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Ann T. Mikoll

Lawyer, justice, Polish community leader

Born Buffalo (NY), U.S.; daughter of William and Victoria (Skulicz); married Theodore Mikoll.

Education: Villa Maria Academy, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Juris Doctor (J.D.), School of Law, State University of New York (SUNY), Doctor of Humane Letters (L.H.D.), Canisius College, Buffalo.

Career: director, Youth Programs, Polish Women's Alliance, and Polish Falcons of America, 21 years; justice, City Court of Buffalo, Appellate Division, and Supreme Court, Buffalo, 1977 -.

Author: numerous lectures on Polish - American heritage, ethnicity and legal cases, i.a. at: Alliance College, University of Buffalo, Orchard Lake Schools.

Member of, i.a.: past board directors member, American Judges' Association; honorary member, New York State Women Judges' Association; New York State Supreme Court Justice Association; New York State Bar; Erie County Bar; National Advocates Association; Women's Lawyers Association; trustee, St. Bonaventure University, board directors member, Polish Chair of History and Culture, Canisius College; Peter J. Adamski Scholarship Foundation; past president, Business and Professional Women's Association; past director, past board advisors member, Villa Maria High School Alumnae Association; co-organizer, Millennium Celebration of Poland's Christianity, 1966; chairman, Polish - American Bicentennial Committee of the Niagara Frontier, 1976; chairman, Polish Singers Alliance of America National Convention, 1977; principal speaker, National Youth Convention, Polish Women's Alliance of America, 19th Anniversary of Polish Falcons of America, Pulaski Banquet; trustee, Kosciuszko Foundation; honorary member, Polish Singers' Alliance of America; active member, Chopin Singing Society; co-organizer, Szymanowski's King Roger opera at Polish Cultural Festival, Albright - Knox Art Gallery, 1992.

Honors, i.a.: appointed chairman, International Women's Year Conference, Mexico City (Mexico), 1975; Outstanding Alumna, Villa Maria Academy; Distinguished Alumni award, Alumni Association of State University of New York (SUNY); Distinguished Service award, Fredonia College Foundation; Susan B. Anthony Award, Interclub Council of Western New York; Outstanding Woman award, State University of New York (SUNY); Citizen of the Year, United Auto Workers; Woman of the Year, Business and Professional Women of Buffalo, Women's Auxiliary of Orchard Lake Schools, and American - Polish Eagle; Pride of Polonia award, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); Gold Officer's Cross for professional and cure achievement, Polish Government, 1995.

Languages: English, Polish.

Hobby: singing.

Home: 26 Countryside Lane, Depew, NY 14043.

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

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