Wit Ladyslaw Jarochowski
Engineer, teacher, watchmaker
Born Aug. 27, 1941, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1981; son of Grzegorz and Elzbieta (Zakrzewska); married Ewa (Jedrzejewska); children: Lukasz, Olaf.
Education: Master of Science of Mechanical Engineering (M.S.M.E.), Technical University of Warsaw, 1970; Oklahoma State University, Okmulgee, 1988-90.
Career: in Warsaw - technician, "LOT" - Polish Airlines, 1960-64, engineer, designer, Research Institute of Computers, 1970-78, assistant to workshop manager, Research and Development Center of Electronic Equipment, 1978-81; watchmaker, Hocklander Jewelry, Inc., Springfield (MO), 1982-83, Hess Jewelry. Inc., Topeka (KS), 1983-86; instructor (watch and microinstruments repair), Oklahoma State University, 1986 -; director, Research & Education Council, American Watchmakers Institute, 1991-92.
Author: 2 Polish patents, Sposob i urzadzenie napedzania tasmy z nosnikiem informacji, 1978, and Uklad wzmacniajacy, 1981; U.S. patent, Electromagnetic Escapement, 1990; articles in professional journals.
Member of: American Watchmakers Institute; National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors.
Honors: fellowship, Watchmakers of Switzerland Technical Education Program, 1994.
Language: Polish, English.
Hobbies: watches, child-rearing
Home: 14603 S. Xenophon Ave., Gleenpool, OK 74033.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996