Jacek Jedruch
Nuclear engineer
Born Feb. 22, 1927, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1951; son of Aleksander and Anna (Borsuk); married Ewa Krystyna (Hoffman).
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Northeastern University, Boston (MA), 1956; Master of Science (M.S.), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (MA), 1958; Ph.D., Penn State University, State College, 1966.
Career: metal analyst, Acme Type Metals Company, Everett (MA), 1952-53; engineering trainee, H. B. Smith Company, 1953-56, research assistant, Columbia National Company, 1957, Cambridge; scientist, Westinghouse Electric Company, 1958-82, industrial consultant, self-employed, 1983-84, Pittsburgh (PA); senior principal engineer, EBASCO Services, 1985-93, adjunct associate prof., Columbia University, New York City, 1989, consultant engineer, Raytheon Engineers & Constructors, 1994-95, New York City.
Author: Constitutions, Elections & Legislatures of Poland, 1493-1977, 1982; Nuclear Engineering Data Bases Standards & Numerical Analysis, 1985; translator, O. K. Wheare, Ciala ustawodawcze (Legislatures), 1990; various articles in professional journals, i.a. in: Nuclear Science & Engineering, Nuclear Applications, International Journal of Heat & Mass Transfer, Parliaments, Estates & Representation, and in: Kultura (France), Wiadomosci (United Kingdom).
Member of, i.a.: treasurer, International Commission for the History of Representative and Parliamentary Institution; life member, W. Sikorski Institute, London (U.K.); American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); American Nuclear Society; American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); Republican National Committee; founder, Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) Fund; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.); Polish American Histirical Association (P.A.H.A.); Kosciuszko Foundation; Pilsudski Institute of America.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), 1944-45, Polish Armed Forces in the West, 2nd Corps, 1946-47, rifleman; Polish Resettlement Corps, 1947-49.
Affiliation: Republican. Roman Catholic.
Languages: Polish, English
Hobbies: history of Polish parliamentarism
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996