Wojciech Jozef Rossowski
Physician, scientist
Born Oct. 9, 1932, Cracow, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; son of Stefan and Maria (Kruczek); married Magdalena (Taracha); child: Tomasz.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), 1957, Doctor of Medical Sciences (D.M.S.), 1961, Poznan Medical Academy (Poland); Dr.hab., Warsaw Medical Academy (Poland), 1968.
Career: assistant to adjunct, Poznan Medical Academy, 1954-61; adjunct, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1961-66; adjunct to associate prof., Nuclear Research Institute, Warsaw - Zeran, 1966-81; cancer research scientist, Roswell Park Memorial Institute, Buffalo (NY), 1981-82; research associate, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, 1982-84; research associate prof., Tulane University Medical Center, New Orleans, 1984 -.
Author: over 70 professional publications in Polish, American and British scientific journals.
Member of: Polish Workers Independent Trade Union - "Solidarnosc", 1980-81; Polish - American Association of Louisiana.
Honors: fellowship to Royal College of Surgeons of England, Polish Ministry of Health, 1959, to Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), Polish Biochemical Society, 1965, to German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst, 1975.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian.
Hobbies: history, music, planting flowers.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.