Michael Laskowski, Jr.
Biochemist, educator
Born Mar. 13, 1930, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1947; son of Michael and Maria (Dabrowska); married Joan (Heyer); children: M. Christopher, Marta.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Lawrence College, Appleton (WI), 1950; Ph.D., Cornell University, Ithaca (NY), 1954.
Career: National Institutes of Health (NIH) fellow, Cornell University, 1952-54, Yale University, New Haven (CT), 1955-56; research associate, 1954-55, instructor, 1956-57, Cornell University; assistant prof., 1957-61, associate prof., 1961-65, prof., 1965 -, head, Biochemistry Division, 1967-77, Purdue University, West Lafayette (IN).
Author: numerous papers in professional journals on protein chemistry; editorial board member, Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 1972-90, Biochemistry, 1973-1979, Journal of Protein Chemistry, 1980 -, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1983-88; chairman, Gordon Conference, 1966, 1982.
Member of: National Institutes of Health (NIH), 1969-73; National Science Foundation (NSF), 1989; American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; American Chemical Society; Protein Society; Biophysical Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); American Civil Liberties Union; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: Sigma Xi; A. Jurzykowski Award, 1977; McCoy Research Award, Purdue University, 1975; Silver Medal, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, 1989.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), Warsaw Uprising, 1944, messenger.
Affiliation: Democrat.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian, Latin.
Hobbies: hiking, white water floating, bridge.
Office: Purdue University, Department of Chemistry, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996