Zbigniew ZielinaTeacher
Born Cieszyn, Poland, Aug. 7, 1937; son of Jan (born Konska, Zaolzie, Bohemia) and Helena Z. (born Lazy, Zaolzie, Bohemia); married Maria Limonta.
Family: Mother was Prisoner of War (POW) in Lodz (Litzmanstadt) and father in Oswiecim (Auschwitz) and Sztutowo (Stuthoff).
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), shipbuilding, Politechnika Gdanska, Gdansk, Poland, mgr. inz. budowy okretow; Master of Arts (M.A.), educational computers instruction, California State University, Northridge (CSUN).
Languages: Polish, Spanish, English, German, Russian.
Career: Politechnika Gdanska, Gdansk, Poland, senior assistant 3 years; Inst. Tecnologico "Hermanow Gomez," Havana, Cuba 6 years; CMIE "Centromor," Gdanski, senior sales representative 10 years; teacher of mathematics, Santa Paula Union High School 9 years.
Author: Published Propulsores Navales, 1971, Havana, Cuba and Technologia de Construcion Y Reparacion de Barcos, 285 pages, Havana 1972 (translation from Polish).
Resident: Oxnard, CA.
From: "Polish Americans in California, Vol. II," National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs & Polish American Historical Association. California 1995.