Jan Zajac
Physician, psychiatrist
Born Jun. 6, 1917, Cicero (IL), U.S.; son of Jan and Franciszka (Jakubiec); married Sabina (Zdunczyk); child: Elzbieta.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Jagiellonian University, Cracow (Poland), 1949.
Career: pulmonology doctor, Garrison Military Hospital, Koszalin (Poland), 1949-52, Military TB Sanitarium, Zakopane (Poland), 1953-55, Social Service Health Center, 1956-66, Community City Hospital, 1967-68, Cracow; staff physician, State Hospital, Northfieid (OH), 1968-72; resident, Cleveland Psychiatric Institute (OH), 1972-75; director of unit, South Carolina State Hospital, Columbia, 1975-85; Retired.
Author: Jeden miesiac mojego zycia (novel), 1962; numerous articles in Piast, 1937-45, and professional articles in Tygodnik Lekarski (Poland).
Member of: active member, Polish Farmers Youth Academic Union "Wici", 1937-45, 1949; chairman, Polish American Students Association, Cleveland, 1968-70; American Medical Association (AMA); American Psychological Association (APA).
Honors: 1st prize for novel, Tygodnik Kulturalny (Poland), 1962.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), lieutenant, 1940-45; forced to serve in Polish People's Army, 1950-56.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, German, Russian.
Hobbies: chess, writing, gardening.
Home: 6032 Lakeshore Drive, Columbia, SC 29206.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.