Casimir Alex Jaworski

Soil-plant scientist, agronomist

Born Aug., 1, 1930, South Bend (IN), U.S.; son of Casimir and Josephine (Slaby); children: Joye, Jill.

Education: Bachelor of science (B.S.), 1952, Master of Science (M.S., 1957, Purdue University, West Lafayette (IN); Ph.D., Rutgers University, New Brunswick (NJ), 1962.

Career: counselor, 1954-57, research assistant, 1955-57, Purdue University; research fellow, Rutgers University, 1957-61; soil-plant scientist, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Tifton (GA), 1962 -.

Author: numerous articles in professional journals.

Member of: International Society for Horticultural Science; American Society for Horticultural Science; Association for the Advancement of Industrial Crops; U.S. Canola Association; American Society of Agronomy; Soil Scientific Society of America; American Institute of Biological Science.

Honors: Sigma Xi; Certificate of Merit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1966; Outstanding Research award, Tifton Sigma Xi, 1979; Best Economy-nematology Paper, Society of Nematologists, 1979.

Served with: Korean War, U.S. Army, Transportation Corps, lieutenant, 1952-54.

Language: English.

Hobbies: plant origin, science, hunting.

Office: Southeast Watershed Research I.aboratory, PO. Box 946, Tifton, GA 31793.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996