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Edward Casimir Rozanski

Photographer, editor, deacon

Born Mar. 7, 1915, Chicago (IL), U.S.; son of Casimir and Pelagia (Kilinski); married Leocadia (Procanin).

Education: Optometry Department, Illinois College of Optometry, Chicago, 1948; deacon, Niles Seminary (IL), 1979; honorary graduate, Orchard Lake Schools (MI), 1980.

Career: photographer, Washington Studio, Chicago, 1931-39; photo-reporter, Polish Daily Zgoda, 1939-42; photo-artist, 1945-50, manager and editor, 1968-86, Alliance Printers - Zgoda, Chicago; graphic artist, Neo Gravure / Cuneo Press, Chicago, 1950-75; ordained deacon, St. Hyacinth Church, Chicago, 1979 -; field advocate, Metropolitan Tribunal, Archdiocese of Chicago, 1985 -; Retired.

Author, i.a.: 100 Years of Polish Press in America, 1963; editor, Memoirs of General Kriz Krzyzanowski, 1963, The Battle that Changed the Destiny of Europe, 1982; publisher, Life of Teofila Samolinska, 1980, King Jan Sobieski, 1983; editor, P.N.A. Almanac, 1978-84.

Member of, i.a.: Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.) (past national director, vice president, and manager); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) (president, Illinois Division, 1966-70, 1978-79, past national director, vice president, secretary, archivist); treasurer, U.S. Bicentennial Commission (IL); director, Polish Museum of America; advisory board member, Chicago Catholic Newspaper; director, Chicago Access Corporation; president, St. Hyacinth School Board; past director, Paderewski Foundation of New York; active alumnus, Illinois College of Optometry; Societe Historique et Litteraire Polonaise (France); Photographic Society of America; Professional Photographers of America; Polish Falcons of America.

Honors, i.a.: Chevalier Ordre Souverain et Militaire du Temple de Jerusalem (France); Order of Lafayette, 1963; Chivalry Cross - Polonia Restituta, 1969, Officer Cross - Polonia Restituta, 1986, Polish Government in Exile, London (U.K.); Exsuli Bene de Ecciesia Merito medal, Pope Paul VI, 1970; Bronze Legion of Honor, 1982, Silver Legion of Honor, 1991, Polish Falcons of America; Gold Cross Legion of Honor, Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.), 1985; Commander Order of St. Lazarus (Malta), 1985; Gold Cross of Polish Resistance, 1988; Republican Presidential Legion of Merit, U.S. President, G. Bush, 1992.

Served with: United States Navy (USN), U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, map and chart producer, Washington, 1942-45.

Affiliation: Roman Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, German.

Hobbies: hospital service to the sick, advocate for troubled marriages, veterans, civic and fraternal organizations.

Home: 5319 North Delphia, Chicago, IL 60656.

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

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