Gregory Wierzynski

Journalist, consultant, executive

Born Jun. 26, 1939, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1953; son of Kazimierz and Halina (Pfeffer); married Barbara (Braun); child: Casimir.

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Brown University, Providence (RI), 1963.

Career: associate editor, Fortune, 1965-68; correspondent, Washington (DC), 1969, London (United Kingdom), 1969-70, bureau chief, Boston (MA), 1970-71, Chicago (IL), 1971-74, Paris (France), 1974-78, diplomatic correspondent, 1979-84, Time; special assistant, Office of Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense, Washington, 1984-85; director, Radio Free Europe, Munich (Germany), 1986-88; president, Hieronimus Group, Washington, 1989 -; executive director, U.S. Commission on Improving the Effectiveness of the United Nations (UN), 1992-93.

Author: Doing business in Poland, 1965; several hundred articles in: Fortune, Time, Life, Le Point.

Served with: U.S. Army, 1961-63.

Affiliation: Catholic.

Languages: Polish, English, French, Spanish.

Hobby: fly fishing.

Home: 4426 Klingle Street NW, Washington, DC 20016.

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