Edward Majchrowicz
Biomedical scientist
Born Stryj, Poland; came to U.S., 1960; son of Franciszek and Maria; married Maria Francoise (Nawrocka); children: Danuta, Wanda.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), University of Birmingham (United Kingdom), 1948; Ph.D., McGill University, Montreal (Canada), 1959.
Career: chemist, A. Guinness Brewery, London (United Kingdom), 1949-57; postgraduate fellow, 1956-59, 1959-60, McGill University General Hospital Research Institute; assistant prof., University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, 1961-63, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, 1963-66; research scientist, Suibb Institute for Medical Research, New Brunswick (NJ), 1966-68; senior research scientist, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1968-86, scientist emeritus, 1988-, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda (MD).
Author: editor, Biomedical Pharmacology of Ethanol, 1975; co-editor, Biochemistry and Pharmacology of Ethanol, 1979; over 80 scientific papers in professional journals.
Member of: Biochemical Society (United Kingdom); Society Chemistry and Industry (United Kingdom); American Society for Neurochemistry; Society for Alcohol Research; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); American Society Pharmacologists and Experimental Therapeutics; New York Academy of Sciences; Smithsonian Institution; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); Polish American Arts Association; Polish Veterans of World War II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.); Friends of John Paul II Foundation; Polish Scouting - Zwiazek Harcerstwa Polskiego (Z.H.P); Polish American Club of Raleigh (NC).
Honors: Cross of Valour (2 times); African Star; Italian Star; Atlantic Star; Defense Medal; Monte Cassino Cross; 1939-45 Medal; Purple Heart (3 times).
Served with: Polish Armed Forces in the Middle East and Italy, Independent Carpathian Brigade, 3rd Carpathian Infantry Division, lieutenant, 1940-45.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, French.
Hobbies: sports, intellectual efforts.
Home: 153 Brannigan Place, Cary, NC 27511.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996