Leszek Tomasz Wegrzecki
Diemaker, draftsman
Born Dec. 22, 1920, Skarzysko-Kamienna, Poland; came to U.S., 1956; son of Ryszard and Stanislawa (Samborska); married Maria (Olszewska).
Education: Underground Technical University of Warsaw (Poland), 1942-44; Technische Hochschule, Stuttgart (Germany), 1946-49.
Career: head, Motor Vehicle Factory, Szydlowce (Poland), 1939-44; official, International Refugee Organization, Stuttgart, 1949-51; officer, lieutenant, Guard Detachment, Germany, and France, 1952-56; draftsman, Detroit, 1956-59; diemaker, Arrowsmith T. & Die, Southfield (MI), 1960-88; Retired.
Author: editor, Christmas Decoration, 1987; numerous articles on Friends of Polish Art.
Member of: board directors member, Friends of Polish Art, since 1968; board director, Southfield Symphony Society; treasurer, Polish Home Army Circle (MI); president, designer, Epergne on 200th Anniversary of the United States; delegate, A.C.P.C. (founder, president, award committee for "The Best Book in English on Polish Culture").
Affiliation: Roman Catholic.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), Warsaw Uprising, 1944, lance-corporal; Prisoner of War (POW) in Germany.
Languages: Polish, English, German.
Hobbies: travel, art, history of economy.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.