Nowicki, Bruno
(1908 - 2008)By Jennifer Moskal
100, was born in Sosnowiec, Poland and emigrated to the United States as a young man. Nowicki had a career as a journalist and writer in Pittsburgh and Chicago before moving to Detroit to become a small business owner. He was an expert chess player who helped advocate for a bill that passed in the Senate that allows federal funds for Iow-achieving schools to be used for chess instruction as an enrichment program to help students develop high order thinking skills. In Michigan, Bruno was instrumental in acquiring and placing sculptures that pay tribute to his Polish heritage across the state, including sculptures of Nicholas Copernicus, Frederic Chopin, and Joseph Conrad.
Source: Polish American Journal, October 2008, Vol. 97, No. 10.