Adam A. Zych
Psychologist, educator, poet
Born Jul. 28, 1945, Czestochowa, Poland; came to U.S., 1990; son of Jan and Otolia (Morzyk); married Bozena (Sieraczkiewicz); children: Jacek, Lukasz, Michal.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.) (in psychology and philosophy), Catholic Teological Academy, Warsaw (Poland), 1971; Ph.D., Pedagogical Research Institute, Warsaw, 1975; doktor habilitowany (dr. hab.), University of Gdansk (Poland), 1984.
Career: postgraduate, Pedagogical Research Institute, 1971-73; inspector, Health Service Center, Szczecin (Poi.), 1973-75; adjunct, 1975-86, docent, 1987-90, prof., 1990 -, Teachers' College, Kielce (Poland); visiting prof., J. Liebig University, Giessen (Germany), 1987-88; visiting scholar, Northwestern University, Chicago (IL), 1991.
Author: Most (poems), 1983; Na mojej ziemi byt Oswiecim (poems), 1987, 1993; Zur Lebenssituation alternde Menschen in Polen und in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, 1988, 1990; chapter in Geragogik als Erfordernis fur die Zukunft, 1991; Geragogics: co-editor, European Research in Gerontological Education and Educational Gerontology, 1992; Odlot jest w nas / Departure is in us (poems), 1993; Oswiecim - Brzezinka w wierszach i przekladach Adama Zycha (poems and translations), 1994; Psalmy emigracyjne (poems), 1995; numerous poems and essays in: Nowiny Kurier (Israel), Karczaginiec, Kamerton (Ukraine), Kurier Zachodni (Australia), Orzel Bialy, Nowy Dziennik - Przeglad Polski, Relaks, Zycie, Dziennik Zwiazkowy, Gwiazda Polarna (United States).
Member of: Polish Teachers' Union, 1971-81.
Honors: scientific awards, Pedagogical Science Committee, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1976, 1980; awards, Polish Ministry of Education, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1989; Gold Medal, 1984,Silver Medal, 1986, Gilded Medal, 1989, Academie Internationale de Lutece, Paris (France); Order of Pegasus, Olympoetry Movement, New York City, 1994; award for poems, Orzel Bialy, 1991; grants, Retirement Research Foundation, Park Ridge (IL), 1991, Pollack Research Fund at Buehler Center on Aging, Chicago (IL), 1991.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian, Latin, Greek.
Hobbies: history of art, museums and galleries, collecting paintings.
Home: 5406 West Windsor Avenue #2, Chicago, IL 60630.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.