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Walter Joseph Ziemba

Roman Catholic priest

Born Nov. 26, 1926, Detroit (MI), U.S.; son of Thomas and Sophia (Sosnowski).

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), St. Mary's College, Orchard Lake (MI), 1947; Master of Arts (M.A.), Catholic University of America, Washington (DC), 1951; Master of Arts (M.A.) (in library science), 1953, Ph.D., 1966, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Career: prof., 1951 -, librarian, 1951-56, academic dean, 1957-67, president, 1967-77, St. Mary's College; rector, 1967-77, prof., 1985 -, SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake; assistant to executive director, John Paul II Cultural Foundation, Detroit, 1990 -.

Author: A Man for All Seasons (video), 1988; translator, Malinski's rosary meditations, Joyful, Sorrowful, Glorious, 1979, Cardinal Wyszynski's prison notes, A Freedom Within, 1988.

Member of: chairman, National Book Week, Catholic Library Association, 1955; president and co-founder, West Bloomfield Historical Association (MI), 1979-81; American Translators Association; Polish American Historical Association (P.A.H.A.).

Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi.

Affiliation: Independent.

Languages: English, Polish, Latin, French.

Hobbies: writing poetry, classical music, golf.

Office: St. Mary's College, 3535 Indian Trail, Orchard Lake, MI 48324.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.

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