Janina Mirski Zapadko (Lutyk)
Structural engineer
Born Jul. 29,1925, Kaunas, Lithuania; daughter of Witold and Stefania (Smirnova); married Jerzy Mirski Zapadko; children: Eva, Marek.
Education: Royal University of Rome (Italy), 1946; diploma, Polish University College, London (United Kingdom), 1951; Master of Science (M.S.), G. Washington University, Washington (DC), 1967.
Career: designer, Ove Arup & Partners, London, 1951; erection engineer, Atlas Machine & Iron Works, 1952-62, project engineer, Keller & Associate's, 1962-67, structural division chief, Veterans Administration, 1967-89, Washington; Retired.
Author: professional articles in Developments in Mechanics, 1967.
Member of: American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); Society of Women Engineers; Earthquake Engineering Research Institute; director, Pollish - American Arts Association, Washington (DC); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) (treasurer, Washington Division); Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.); Polish Veterans Cultural Foundation; Friends of John Paul II Foundation.
Honors: Silver Cross-Virtuti Militari, Cross of Valor, Silver Cross of Merit with Swords, Polish Home Army, 1944.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), diversion group "Parasol", 1943-45; Polish Armed Forced in the West, 2nd Corps in Italy, Iieutenant, 1946.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, French, Italian.
Hobbies: travel, books, gardening.
Home: 4522 Q Place NW, Washington, DC 20007.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996