Joseph Alexander Jachimczyk
Physician, lawyer
Born Sept. 15, 1923, Bridgeport (CT), U.S.; son of Michael and Mary (Wozny); married Loretta (Slomski); children: Jane, Michael, Peggy, Mary Lou.
Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis, 1948; Juris Doctor (J.D.), Boston College Law School (MA), 1958.
Career: internship, Queen's Hospital Honolulu (HI), 1948-49; residency (pathology), Hamot Hospital, Erie (PA), 1949, Norwalk Hospital (CT), 1949-50; senior assistant resident (pathology), 1950-51, resident, 1951-52, chief resident, 1952-53, Cleveland City Hospital (OH); assistant medical examiner, State of Maryland, Baltimore, 1953; laboratories director, United States Public Health Service (USPHS) Service Hospital, Brighton (MA), 1954-56; teaching fellow, Department of Legal Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, 1954-57; forensic pathologist, 1957-60, chief medical examiner, 1960 -, Office of the Medical Examiner, Harris County, Houston (TX); clinical prof. (pathology and laboratory medicine), University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston; associate clinical prof. (pathology), Baylor College of Medicine; clinical prof., Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Texas A & M University; clinical prof., University of Texas Dental Branch; staff member, Memorial Hospital of Galveston County, Texas City (TX), Montgomery County Medical Center Hospital, Conroe (TX), Hermann Hospital, Methodist Hospital, M. D. Andersen Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston.
Author: editorial board member, The Book of Health. Third Edition, 1973; numerous lectures, presentations and articles in professional medical journals.
Member of, i.a.: past president, National Medical and Dental Association; fellow, College of American Pathologists, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, American College of Legal Medicine; founder member, Law Science Academy of America, and National Association of Medical Examiners; American Bar Association (ABA); Houston Bar Association; National Advocates Society (state vice president); Texas Medical Association; American Medical Association (AMA); Society of Nuclear Medicine; Pan American Medical Association; Polish American Priests Association; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); Kosciuszko Foundation; Polish American Immigration and Relief Committee; Polish Catholic Mission of Houston; permanent deacon, Galveston Houston Diocese.
Honors: Phi Chi; Man of the Year, National Advocates Society, 1979; listed in: Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in American Law, Who's Who in the South and Southwest.
Served with: U.S. Army, private, first class, 1943-45; United States Public Health Service (USPHS), commander, 1954-56.
Languages: English, Polish, German, Latin
Hobbies: playing piano, baseball, swimming
Office: Joseph A. Jachimczyk, Forensic Center of Harris County, 1885 Old Spanish Trail, Houston, TX 77054.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996