Nowak, Frank Thaddeus
Professor. Born in Elmira, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1895; son of Frank and Florence (Konieczka) Nowak. Education: A.B. Univ. of Rochester, 1917; A.M., Harvard, 1920; Ph.D., 1924. Married Martha Cecilia Talaska, of Rochester, N. Y., June 19, 1922; children: Thaddeus Francis, Helen Martha. Began as instructor, 1922; asst. prof. of history, Boston Univ., 1926-1930; professor since 1930; research work in Slavic history. Served as captain of U.S. Army in World War I. Adjutant of Interallied Comm. in Eastern Europe, 1919; awarded Divisional Citation medal for work on Am. Relief Ass'n (Poland), 1919. Member: Am. Hist. Ass'n; Phi Epsilon; Phi Betta Kappa; Democrat. Author: "Medieval Slavdom and the Rise of Russia," 1930. Elected member of Research Commission on Polish Immigrants by Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, in 1943. Address: 688 Boylston St., Boston, Mas.From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943