Mieczyslaw Pawel (Paul) Makowski
Chemist, executive, consultant
Born Jan. 15, 1922, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1949; son of Antoni and Stanislawa (Leszowska); married Eugenia (Sawczyn); children: Paun, Teresa.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) (in chemistry), 1957, Master of Science (M.S.) (in physical chemistry), 1961, Ph.D. (in electro-chemistry), 1964, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland (OH).
Career: manager, Smith-Phoenix Company, 1950-55, research chemist, 1955-62, chemical manager, 1962-73, associate director, Materials Research Division, 1973-80, Gould, Inc., Cleveland; vice president, Technical Administration, 1980-81, Scientific Affairs, 1981-87, Gould Inc., Rolling Meadows (IL); president, Tectra Consulting, Inc., Rolling Meadows, 1988-93; consultant, 1994 -.
Author: 3 U.S. and several foreign patents on electrodeposition and catalysis, 1955-76; several papers and presentations on professional scientific meetings, 1955-76.
Member of: advisory board member, Science and Engineering Deans, University of Illinois, Purdue University, Case Western Reserve University, 1976-87; Electrochemical Society (chairman, Cleveland section, 1977); Illinois Governor's Commission for High Technology; Technical Council, Illinois Department of Commerce; American Chemical Society; committee member, Polish Association of Former Political Prisoners of Nazi Concentration Camps; associate member, Kosciuszko Foundation; Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.); Society for Polish Arts, Chicago (IL).
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; Heise Medal, Electrochemical Society, 1978; listed in: Who's Who in America, American Men of Science.
Served with: Polish underground resistance, 1940-42; prisoner of Gestapo and German concentration camps, 1942-45.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian.
Hobbies: collecting stamps, travel, hiking.
Home: 305 Shady Drive, Palatine, IL 60067.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996