Zygmunt Wardzinski
Educator
Born Jun. 28, 1923, Bukowiec, Poland; came to U.S., 1948; son of Franciszek and Joanna (Mrozinska); married Elizabeth (Fitzpatrick); children: Lisa, Paul, Victoria.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Alliance College, Cambridge Springs (PA), 1951; Master of Arts (M.A.) (in Slavic literatures), Columbia University, New York City, 1957; Ph.D. candidate, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1962; Ph.D. (in comparative literatures), Pacific Western University, Los Angeles (CA), 1987.
<Career: head, Classic Department, Chestnut Hill Academy, Philadelphia (PA), 1957-68; chairman, Polish Curriculum Committee and Examiner for Teachers of Polish, Philadelphia Board of Education, 1968-71; chairman, English and Foreign Studies Department, 1977-84, prof., 1968-90, Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell (PA); Retired.
Author: reports on Polish - American immigrants before World War I, The Polish Review, 1974, 1988.
Member of: American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages (AATSEEL); Modern Language Association (MLA); American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO); American Association of University Professors (AAUP), 1968-85; Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.), 1948-52; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Kosciuszko Foundation.
Honors: Delta Tau Kappa; fellowship, Kosciuszko Foundation, 1960, National Defense Foreign Language, 1966, Montgomery City Committee College Trustees', 1974, 1984.
Served with: Polish Army, September '39 Campaign; Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), 1942-44; Polish Armed Forces in the West, 2nd Corps, Italian Campaign, 1945-46.
Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, Russian, German, Latin.
Hobbies: swimming, travel, camping.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.