John Martin Waligora
Executive engineer
Born Aug. 1, 1910, Owatohna (MN), U.S.; son of John and Angela (Bruski); married Regina (Wines); child: John.
Education: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (B.E.E.), 1932, Master of Electrical Engineering (M.E.E.), 1937, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Career: electrical engineer, Northern States Power Company, Minneapolis, 1933-37, Philadelphia Electric Company (PA), 1938-39, Newport News Shipbullding (VA), 1940-41; assistant marine engineer, United States Navy (USN), 1942; director of engineering, Merck Sharp & Dohme, Division of Merck & Company, Inc., West Point (PA), 1942-74; Retired.
Author: articles in Plant Engineering Magazine, Factory Engineering Magazine.
Member of: fellow, American Institute of Plant Engineers (president, 1957); president, Plant Engineers Club, Philadelphia, 1953-55; in Lansdale (PA) - director, North Penn Hospital (president, 1955), president, Lansdale Chamber of Commerce, 1956, chairman, North Penn Water Authority, 1969-73.
Honors: Outstanding Service trophy, Lansdale Chamber of Commerce, 1957; Richard Morris Medal, Plant Engineer of the Year, American Institute of Plant Engineers, 1964.
Affiliation: Republican. Catholic.
Language: English.
Hobbies: organ music.
Home: 3716 Prairie Dunes Drive, Sarasota, FL 34238.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.