Ronald Jack Jaszczak
Radiology and biomedical engineering educator, consultant
Born Aug. 23, 1942, Chicago Heights (IL), U.S.; son of Jacob and Julia (Gudowicz); married Nancy (Bober); children: John, Monica.
Education: Associate of Arts (A.A), Daytona Beach College (FL), 1962; Bachelor (B.S.) (with highest honors), 1964, Ph.D., 1968, University of Flaorida, Gainesville.
Career: post doctoral fellow, 1968-69, staff physicist, Physics Division, 1969-71, Atomic Energy Community of U.S., Oak Ridge (TN); principal research scientist, 1971-73, senior principal research scientist, 1973, research group leader, 1973-77, chief scientist, 1977-79, Searle Diagnostics, Des Plaines (IL); associate prof., Department of Radiology, 1979-89, Department of Biomedical Engineering, 1986-90, prof. (radiological and biomedical engineering), 1989 -, Duke University Medical Center, Durham (NC).
Author: over 200 articles, book chapters, proceedings and patents.
Member of: fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE); American Physical Society; Society of Nuclear Medicine; American Association of Physicists in Medicine; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
Honors: fellowship, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 1964-68, Atomic Energy Commission, 1968-69, National Institutes of Health (NIH), 1980-82.
Affiliation: Democrat, Roman Catholic
Language: English
Hobbies: hiking, boating, water sports
Office: Duke University Medical Center, Department of Radiology, 161-D Bryan Building, Durham, NC 27710.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996