Ludwik Andrzej Teclaff
Lawyer, diplomat, educator
Born Nov. 14, 1918, Czestochowa, Poland, came to U.S., 1952; son of Emil and Helena (Tarnowska); married Eileen (Johnson).
Education: Master of Laws (LL.M.), Oxford University (United Kingdom), 1944; Master of Science (M.S.), Columbia University, 1955, Master of Laws (LL.M.), 1961, Juris Scientiae Doctor (J.S.D.), 1965, New York University (NYU), New York City.
Career: attache, Polish Foreign Ministry, London (United Kingdom), 1943-46; consul, Polish Government in Exile, Dublin (Irland), 1946-52; director, Law Library, 1962-85, assistant prof., 1962-63, associate prof., 1963-68, prof., 1968-89, prof. emeritus, 1989 -, Fordham University, New York City.
Author: The River Basin in History and Law, 1967; Abstraction and Use of Water, 1972; Legal and Institutional Responses to Growing Water Demand, 1978; Economic Roots of Oppression, 1984; Water Law in Historical Perspective, 1985; editor, The International Law of the Hydrologic Cycle, 1991; numerous articles in professional journals; consultant, United Nations (UN) Department of Technological Cooperation for Development, 1973 -; contributor to United States - Mexico Working Group on Transboundary Needs and Resources, 1982 -; rapporteur, International Committee on Water Law, 1990 -.
Member of: International Law Association; International Water Law Association; American Society of International Law; life member, Law Libraries Association; Pilsudski Institute of America (council member, 1978-94); Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.) (board directors member, 1976-86); editors & advisors board member, Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce.
Honors: Order of Polonia Restituta, Polish Government in Exile, London, 1952; Clyde Eagleton Award in International Law, New York University (NYU), 1965; Dean's Medal of Recognition, Fordham University, 1989.
Served with: Polish Armed Forces in the West, Armored Division, cadet - officer, 1940-48.
Languages: Polish, English, French.
Hobbies: writing plays, reading murder mysteries, swimming.
Home: 99 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.