Henry J. Osinski
Banker, social worker, Polish community leader
Born Sept. 9, 1911, Buffalo (NY), U.S.; son of Stanislaus and Amalia (Goniszewski); married Antoinette (Lopian); children: Elizabeth, Paul, Peter.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Canisius College, Buffalo, 1935; Master of Social Work, Fordham University, Bronx (NY), 1937; postgraduate, State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, 1938-42; certificate in banking, New York School of Banking, 1955; Dr. humane letters, Canisius College, 1962.
Career: senior social worker, New York Department of Social Service, 1936-43; executive secretary, 1943-50, chief of mission to Poiand, 1945, American Relief for Poland; senior vice president, Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company Bank, 1950-76; Retired.
Author: report on mission to Poland, 1948.
Member of, i.a.: assistant organizer, Polish Jewish Refugee Camp, Oswego (NY); charter member, Catholic Resettlement Council in U.S.; steering committee member, Organization Care for United Nations (UN), 1945; Diocesan Celebration of Poland Millennium, 1966; trustee, Canisius College, Rosary Hill College; active member, Polish Union of America; founder, board trustees president, Villa Maria College; Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.); Polish Roman Catholic Union of America; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); American Bankers and Social Workers Guild.
Honors, i.a.: Di Gamma; honorary citations for administration and voluntary relief programs in Poland, New York Times, 1946, Swedish and Swiss Red Cross; Americanization Medal, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 1951; Brotherhood award, Conference of Christians and Jews, Buffalo, 1962; bishop's plaque, Diocesan Labor College, 1965; Knight of St. Gregory, Pope Paul VI, 1968; St. George Cross, Orthodox Church of America, 1969; Distinguished Alumnus award, Canisius College, 1970; appointed by pres. R.Nixon to Nat. Yoluntary Agencies Commn., and Am. Trade Mission Office in Poland, 1972; Commandor Cross - Polonia Restituta, Polish Government, 1990; listed in: American Catholic Who's Who, 1962, Leading Men in USA, 1965, Who's Who in Religion, 1968, Who's Who in Eastern United States.
Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, Russian, Spanish.
Hobbies: golf, reading, foreign affairs.
Home: 175 Parkside, Buffalo, NY 14214.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.