Stanislaw Zajaczkowski
Military officer, data processor
Born May 8, 1908, Rejowiec Lubelski, Poland; came to U.S., 1951; son of Aleksander and Regina (Sawicki); married Elsie (Machacek).
Education: University of Warsaw (Poland), 1928-29; Military College, Warsaw and Torun (Poland), 1929-33; Northwestern University, Chicago (IL), 1952-58; Coe College, Cedar Rapids (IA), 1958-63.
Career: army officer, Artillery, Bydgoszcz (Poland), Iieutenant, United Kingdom, 1933-46; data processing manager, Cherry-Burrell Corporation, Chicago, Cedar Rapids, 1957-64, Century Engineering Corporation, Cedar Rapids, 1967-74; volunteer, computer instructor, Cedar Rapids Public Library, 1988 -; Retired.
Member of: Polish National Treasury in Exile, Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum (United Kingdom); Data Processing Management Association (senior member, Eastern Iowa chapter); H. Hoover Presidential Library Association, West Branch (IA); Pilsudski Institute of America; Polish American Historical Association (P.A.H.A.); Polish Veterans of World War II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.)
Honors: honorary badge for wounded, 1947, Gold Cross of Merit with Swords, 1962, Order of Polonia Restituta, 1988, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom); Special Recognition for outstanding service, Data Processing Management Association, 1984; Republican Presidential Order of Merit, 1994.
Served with: Polish Army, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Artillery, major, 1929-47.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian.
Hobbies: archeology, history, politics.
Home: 191 22nd Avenue South West, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.