Waclaw Piotr Zalewski
Structural designer, educator
Born Aug., 25, 1917, Samogrodek, Ukraine; came to U.S., 1966; son of Piotr and Franciszka (Chamera); married Irena (Wozniak); children: Marek, Wojciech.
Education: Master of Science (M.S.), Technical University of Gdansk (Poland), 1947; Doctor of Science (Sc.D.), Technical University of Warsaw (Poland), 1962.
Career: designer engineer, chief structural engineer, Bistyp Bureau, Warsaw, 1948-62; adjunct prof., Technical University of Warsaw, 1950-51, 1956-62; visiting prof., Universidad de Los Andes, Merida (Venezuela), 1964-66; advisor, Ministry of Public Works, and Banco Obero, Caracas (Venezuela), 1964-66; visiting prof., 1965-66, prof., 1966-88, prof. emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge; designer and consultant, in Egypt, 1979-89, Olympic Village in Seul (Korea), 1988, World Exposition in Sevilla (Spain), 1992.
Author: 4 patents, design new structural system for housing and industrial buildings (conoidal, conical and cylindrical shells, hanging roofs, postensioned standard girders) used in Poland, Spain, France, Egypt, Venezuela.
Member of: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); American Concrete Institute.
Honors: numerous professional distinctions in Poland.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), 1943-44.
Languages: Polish, English, Spanish, French, German.
Home: 15 Goden Street, Belmont, MA 02178.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.