Danuta Maria Zawadzki (Sienkiewicz)
Librarian, Polish community leader
Born Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1951; daughter of Jan and Stefania (Staszewicz); married Michal Zawadzki; children: Roman.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, 1959; Master of Library Sciences (M.L.S.), Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles (CA), 1964.
Career: senior library clerk, University of IIllinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1952-55; assistant librarian, University of Chicago (IL), 1955; cataloger, Brown University, Providence (RI), 1957-58, PSI, Inc. and TRW, Inc., Los Angeles, 1960-63; senior librarian, Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, 1964-82.
Author: co-author, Pierwsze kroki w Ameryce (brochure), 1984.
Member: Special Libraries Association; American Library Association (ALA); president, Polish Millennium Library, 1967-76, 1993 -; president, Polish Fraternal Associates of California, 1974; board directors member, Immigration and Citizenship Division, Catholic Welfare Bureau, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, 1983-85; vice president, Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.) Group 700.
Honors: War Medal, Defense Medal, British Government, 1946; Air Force Medal, 1946, Silver Cross of Merit, 1989, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom).
Served with: Polish Army in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Polish Women's Service, 1942-43; Women's Auxiliary Air Force in United Kingdom, section officer, 1946-47.
Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Language: Polish, English, French.
Hobbies: reading, travel.
Home: 1911 Branell Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90025.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.
Danuta Maria Zawadzki (Sienkiewicz-Poczapowski)Librarian
Born Warsaw, Poland, lived Korzeniow, near Pinsk; married Michal Ignacy; child: Roman John.
Education: Studied Gymnasium, Sisters of St. Family of Nazareth, Warsaw; Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), University Rhode Island; Master of Library Science (MLS), Immaculate Heart College, 1964.
Career: Senior librarian, Hughes Aircraft Company, 1964-81.
Military: Imprisoned by Russians (1940) in Brzesc on Bug River. Forced labor camp, North Kazakhstan, USSR, 1940-42. Joined Polish forces, Buzuluk, USSR, 1942. Personal Assistant, Deputy Commander in Chief (C-in-C), Polish Air Force (PAF) under British Committee; Women's Army / Air Force (WAAF), England (section officer, honorable discharge, 1947).
Honors: War Medal, Defence Medal, Polish Air Force (PAF) Medal, Silver Cross of Merit.
Member: Special Library Association; American Library Association; past president, Polish Fraternal Association of California (PFAC); past president, Polish Millennium Library; Polish National Alliance (PNA); Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (PRCUA).
Honors: Listed in Who's Who in Library Science.
From: "Polish Americans in California, Vol. II," National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs & Polish American Historical Association. California 1995.