consultant, polymer chemist
Born Oct. 7, 1925, Katowice, Poland: came to U.S., 1952; daughter of Pawel and Maria (Sarnowski); married Stanislaw Nawakowski; child: Thomas.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) (in chemistry), London University (United Kingdom); 1952; Master of Science (M.S.) (in environment health), New York University (NYU) Medical School, New York City, 1972.
Career: research chemist, U.S. Rubber Company, Naugatuck (CT), 1953-57, American Cyanamid, Stamford (CT), 1959-70; corporate industrial hygienist, Dow Chemical, Midland (MI), 1973-77, Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo (MI), 1977-84; industrial hygiene consultant, Clayton Eny Consultants, Aetna Insurance Company, Windsor (CT); industrial hygiene consultant, Utica Mutual Insurance Company, 1989 -.
Author: 5 U.S. patents; 2 guides for workers ervironment exposure levels on erythromycin and piperidine accepted throughout the chemical industry.
Member of: fellow, American Institute of Chemists; American Chemical Society; American Industrial Hygiene Association; American Society of Safety Engineers; chairman, Christian Family Movement, Diocese of Bridgeport (CT), 1965-72; in Stamford - founder, Liberation House, Gateway Inc., Drug Rehabilitation Center, 1966, co-founder, Inter City High School of Religion, 1966, lay advisory board member, St. Maurice Church, 1968-72, president, Citizens for safer Stamford, 1971-72.
Honors: fellowship, U.S. Public Health Department, 1970; 2 times elected to Republican Town Committee in district 12, Stamford, 1970-72; elected chairman, International Committee, Support for Eastern Europe, American Industrial Hygiene Association.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English.
Hobbies: gardening, music.
Home: 127 Clover Street, Windsor, CT 06095.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996