Waclaw Michalski (Zurowski)
Educator, realtor
Born Sept. 14, 1913, Pierzchnica, Poland; came to U.S., 1951; son of Antoni Michalski and Jozefa (Skrybus); married Urszula (Lewandowska); child: Anthony R.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.), Teachers' College (Poland), 1934; Officers' Military School (Poland), 1934-35; postgraduate, Milwaukee Area Technical College, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Extension, 1951-55; real estate broker certificate, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, 1955.
Career: teacher, junior high school, Poland, 1936-39; officer, International Refugee Organization (Germany), 1947-51; manager, accountant, Ampco Metal Company, Milwaukee, 1951-84; educator, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Technical College, Marquette University, 1959 -; real estate agent, broker, Wauwatosa Realty Company, Milwaukee, 1955 -.
Author: numerous articles and translations, since 1959.
Member of: archivist, Polish National Armed Forces; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); Studium - North American Study Center for Polish Affairs; Polish Western Association of America; Polish Army Veterans Association - Stowarzyszenie Weteranow Armii Polskiej (S.W.A.P.); Polish Veterans of World War II - Stowarzyszenie Polskich Kombatantow (S.P.K.), and Polish National Armed Forces - Narodowe Sily Zbrojne (N.S.Z.).
Honors: Certificate of Recognition, University of Wisconsin - Extension, 1985; Volunteer Service award, Inter Agency Council of Volunteerism, 1986; Certificate of Appreciation, State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1987; Diploma of Merit, Polish Western Association of America, 1988; Polish Heritage Award, Pulaski Council of Milwaukee County, 1992; listed in Who's Who in the Midwest, Who's Who in America.
Served with: Polish Army, September '39 Campaign; Polish underground resistance, Polish National Armed Forces - Narodowe Sily Zbrojne (N.S.Z.), Swietokrzyska Brigade, officer, 1939-45; 3rd U.S. Army in Germany, Guard Company, 1945-47.
Affiliation: Independent. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian.
Hobbies: chess, bridge.
Home: 5505 Bentwood Lane, Greendale, WI 53129.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996