Zdzislawa B. Romanska (Santorek)
Museum curator, dentist technician
Born Sept. 17, 1923, Poland; came to U.S., 1948; daughter of Stefan and Aniela (Grabowska); child: Ziemowit.
Career: vice curator, Polish Home Army Museum, Orchard Lake (MI).
Author: numerous articles in: Najjasniejszej Rzeczpospolitej (Poland), Listy do Polakow, The Citizen, Dziennik Polski, Dziennik Zwiazkowy, Kronika Historyczna Armii Krajowej, Biuletyn Armii Krajowej.
Member of: U.S. representative, Polish National Council, London (United Kingdom) 1984-86; Main Council member, Polish Home Army Foundation in United Kingdom, United States district; Polish Home Army Veterans Circle.
Honors: Cross of Gallant, 1944, Army Medal, 1974, Polish Home Army Cross, 1974, Silver Cross of Merit, 1983, Gold Cross of Merit, 1990, Polish Government in Exile, London; Certificate of Merit, Polish Home Army Foundation, 1989; Chivalry Cross - Polonia Restituta, Lech Walesa, President of Poland, 1992.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), courier, liaison soldier, 1942-44; Warsaw Uprising, 1944.
Languages: Polish, English, German.
Hobbies: history of liberation, history of Polish insurrections, history of XVII century Dutch painting.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.