Antoni Rogozinski

Chemist, journalist

Born Apr. 15, 1912, Reczkow, Poland; came to U.S., 1951; son of Wojciech and Katarzyna (Dabrowska); married Bianca (Drews).

Education: Masachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Milwaukee (WI), 1951-56; University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1957, 1963.

Career: laboratory chemist, Patrick Cudahy, Inc. (WI), 1951-77; retired; editor, Pancerniak, 1968 -.

Author: Wojska Lacznosci i Polska I Dywizja Pancerna, 1985; numerous articles on veterans, military and Polish community in: Orzel Bialy (United Kingdom), Gwiazda Polarna, Weteran, Zycie Polonii, Dziennik Zwiazkowy (U.S.).

Member of, i.a.: Polish Veterans of WW II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.) (president and secretary, Milwaukee, 1952-55); vice president, 1st Armored Division Veterans Association, Chicago; secretary, General Maczek Museum, Orchard Lake (MI); Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.)

Honors: award, Patrick Cudahy, Inc., 1961; Gold Cross of Merit, 1971, Order of Polonia Restituta, 1980, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom); Officer Cross - Polonia Restituta, Government of Poland, 1993.

Served with: Polish Army, September '39 Campaign; Polish Armed Forces in the West, 1st Armored Division, major, 1944-45.

Affiliation: Roman Catholic.

Language: Polish, English.

Hobbies: gardening, press, radio.

Home: 3524 South 44th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53220.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.