Piotr Stefan Wandycz
Historian, scholar
Born Sept. 20, 1923, Cracow, Poland; came to U.S., 1951; son of Damian and Stefania (Dunikowska); married Maria Teresa (Chrzaszcz); children: Anna Katarzyna, Joanna, Antoni.
Education: diploma, College d'Europe, Bruges (Belgium), 1951; Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), 1948, Master of Arts (M.A.), 1952, Cambridge University (United Kingdom); Ph.D., London University (United Kingdom); Master of Arts (M.A.) (honorary), Yale University, New Haven (CT), 1968; Doctor honoris causa (Dr.h.c.), University of Wroclaw (Poland), 1993.
Career: instructor to associate prof., Indiana University, 1954-68; prof., 1968-88, Bradford Durfee Prof., 1988 -, Yale University; visiting prof., Columbia University, New York City, 1967, 1969, 1975.
Author: Czechoslovak-Polish Confederation, 1956; France and Her Eastern Allies, 1962; Soviet-Polish Relations, 1969; Lands of Partitioned Poland, 1974; United States and Poland, 1980; August Zaleski, 1980; Polska a zagranica, 1986; Z dziejow dyplomacji, 1988; Twilight of French Eastern Alliances, 1988; Polish Diplomacy, 1988; The Price of Freedom, 1992; Die Freiheit und ihr Preiss, 1993.
Member of: American Association forthe Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS); president, Conference on Eastern Europe, American Historical Association (AHA), 1988-89; fellow, board directors member, historic section chairman, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); board directors member, Pilsudski Institute of America; editorial boards member, Kosmos, Slavic Review, International History Review, EEPS, The Polish Review, Niepodleglosc, Polin, Przeglad Wschodni, Przeszlosc i Terazniejszosc.Honors: fellowship, Russian Research Center, 1963-65, Rockefeller Foundation, 1975, Guggenheim Foundation, 1977-78; G.L. Beer Prize, American Historical Association (AHA), 1962, 1989; Pilsudski Institute of America Award, 1973; A. Jurzykowski Award, 1976; W. Vucinich Prize, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies (AAASS), 1989; honorary member, Polish Historical Association; elected to Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and Polish Academy of Sciences, 1991; Hlavka Medal, Czech Academy of Sciences, 1992; listed in Who's Who in America.
Served with: Polish Armed Forces in the West, Artillery, 2nd lieutenant, 1942-45.
Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, French, German, Czech, Russian.
Home: 27 Spring Garden Street, Hamden, CT 06517.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.