Marian Joseph Zakrzewski
Executive, consultant
Born Mar. 17, 1928, Lwow, Poland; came to U.S., 1951; son of Stanislaw and Stanislawa (Gnapowska); married Ellen (Lynskey); children: Andrew, Stephen, Paul, Angela, Marian.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Spring Hill College, Mobile (AL), 1960.
Career: in Mobile - assistant secretary, Stonewall Insurance Company, 1953-60, accountant, Morrison Insurance Company, 1960-63, analyst, United Fund, 1963-65, executive director, Arts Council of Mobile, 1965-66; executive director, Alabama State Council on Arts, Montgomery, 1966-80; Retired; consultant.
Author: editor, Art in Europe Mailed to National Endowment for the Arts, 1980.
Member of: officer, Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1964-66; secretary, Polish Association, Mobile, 1965-67; board member, Southern Arts Federation, 1972-84; panel member, National Endowment for the Arts, 1982-84; board member, several artistic organizations in Alabama.
Honors: grant, National Endowment for the Arts; awards, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin (Poland), Alabama State Council on the Arts and Humanities; medal, American Theater Association, 1980.
Served with: U.S. Army, Infantry, sergeant, 1952-54; United States Air Force (USAF) Reserve, staff sergeant, 1960-80.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Norwegian, German, Russian.
Hobbies: demography, statistics, geography.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.