Anthony Stanley Lis
Business administration educator
Born Aug. 11, 1918, Easthampton (MA), U.S.; son of Antoni and Anna (Kaczmarczyk); married Sophie (Piantek); children: Anthony, Judith, Patricia, Sandra.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Massachusetts State College, Salem, 1950; Master of Science (M.S.), Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1951; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1961.
Career: assistant prof., Oklahoma State University, 1951-56; associate prof., University of Tulsa (OK), 1956-62; prof., 1962-86, prof. emeritus, 1986 -, University of Oklahoma, Norman; visiting prof., Central School of Planning and Statistics, Warsaw (Poland), 1984.
Author: articles and book chapters on business communication; paper at the III Congress of Scholars of Polish Descent, Warsaw (Poland), 1989.
Member: board directors member, American Business Communication Association, since 1960; general program chairman, Southwestern Social Science Association, 1964-76; activist, Norman Lions Club, and Norman Public Library Board (president, 1987-88, 1990-91); secretary, Polonia Society of Oklahoma; secretary, St. Teresa's Polish Club, Harrah (OK); Kosciuszko Foundation; Polish American Historical Association (P.A.H.A.).
Honors: Beta Gamma Sigma; Delta Pi Epsilon; University of Oklahoma Regents' Award, 1981; secretary, Faculty Senate, University of Oklahoma, 1969-84; delegate, II and III Congress of Scholars of Polish Descent, Warsaw - Cracow, 1979, 1989; listed in: Who's Who in the South, Who's Who in the Southwest, Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World.
Served with: U.S. Army, sergeant, 1937-40; Panama and China, 1st lieutenant, 1942-46; United States Army Reserve (USAR), lieutenant colonel, 1946-83.
Affiliation: Independent. Roman Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish.
Hobbies: reading, swimming, Polonia history and activities.
Home: 1827 Peter Pan, Norman, OK 73072.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996