Daniel Mitchell Litynski
U.S. Army officer, educator
Born Mar. 13, 1943, Amsterdam (NY), U.S.; son of Mitchell and Stella (Pawlowski); married Dianne (Miller); children: Laura, James, John.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) (in physics), 1965, Ph.D., 1978, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy (NY); Master of Science (M.S.) (in optics), University of Rochester (NY), 1971; ordnance officer course (graduated with honors), U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1974; U.S. National Defense University, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, 1989.
Career: optical physicist, U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen (MD), 1972-73; assistant prof., Department of Physics, 1974-78, associate prof. to prof., Department of Electrical Engineering, 1980-90, prof., head, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, 1990 -, U.S. Military Academy, West Point (NY); executive officer, 19th Maint BN, Giessen (Germany), 1978-80; visiting prof., International Faculty of Engineering, Technical University of Lodz (Poland), 1993-94.
Author: over 20 technical papers in professional journals and numerous conference presentations on curriculum lasers, electro-optic devices, optical signal processing.
Member of: American Society for Engineering Education; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); Optical Society of America; Society of Photo - Optical Instrumentation Engineering; Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association; National Electrical Engineering Department Heads Association; New York Academy of Sciences; speaker, Annual West Point Kosciuszko Memorial Day, 1993; parish council president, Most Holy Trinity Chapel; director speaker, numerous religious retreats.
Honors: Upsilon Pi Epsilon; Sigma Pi Sigma; Eta Kappa Nu; Phi Kappa Phi; Sigma Xi; Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal.
Served with: U.S., Army, colonel, 1965 -.
Language: English, Polish, French, Russian.
Hobbies: golf, skiing, fishing.
Home: 74 A Schofield Place, West Point, NY 10996.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996