Ronald Mitchell Wolosewicz
Engineer
Born Dec. 27, 1937, Chicago (IL), U.S.; son of Frank and Olga (Kaminski); married Christine (Borawska); children: Isabella, Andrzej.
Education: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (B.S.M.E.), 1960, Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (M.S.M.E.), 1962, Ph.D., 1966, Northwestern University, Evanston; registered professional engineer, Illinois.
Career: senior development engineer, Anocut Engineering Company, Elk Grove Village (IL), 1968-69; research engineer, 1969-74, senior research engineer, 1974-77, Whirpool Corporation, Benton Harbor (MI); mechanical engineer, Argonne National Laboratory (IL), 1977-82; engineering and manufacturing manager, TRAK Microcomputer, Downers Grove (IL), 1982-84; principal engineer, Rockwell Graphic Systems, Westmont (IL), 1984 -.
Author: over 15 articles in professional journals.
Member of: instructor, Michigan Society of Professional Engineers Review Course, 1970-76, and Michigan State University Extension, Beton Harbor, 1973-76; active member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (chairman, Triodyne Safety Award Committee, and Designers in Action Session); Polish American Engineers (president, 1970-73), Chicago; Sigma Xi (president, Whirlpool chapter, 1976-77); Polonus Philatelic Society, Chicago.
Honors: Pi Tau Sigma; Fulbright-Hayes postdoctoral fellowship to Polish Academy of Sciences, 1966-67; listed in Who's Who in the Midwest.
Languages: English, Polish.
Hobbies: model railroading, collecting coins and Polish stamps.
Home: 5410 Century Club Drive, LaGrange, IL 60525.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.
Ronald M. WolosewiczRonald Wolosewicz was born and raised in Chicago. He received his elementary and high school education through the Catholic parochial school system within the City of Chicago. Following graduation from high school, he attended Northwestern University where he earned degrees in Mechanical Engineering. After completing his Ph.D. at Northwestern, in 1966 he was awarded a Fulbright-Hayes Fellowship to study at the Institute of Basic Technical Problems of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.
After returning from Poland, he began his professional engineering career. His industrial experience spanned several industries including: one-of-a-kind machine tools, mass-produced home appliances, and large newspaper web type printing presses. In all of these industries, he was regarded as the in house expert in mechanical design, vibrations and stress analysis. Mr. Wolosewicz developed innovative analysis techniques as well as a data-base program that assisted corporate engineers in making better design decisions. While working at Whirlpool Corporation, he developed and then taught a design, dynamics and vibration course sequence as an adjunct professor at the Michigan State University Extension in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
When the energy crisis erupted in the late 1970's, he joined the staff of Argonne National Laboratory. His group developed two manuals detailing the reliability of solar heated domestic hot water systems. A summary of the reliability results and recommendations was published in 1993 by MIT press as chapter in a book, Active Solar Systems.
Mr. Wolosewicz is a Registered Professional Engineer in Illinois, a Life Member and Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), an adjunct professor in Northwestern University's Master of Product Development Program, Treasurer of the Illinois Engineering Council, and has published over 17 referred technical papers and numerous corporate reports. Other engineering and technical society activities included: President of the Polish American Engineers Association, Chair and Vice Chair of the ASME Design Division's Education Committee, Chair of the ASME Triodyne Safety Award Committee, a member of the National Design Engineering Conference Advisory Committee, President of the Benton Harbor Chapter of the Michigan Society of Professional Engineers, and President of the Whirlpool Chapter of Sigma Xi. He is a member of the Chicago Society, the Recording Secretary of Group 20 of the PNA, and Chair of the Polish American Leadership Initiative's Education Committee.
He and his lovely wife Christine have two children and five grandchildren. Since his retirement in 2001, one of his favorite activities is picking up his oldest grandson, Alex, from pre-school and having him say "go see dirt trucks" followed by "now go dziadzia's house".
Source: Polish American Engineers Association 1934-2002; 2002 Recognition Dinner Dance Program (Chicago).