Marek Bohdan Zaleski
Microbiologist, educator, pediatrician
Born Oct. 18, 1936, Krzemieniec, Poland; came to U.S., 1969; son of Stanislaw and Jadwiga (Zienkowicz).
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), 1960, Ph.D., 1963, Warsaw Medical Academy (Poland).
Career: instructor, 1955-59, assistant to associate prof., 1960-67, Warsaw Medical Academy; British Council scholarship, Queen Victory Hospital, East Grinstead (United Kingdom), 1967-68; fellowship, 1969-72, associate prof., prof., 1976-78, prof., 1978 -, State University of New York (SUNY) School of Medicine, Buffalo; associate prof., Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1975-76.
Author: Immunogenetics, 1983; co-translator, J. Tischner, Spirit of Solidarity, 1984, and Marxism & Christianity, 1987; editor, Mayor Histocompability Complex, 1981, Messages (Solidarity & Human Rights Association magazine), 1985, and L. Walesa, A Way of Hope, 1987; numerous book chapters, reviews, and articles in professional journals.
Member of: International Sociaty for Experimental Biology; International Rescue Committee; Transplantation Society; American Association of Immunologists; New York Academy of Sciences; diplomat, World Jewish Congress, New York City, 1989; co-founder, sponsor, Christian Children's Foundation (VA); R. Wallenberg Committee of America; Friends of Vatican Library (MI); board member, Solidarity & Human Rights Association, permanent chair of Polish culture, academic board member, Center for Polish Studies, Canisius College, Buffalo.
Honors: research grants, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 1976-87, National Endowment for Humanities (NEH), 1985-87; Man of the Year, American - Polish Eagle, 1985; Chevalier Cross of the Order of Merit, L. Walesa, President of Poland, 1994.
Served with: Polish Army, Medical Corps, 1st Iieutenant.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, French.
Hobbies: history, politics, travel.
Office: State University of New York, School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, South Campus, Buffalo, NY 14214.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.