Benedict Stephen Markowski
Archivist, librarian, author
Born Mar. 5, 1932, Hamtramck (MI), U.S.; son of Lawrence and Gladys (Jaskowiak).
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant (MI), 1954; Master of Library Sciences (M.L.S.), George Peabody College for Teachers, Nashville (TN), 1956; postgraduate, University of Warsaw, 1962-63; archival course, Wayne State University, Detroit (MI), 1977.
Career: bibliographer, Michigan State University Library, East Lansing, 1956-57; librarian, 1957 -, head, Foreign Language Collection, 1969-73, archivist, Ethno-European Material, Burton Historical Collection, 1976 -, Detroit Public Library.
Author: Carissima (drama), 1964; Promethea (drama), 1967; Kopernik, The Great Humanist (biography), 1973; editor, The Eaglet; editor, J. Wytrwal, Behold the Polish Americans, 1976, and Polish Black Encounters, 1981; chapter in: Parisville Poles; First Polish Settlers in U.S.A., 1977; An Annotated and Topical List of Aids to Polish Genealogy, 1984; numerous articles on various Polish topics, 1960-93.
Member of: life member, International Society of Poets; chairman, Central Detroit Board of Education, Region 6th Detroit Boards of Education, 1973-76; founder, past officer, Polish Genealogical Society of Michigan; Friends of Polish Art, Detroit; Smithsonian Institution; Detroit Institute of Art; Promusica, Michigan Opera Theater.
Honors: Annual Alumni Recognition Award, Central Michigan University, 1977; scholarship, Polish Government and Polish Academy of Sciences, 1962-63.
Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, French, German.
Hobbies: creative writing, collecting Polonica and rare books, classical music.
Home: 19311 Orleans Avenue, Detroit, MI 48203.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996