Peter Oczkowski
Travel agent, sports leader
Born Jun. 14, 1946, Stalowa Wola, Poland; came to U.S., 1965; son of Adam and Maria (Gornicka); married Regina (Gutkowski); children: Peter, John, Diana.
Career: technologist, Curtiss Wright Electronics, Elmwood Park (NJ), 1969-70; tool-maker, Stool Engraving Company, Garfield (NJ), 1970-71; travel agent, Regina Travel Bureau, Garfield. 1971-92, Clifton (NJ), 1992 -.
Author: articles on sports in Nowy Dziennik.
Member of: International Air Transportation Association; Society of Polish - American Travel Agencies; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) (vice president, Passaic - Bergen district, 1982-83); vice president, Central of Polish Organizations, Passaic (NJ). 1983-84; president, American - Polish Olympic Committee, 1988 -, and "Wisla" Club, 1974-76, 1978, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988-89, 1991, Garfield.
Honors: Gold Sports Medal, Polonia Society, 1986; sports award, Gorzow Voivodship (Poland), 1989; Sports Leader of the Year in the East Coast, Sports Review, 1990.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English.
Hobbies: sports, music, theater.
Home: 20 Deire Drive, Sparta, NJ 07871.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.