Boguslaw Nowakowski
Civil engineer
Born Dec. 27, 1927, Ostrowiec, Poland; came to U.S., 1949; son of Jozef and Maria (Trepka); married Aleksandra (Podbielski); children: Maria, Katarzyna, Hanna.
Education: Polish Higher Technical School, Esslingen (Germany), 1946-49; Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in civil engineering), University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1956.
Career: engineering intern to senior structural design engineer, head, Specification and Special Study Design Section, Connecticut Department of Transportation, Wethersfield, 1956-86; Retired; consultant, private practice, 1986 -.
Author: co-author, Arc Welding in Manufacturing and Construction, 1982.
Member of: founder, president, Rysy Ski Club, since 1968; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) (chairman, Scholarship Committee, secretary, Connecticut Division); Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum, London (United Kingdom); Kosciuszko Founation; Pilsudski Institute of America; Polish Assistance - Polska Bratnia Pomoc; Solidarity International of Connecticut; Polish Falcons of America.
Honors: 3 awards for unique design features of the bridge over Housatonic River, I. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation, Engineering News Record, and American Institute of Steel Construction, 1978.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krakowa (A.K.), "Ponury - Nurt" Detachment, partisan, 1943-44.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Language: Polish, English, German.
Hobbies: sports, classical music, bridge.
Home: 210 Eddy Clover Boulevard, New Britain, CT 06053.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996