Zbigniew Apolinary Zawadzki
Physician, educator
Born Jul. 23, 1921, Sosnowiec, Poland; came to U.S., 1961; son of Stanislaw and Sabina (Paliga); married Urszula (Zalewska); children: Barbara, Joanna.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), University of Warsaw (Poland), 1947.
Career: physician, Polish Ministry of Health Hospital, Warsaw, 1947-60; adjunct, Hematology Clinic, Hematology Institute, Warsaw, 1951-60; chief, Hematology - Oncology Division, Veterans Administration Hospital, Pittsburgh (PA), 1961-74; division director, Immunology - Oncology Clinic Department, Memorial Hospital, Pawtucket (RI), 1974-86; associate prof., 1974-86, prof. emeritus, 1986-92, Brown University, Providence (RI).
Author: 50 articles and papers in professional journals, published in Poland, France, Austria, United States; co-author, 2 medical books; various memoirs from World War II in: Stolica, Przekroj, Tygodnik Powszechny (Poland).
Member of: fellow, International Society of Hematologists; American Society of Hematologists; American Society of Oncologists; American Medical Association (AMA).
Honors: Silver Cross of Merit with Swords, Cross of Valor, Polish Home Army, 1944; Polish Home Army Cross, London (United Kingdom), 1987; Warsaw Uprising Cross, 1988.
Served with: Polish Army, September '39 Campaign, volunteer, rifleman; Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), 2nd lieutenant, 1940-44; Warsaw Uprising, 1944.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, French.
Hobbies: photography, travel.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.