Yanoosh (Janusz) Ostrowski
Physicist
Born Nov. 7, 1929, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1970; son of Aleksander and Wladyslawa (Lencka); child: lwa.
Education: Ph.D., University of Warsaw, 1952.
Career: laboratory head, 1956-60, department head, 1960-69, Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw; department head, Eutectic Institute, New York City, 1971-76; director, Bio-Medical Department, North Central Bronx Hospital, New York City, 1982 -.
Author, i.a.: Wstep do ustroju oswiatowego Antoniego B. Dobrowolskiego, 1958; co-author, Polscy Badacze Przyrody, 1959, (with W. Rosinski, J. Stankowski, H. Cofta), Zdobycze fizyki ciala statego, 1964; co-editor (with E. Fronberg, A. Zbrozyna), Moj zyciorys naukowy, 1958, Nowa dydaktyka, 1960, (with I. Lukaszewska), Moralnosc umyslowa, 1964; numerous scientific articles i.a. in: Revue de Droit International (France), Acta Physica Poloniae, Nowy Dziennik - Przeglad Polski; papers presented at the Annuals Meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); co-author, Niezwykly zyciorys (documentary TV film about A. Dobrowolski's life and work), 1968.
Member of: Polish Physics Society (board member, National Physics Competition, 1960-69); American Humanist Association; organizer and chairman, Sciences & Technical Section, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: various medals for World War II; Gold Cross of Merit (for school reform projects in 1956-58), 1958.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), corporal, 1943-45.
Affiliation: Atheist.
Languages: Polish, English, German.
Hobbies: skiing, swimming, ethics.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.