George Jerzy Lada
Manufacturing executive
Born Aug. 1, 1922, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1958; son of Zygmunt and Zofia; married Zofia (Sicinska); children: Anna, Andrew, Richard.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical engineering (B.S.M.E.), University of Edinburgh (Scotland), 1948; graduate, College of Science and Technology, London (United Kingdom), 1950-51.
Career: research engineer, B.S.A. Group, Birmingham (United Kingdom), 1951-53; project engineer, S. F. Bowser Company, Hamilton (Canada), 1953-58; project and sales engineer, Erie City Iron Works (PA), 1958-62; chief engineer, Baron Industries, Inc., Los Angeles (CA), 1962-64; general plant manager, Baron - Blakeslee, Inc., 1956-64, vice president, general manager, Baron Autoclave Corporation, 1964 -, Santa Fe Springs, Long Beach (CA).
Member of: senior member, Composites Group, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); Institute of Mechanical Engineers (United Kingdom); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.).
Honors: Manager of the Year, Purex Corporation, 1974, 1978, 1981, 1982; listed in Who's Who in California.
Served with: Polish Armed Forces in the West, commandant, 1940-45.
Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English.
Hobbies: tennis, bridge.
Office: Baron Autoclave Corporation, 1500 W. 16th St., Long Beach, CA 90813.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996
George LadaIndustrial management
Born Warsaw, Poland, Aug. 1, 1922; son of Zygmunt (born Radom, Poland) and Jablonska (born Domaradzice, Poland); married Wanda (dec.), Zofia, Anna Sicinska-Lada; children: Anna Zofia, Andrew Jerzy, Richard Marian.
Education: High School "Sw. Wojciecha," Warsaw, Poland, 1934-39, Matura (High School certificate), Polish High School "Cypriana Norwida," Paris, France, 1940, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), mechanical engineering, University Edinburgh, Scotland 1948, Postgraduate aerodynamics, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London, England.
Languages: Polish, English.
Career: B.S.A. Group Research Department, Birmingham, England 1950-53; San Francisco Bowser Company Ltd., Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 1953-58; Erie City Iron Works, Erie, PA, 1958-62; Baron Industries (renamed Baron-Blakeslee, Inc.), Santa Fe Springs, CA - plant manager 1962-86; Baron Autoclave Corporation, vice president 1967-.
Military: Polish Army under British Command, 1 P.A.L. 1940-45, 2nd Lieutenant.
Certification: associate member, Institute of Mechanical Engineering in Great Britain. Regional professional engineer, State of Pennsylvania, Regional professional engineer, State of California, senior member, Composites Group of Society of Mechanical Engineers.
Member of: Polish American Congress (PAC), Polish Tennis Association of Southern California, Polish American Cultural Network (PACN).
Resident: Irvine, CA.
From: "Polish Americans in California, Vol. II," National Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs & Polish American Historical Association. California 1995.