Jerzy Leon Nowinski
Mechanical engineering educator
Born Mar. 2, 1905, Czestochowa, Poland; came to U.S., 1957; son of Jozef and Roza (Sper); married Maria (d'Altkirchen zu Ragen von Kirchmayer).
Education: Master of Science (M.S.), 1929, Ph.D., 1950, Technical University of Warsaw (Poland).
Career: assistant, 1932-37, prof., 1952-57, Technical University of Warsaw; prof., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1958-60, University of Texas, Austin, 1960-61; H. Fletchen Brown prof., 1961-73; Retired; J. L. Nowinski Chair prof., University of Delaware, Newark, 1989 --.
Author: Theory of Thermoelasticity, 1978; Applications of Functional Analysis in Engineering, 1981.
Member of: founder, American Academy of Mechanics; Society of Engineering Science.
Honors: in Poland - (for scientific contributions and reconstruction of Warsaw) Officer Cross - Polonia Restituta, Gold Medal of Merit, government scientific award (2nd degree), Huber Scientific Prize; in United States - research award, Sigma Xi, recognitions, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and American Academy of Mechanics.
Served with: Polish Army, Polish - Bolshevik War, patrol service, corporal, 1920-21.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German, French, Russian.
Hobby: golf.
Office: University of Delaware, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Newark, DE 19711.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996