Andrzej Ryszard Huszcza

Scientist

Born Oct. 7, 1939, Wilno, Poland; son of Leon (born Odessa) and Jadwiga (Oladowska) H. (born Baranowicze); married Beata Brzezinska; children; Paulina, (born May 16, 1976, Warsaw), Agata (born Sept. 12, 1988, Torrance, CA).

Education: Master of Science (M.S.), Warsaw Polytechnic; PhD, Polish Academy of Sciences.

Career: Scientist, Polish Academy of Sciences, 18 years; University of Oxford, 1 year; Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, London, 1 year; Harbor - University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center, 10 years.

Languages: Polish, English, Russian.

Author: approximately 70 publications; 7 patents published.

Member of: American Physiological Society; American Heart Association.

Resident: Lithuania, Belorussia, 1939-51; United Kingdom, 1968-69,1973-74; USA, 1979-present; Long Beach, CA.

From: "Polish Americans in California, Vol. II," National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs & Polish American Historical Association. California 1995.