Charles Kazimierz Wojcik
Educator, engineer, consultant
Born Sept. 21, 1921, Podlecze, Poland; came to U.S., 1952; son of Jan and Anna (Latoszek); married Susanna (Pacsirta).Education: engineering diploma, Polish University College, London (United Kingdom), 1948; Master of Science (M.S.), 1957, Ph.D., 1964, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
Career: design engineer, Poland, United Kingdom, United States, 10 years; research engineer, lecturer, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 1957-72; prof. (mechanical engineering), University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia, 1972-87; consultant, Association of Scientific Advisers, Los Angeles, 1987 -.
Author: 1 patent for epicyclic gear pump drive; editor, The Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering; 18 scientific papers i.a. in Transactions of the ASME, The Archives of Mechanical Engineering, Journal of the Franklin Institute; 20 papers on scientific conferences.
Member of: American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Honors: Sigma Xi.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), 1942-44; Warsaw Uprising, 1944; Prisoner of War (POW), 1944-45; Polish Armed Forces in the West, 2nd Corps, Italy, Cavalry, lieutenant, 1945-46.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian, Hungarian.
Hobbies: travel, reading, gardening.
Home: 89 Bell Canyon Road, Bell Canyon, CA 91307.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.