Jan Antoni Jaworski
Reporter, Polish community leader
Born Dec. 3, 1939, Dabrowa Tarnowska, Poland; came to U.S., 1969; son of Zdzislaw and Zofia (Sinicic).
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.) (in theology), Catholic University of Lublin (Poland), (in sociology), Polish University Abroad, London (United Kingdom), 1987.
Career: correspondent, Polish Episcopate's Press Bureau, 1989 -, press secretary, Polish Army Field Department in U.S., Warsaw (Poland), 1992 -.
Author: Jan Pawel II wsrod Polonii Amerykanskiej, 1991
Member of: Society of Catholic Journalists, Warsaw; president, Polish Roman Catholic Union of America; Polish National Alliance (P.N.A.); Polish American Congress (P.A.C.); Catholic League; Dabrowa Society; Friends of Catholic University of Lublin Society
Honors: Medal of Merit, Cardinal Rubin, 1968; Haller's Swords, Polish Army Veterans Association - Stowarzyszenie Weteranow Armii Polskiej (S.W.A.P.), 1992; Chivalry Cross - Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, Pope John Paul II, and Medal of Merit, Catholic University of Lublin, 1994
Languages: Polish, English
Hobbies: sports, travel
Home: 5123 W. Altgeld St., Chicago, IL 60639
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996