Jan Rudzinski
Teacher, Polish community leader
Born Jan. 14, 1913, Kowal, Poland; came to U.S., 1950; son of Franciszek and Leokadia (Jedrzejewska); married Henryka (Nietz); children: Andrzej, Irena.
Education: Teachers' Seminary.
Career: teacher, elementary school, Lubien (Poland), 1935-39, Murnau, Memingen, Altenstadt (Germany), 1945-50; teacher, 1957-61, director, 1961 -, M. Konopnicka Polish Supplementary School, Brooklyn (NY).
Member of: active member, Polish Veterans in Exile Association, Ingolstadts (Germany), 1946-50, New York City, 1951-53; in Brooklyn - secretary, Polish Veterans of World War II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.), since 1958, treasurer, M. Konopnicka Educational Society, since 1961, Polish National Home, since 1970, Friends of Catholic University of Lublin Circle, since 1974; president, Appeals Commission, Polish Supplementary School Council of America, New York City, since 1965, and Friends of Polish Scouting Circle, since 1960; active member, Polish & Slavic Center, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); Kosciuszko Foundation.
Honors: Citizen of the Year, Polish American World, 1988; National Educational Commission Medal (Poland), 1992.
Served with: Polish Army, Cadet - Officers' School, September '39 Campaign; Prisoner of War (POW) in Murnau (Germany); Iieutenant.
Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English.
Hobbies: teaching young Poles, travel.
Home: 75 North Henry Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.