Arthur Joseph Majewski

Lawyer, author

Born Jan. 5, 1920, Hamtramck (MI), U.S.; son of Jozef and Katarzyna (Blonska); married Marianne (Rytlewski); child: Mark.

Education: Juris Doctor (J.D.), 1943, Master of Education (M.Ed.), 1964, Wayne State University, Detroit (MI).

Career: attorney, private office, 1943 -, Legal Aid, 1943, Arthur J. Cyrowski, 1949-50, Detroit, Friend of the Court, Macomb County (MI), 1960; teacher, St. Clair School, Detroit, 1960-79; appointed by Gov. Milliken to Saginaw Valley State College Board of Control, 1977, and to Michigan Medical Practice Board, 1979.

Author: When Hamtramck and I Were Young, 1986; Moneta Polska, 1987; numerous articles in numismatic journals.

Member of: Advocates Bar Association (president, 1973-74); Michigan Bar Association; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) (chairman, Sentinel Committee, 1980-85, director, Federal Credit Union, 1989); organizer, Polish Day Parade, Hamtramck, (since 1976); exhibition organizer, Polish Coinage, Detroit, 1973.

Honors: president G. Ford's appointment, U.S. Assay Committee, 1976; Order of Polonia Restituta, Polish Government in Exile, London (United Kingdom), 1980; Order of Malta, Grand Priory in Canada, 1983; Roethke Memorial Adult Literature Award, Michigan State Numismatic Society, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1986.

Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.

Languages: English, Polish, French, Spanish.

Hobbies: collecting Polish coins and military insignia.

Home: 17105 Chandler Park Drive, Detroit, MI 48224.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996