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Morawski, Ignacy
(photograph courtesy of Czeslaw Czaplinski)

Editor. Born in Iwaniszki, Poland, April 3, 1885; son of Wojciech and Marja (Lempicka) Morawski. Completed Russian "matura" and commercial "gimnasium" in Charkov, Russia. Attended Commercial Academy in Breslau (Silesia). Completed several years of university studies as unmatriculated student. Married Helen Kruk, Feb. 5, 1913. Has two daughters: Sophie and Barbara. Editor of "Rekord Codzienny" (Polish Daily Record) and Sunday "Polonia-Record" of Detroit, Mich., 1913-1915; editor of "Dziennik dla Wszystkich" (Everybody's Daily) of Buffalo, N. Y., 1915-1918; editor and manager of "Kuryer Codzienny" (Polish Daily Courier) of Boston Mass., 1918 1919; Chief of Emigration Department Polish Consulate, New York, N. Y., 1920-1928; editor and manager of "Poland" a New York magazine, 1928 1932; manager of publicity department, Gdynia America Shipping Lines, Ltd. of Warsaw, Poland, 1935-1939. Member of Ass'n of Polish Emigration Writers, Polish Yacht Club, Society of Polish Literati and Journalists, Ass'n of Advertising Writers and League of Economic Reconstruction, Warsaw, Poland. Secretary general of National Committee Americans of Polish Descent with headquarters in New York City. Author of following Polish books: "Zagadnienie Emigracji Polskiej w Stanach Zjednoczonych," 1922; "Febra Akcyjna," 1922; "Eksperyment Palestynski," two volumes. 1939; "Podroze na Bliski Wschod." Since 1940 associate editor of "Nowy Swiat," Polish daily published in New York City. Was very active during the first World War in Polish Relief Work and during the selling of Liberty Bonds.
Residence: 325 East 80th Street, New York, N. Y.

[Ed. Died in March 1988. See Obituary below]

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943

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