Tadeusz Walendowski (Adam Lipiec)

Journalist, film director

Born Apr. 21, 1944, Lwow, Poland; came to U.S., 1979; son of Edmund and Maria (Filip); married Anna Erdman; children: Dawid, Eliasz.

Education: Master of Arts (M.A.) (in sociology), University of Lodz (Poland), 1967; postgraduate State Higher School of Film, TV, and Theater, Lodz, 1973.

Career: in Poland - film director, 1971-76, free - lance cultural and editorial activities, 1976-79, editor, Puls, 1977-79, journalist, independent press, 1977-79; journalist, Voice of America, Washington (DC), 1982 -.

Author: numerous articles in Puls, and Glos (Polish underground periodicals); articles in: Poland Watch, The Wall Street Journal, Columbia Journalism Review.

Member of: founder and president, Polish Watch Center, 1981, Friends of Polish Library, 1991, Washington (DC).

Languages: Polish, English, Russian.

Hobbies: yachting, skiing, hiking.

Home: 5904 Kingsford Place, Bethesda, MD 20817.

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