Wladyslaw Mielcarz
Engineer, Polish community leader
Born Jan. 8, 1923, Czestochowa, Poland; came to U.S., 1950; son of Jan and Franciszka (Prysak); married Janina (Kozlowicz); children: Henryk, Ewa, Yolanda.
Education: Polish Technical College, Esslingen (Germany), 1948; City College of New York (CCNY), New York City, 1955; School of Radio Technique Television Studios, New York City, 1960.
Career: technical engineer, Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., CBS TV Channel 2, New York City, 1953-88; Retired.
Author: co-editor, Z dziejow Polskiej Wyzszej Szkoly Technicznej w EssIingen / Niemcy 1945-49, 1990, and Polish Technical College (in progress).
Member of: Radio and TV Broadcast Engineers Union; secretary, Polish Technical College Alumni Association; president, Polish Youth Association, New York City, 1951-52. 1954, 1967; director, Polish National Home, Greenpoint (NY), 1979-84; director, 1991-92, vice president, 1994 -, Polish American Congress, New York City.
Honors: CBS Special Award.
Served with: prisoner, Dachau concentration camp (Germany), 1945; U.S. Army in Germany, 113 Labor Supervision Center, Liaison section, corporal, 1948-50.
Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English.
Hobbies: chess, video recording, helping immigrants.
Home: 175-20 Grand Central Parkway, Jamaica Estates, NY 11432.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996