Wacław Jędrzejewicz
Wacław Jędrzejewicz | |
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 Wacław Jędrzejewicz in 1934 | |
| President of the Piłsudski Institute of America | |
| In office 1977–1978 | |
| Preceded by | Jan Fryling |
| Succeeded by | Tadeusz Pawłowicz |
| Executive Director of the Piłsudski Institute of America | |
| In office 1943–1948 | |
| Succeeded by | Marian Chodacki |
| Executive Director of the Piłsudski Institute of America | |
| In office 1963–1964 | |
| Preceded by | Wincenty Kowalski |
| Succeeded by | Jan Fryling |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 January 1893 Spiczyńce, Russian Empire (formerly Poland) |
| Died | 30 November 1993 (aged 100) Cheshire, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Resting place | Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw, Poland |
General Wacław Jędrzejewicz (Polish pronunciation:
He was co-founder, president, and long-time executive director of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America.
Life
Jędrzejewicz was born in
When Poland regained independence in November 1918, Jędrzejewicz began work at the
On 24 April 1920, Jędrzejewicz, now a captain, signed a military convention with
At the conclusion of the
In 1922–25 Jędrzejewicz directed the Polish General Staff's "East" Department. In 1925 he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel.
In 1925–28, he was military attaché and effective chargé d'affaires in Tokyo, Japan.
Returning to Poland, he served as director of the Foreign Ministry's Consular Department (1928-1933) and as Treasury Vice Minister (1933-1934). On 22 January 1934, he was appointed Minister of Religious Denominations and Public Education in the government of his brother,
After Marshal Józef Piłsudski died (1935), Jędrzejewicz held no more ministerial offices.
When
On 4 July 1943, Jędrzejewicz co-founded the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America, dedicated to studying recent Polish history, and was its first director (5 July 1943 — 28 September 1948).
In 1948 Jędrzejewicz became professor of Russian language and literature at Wellesley College. In 1958-1963 he was director of Slavic studies at Ripon College in Wisconsin.
On retiring, he returned to New York, where in 1964 he again became director of the Józef Piłsudski Institute.
Jędrzejewicz died at the age of 100 on 30 November 1993, in Cheshire, Connecticut, the last of Marshal Piłsudski's government ministers and the last co-founder of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America. He was interred on 4 June 1994 at Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw, Poland.
Works
Jędrzejewicz published some 300 scholarly papers in history and several major books, including Poland in the British Parliament, 1939-45 and a two-volume Kronika życia Józefa Piłsudskiego (Chronicle of the Life of Józef Piłsudski). His English-language publications also included Piłsudski: a Life for Poland, New York, Hippocrene Books, 1982.
Recognition
Jędrzejewicz was awarded the Silver Cross of
In 1992 Jędrzejewicz was promoted by Polish President Lech Wałęsa to the rank of brigadier general.
See also
- Prometheism
- List of Poles
References
- "Jędrzejewicz, Wacław," Who's Who in Polish America, 1st ed., 1996–1997, New York, Bicentennial Publishing Corp., distributed in the book trade by Hippocrene Books, 1996, pp. 173–74.
- "Encyklopedia Polski, p. 256.
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