Paul Casimir Odrobina

City official, Polish and local community leader

Born Mar. 16, 1947, Hamtramck (MI), U.S.; son of Mitchell and Casmira (Perzanowski); married Janice (Walczy); children: Katrina, Paul.

Education: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), St. Mary's College, Orchard Lake (MI), 1969.

Career: manager, family business, Hamtramck, 1972-80; councilman, City of Hamtramck, 1978 -; director, Chicago chapter (IL), 1984-91, national director, and sales representative, Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.); coordinator, Cardinal J. Glemp visit to Detroit (MI), 1985, President G. Bush visit to Hamtramck, 1989 and 1992; committee member, Pope John Paul II visit to Detroit area, 1987.

Member of, i.a.: president, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) Michigan Division; director - at - large, Boy Scouts of America; board trustee member, Friends of the Cardinal Club, Detroit; vice chairman, Orchard Lake Foundations Committee; executive board member, National Polish-American - Jewish-American Council; board directors member, Holy Cross Hospital Foundation, Detroit; board member American Red Cross, International Services Committee; City Planning Commission, and Urban Renewal Corporation, Hamtramck; Hamtramck Goodfellows; Lions Club (past president); Knights of Columbus.

Honors, i.a.: Public Safety award, Hamtramck Chamber of Commerce, 1980; Outstanding Citizen award, Central Citizen Committee; Great Humanitarian award, and Citation of Merit, Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.), 1983; Haller's Swords, Polish Army Veterans Association - Stowarzyszenie Weteranow Armii Polskiej (S.WA.P.); Grand Marshal, Polish Day Parade, Hamtramck, 1990; Article Excellence and Community Commitment award, Wayne County, 1994; listed in International Institute Hall of Fame.

Affiliation: Roman Catholic.

Languages: English, Polish.

Hobbies: travel, reading, film appreciation.

Office: Polish American Congress, Michigan Division, 11333 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck, MI 48212.

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