Michal Ignacy Zawadzki
Economist, Polish community leader
Born Sept. 29, 1915, Sokolniki, Poland; came to U.S., 1951; son of Tadeusz and Halina (von Boetticher); married Danuta (Sienkiewicz); child: Roman.
Education: Master of Science (M.S.), Main School of Agriculture, Warsaw (Poland), 1938; School of Political Sciences, Warsaw, 1936-38; Bachelor of Literature, Oxford University (U.K.), 1951; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana, 1955.
Career: lecturer, Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, London, 1947; assistant agriculture economy, Bristol University, Devonshire (United Kingdom), 1950-51, and University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1952-54; research associate, Department of Social Sciences, University of Chicago (IL), 1955; assistant prof. (agriculture economy), University of Rhode Island, Kingston, 1955-59; assistant prof. (economics), Loyola University, Los Angeles (CA), 1959-61; statistician, State of California Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Board, 1961-65, associate economist, research specialist, California Department of Water Resources, 1965-81, Los Angeles; Retired.
Author: economical articles in: ]ournal of Farm Economics (United States), and Ruch Prawniczy i Ekonomiczny (Poland), 1959; several bulletins and monographs; several book chapters on economy in Polish and Czech.; political articles in Polish monthly Panorama, Los Angeles, 1967-68; several articles on economical policy and economy of Poland in Sprawa Polska (Poland), 1992-93.
Member of: American Farm Economics Association, 1956-60; Western Agricultural Economics Association, 1960-64; California State Employees Association; president, Polish Fraternal Organizations - Samopomoc, Los Angeles, 1962-63; vice president, California - Arizona Division, 1962-63, Southern California Division, 1982-83, member, Polish Affairs Committee, since 1968, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); president, Polish American Democratic Club of Southern California, 1968-90; chairman, Gdansk chapter, Polish Western Association, 1969-82; Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.); Polish Roman Catholic Union of America; Polish Air Force Association.
Honors: fellowship, University of Illinois, 1953; War Medal, Defense Medal, Air Force Medal, Gold Cross of Merit, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom), 1973; listed in: Dictionary of International Biography, 1972, American Men and Women of Science.
Served with: Polish Air Force, 1939; prisoner, prison and labor camp, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), 1939-41; Polish Army in U.S.S.R., 1941-42; Polish Armed Forces in the West, Polish Air Force, flight lieutenant, pilot, 1943-45.
Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, German.
Hobbies: politics, tennis, sailing.
Home: 1911 Parnell 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.
Michal Ignacy ZawadzkiEconomist
Born Sokolniki, near Leczyca, Poland; son of Halina v. Boetticher, Tadeusz Z.; Lived Wolka Kozodawska, Co. Grojec, and Lanieta near Kutno; married Danuta Sienkiewicz; child: Roman John.
Education: Studied Szkola Mazowiecka, Warsaw; Master of Science (M.S.), College of Agriculture (S.G.G.W.) and School of Political Science, Warsaw, 1938; B. Litt, University Oxford, 1951; PhD, agricultural economics, University Illinois, 1955.
Career: Teacher, economics, University Rhode Island, Loyola Marymount University, LosnAngeles, 1959-61. Part-time instructor, economics, California State University, Long Beach, (CSULB), 1965-67; California State University, Los Angeles, (CSULA), 1968-72. State of California Motor Vehicle Pollution Board, 1961-65; California Department of Water Resources, 1965-81.
Research: Economics of Eastern Europe, University Chicago, 1955; Agricultural Economics, University Rhode Island, 1955-59.
Author: Author, co-author, several university publications, articles in professional journals, bulletins of California Department of Water Resources and in Polish periodicals.
Military: Polish Air Force (PAF), 1938-48; imprisoned by Russians, spent 2 years in jail and forced labor camp, 40 Lagier NKWD, near White Sea, USSR; rejoined PAF, USSR, 1941; served Iran, lraq, Palestine; PAF/RAF, Great Britain, 1942-48 (flight lieutenant, pilot).
Honors: War Medal, Defence Medal, Polish Air Force (PAF) Medal, Golden Cross of Merit, University Illinois Fellowship, 1953-54. Listed in Dictionary of International Biography: American Men of Science, 10th edition.
Member of: Polish National Alliance (PNA), Polish Roman Catholic Union of America (PRCUA), Polish Air Force Association (PAFA), Polish University Club (PUC), American Farm Economics Association; Western Agricultural Economics Association; president, Polish American Democratic CIub, Southern California; president, Chapter Gdansk, Polish Western Association; vice president, Polish American Congress (PAC) - California, Arizona division; past president, Polish Fraternal Association of California (PFAC).
From: "Polish Americans in California, Vol. II," National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs & Polish American Historical Association. California 1995.