Stanislaw Edward Mostwin (Bask)
Textile engineer, Polish community leader
Born Mar. 31, 1917, Poznan, Poland; came to U.S., 1951; son of Ignacy Niedbal and Maria (Donat); married Danuta (Pietruszewska); children: Jacek, Lech.
Education: Ensigns Chivalry School, Grudziadz (Poland), 1935-36; University of Poznan (Poland), 1936-39, Master of Laws (M.LL.), University of Warsaw (Poland), 1945; George Washington University, Washington (DC), 1957-58.
Career: design manager, Londontown Industry, Baltimore (MD), 1951-82.
Author: articles in: Polish Heritage in Baltimore Monthly, Bellona; editor, Studium Spraw Polskich Newsletter.
Member of: Polish National Democratic Committee 1951-56; founder, Slavic Conference in Maryland, 1976; vice president, 1976, 1987-89, president, 1982-84, 1993 -, Studium - North American Study Center for Polish Affairs; co-founder, president, Polish Heritage Society of Baltimore, 1977-79; national director, and Committee for Polish Affairs member, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.).
Honors: Silver Cross Virtuti Militari, Cross of Valor (2 times), 1939; Cross of Valor (for defense of Tobrouk), 1942; King's Medal for Courage in Cause of Freedom (for mission to help Jews in Poland), British Government, 1948; War Medal; African Star; Italian Star; Defense Medal; Polish Home Army Cross; Polish Army Medal.
Served with: Polish Army, Septtember '39 Campaign; Polish Army in the Middle East and Africa, 1940-42; Polish Government in Exile emissary to Poland, 1944; Warsaw Uprising, 1944; Polish Resettlement Corps, United Kingdom, 1947-49.
Languages: Polish, English.
Home: 1300 Malvern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21204.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996