Jozef Zbigniew Otfinowski
Military officer, cartographer
Born Jan. 2, 1905, Smiela, Russia; came to U.S., 1951; son of Wojciech and Joanna (Jankowska); married Marcelle (Beretta); children: Joanna, Danuta.
Education: Artillery Academy, Torun - Mokre, 1929.
Career: troop commander to artillery division commander, Polish Army, 7 Division Horse Artillery, Poznan, 1932-36; instructor, Artillery Academy, Torun - Mokre, 1936-39; September '39 Campaign; Germany and Soviet prisoner of war (POW) (escaped); officer, Polish Armed Forces in the West (France, Scotland), 1940-45; cartographer, U.S. Geological Survey, 1957-80; Retired.
Member of: Polish Army Veterans Association - Stowarzyszenie Weteranow Armii Polskiej (S.W.A.P.); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); Kosciuszko Foundation; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Amnesty International; Greenpeace.
Served with: Polish Army, Polish - Bolshevik War, volunteer, 1920.
Affiliation: Democrat. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, French, Russian, English.
Hobbies: music, literature, gardening.
Home: 309 Laurel Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.