Tadeusz Witold Jekiel
Naval officer, business executive
Born Jun. 7, 1912, Warsaw, Poland; came to U.S., 1961; son of Stanislaw and Janina (Ancerewicz); married Zofia (Olpinska); child: Maria.
Education: 2nd lieutenant engineer, Navy College, Torun (Poland), 1933; Grande Ecole Nationale du Genie Maritime, Paris (France), 1937.
Career: navy officer, Gdynia (Poland), 1933-34; officer, shipbuilding accepting commission, Vlissinge (Netherlands), 1937-38; officer shipbuilding control commission, Le Havre (France), 1938-39; retired consultant engineering executive, PepsiCo International; food and beverages consultant, self-employed, Naples (FL).
Member of: Navy Self-help Group (president, 1960-85); director, Polish - American Cultural Center, Naples (FL).
Honors: military awards, British: Cross of Valor, Gold Cross of Merit, 1943, Distinguished Cross, 1944, Navy Gold Plaque, 1983, French: Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre, Croix du Combatant, 1944
Served with: Polish Army, Polish Armed Forces in the West, Navy Corps, lieutenant commander engineer, 1931-47.
Affiliation: Republican. Catholic .
Languages: Polish, French, English
Hobbies: collecting stamps, modeling, writing
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996