Wladyslaw Walter Jermakowicz
Business educator, economic advisor
Born Aug. 25, 1944, Parafianowo, Poland; came to U.S., 1984; son of Wladyslaw and Helena (Sokolowska); married Ewa (Poluch); children: Piotr, Wladyslaw, Jan.
Education: Master of Arts (M.A.) (in economics), University of Warsaw (Poland), 1969; Ph.D., Technical University of Warsaw, 1974.
Career: instructor, assistant prof., 1969-78, associate prof., 1978-82, Technical University of Warsaw; visiting associate prof., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 1978; research fellow, Ministerial Institute for Science, Higher Education, and Technology, Warsaw, 1979-80; head, Department of Dynamic and Management Systems, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1982-85; visiting associate prof., Justus - Liebig University, Giessen (Germany), 1984, and Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove (PA), 1985; associate prof., 1985-91, tenured prof., 1991 -, Department of Management and Marketing, University of Southern Indiana, Evansville; economic advisor, Campbell Community International, Ltd., Indianapolis (IN), 1989 -; associate, Gateway Information Services, Inc., A Swiss Re Company, New York City, 1990 -; chairman, board directors member, Pomeranian Credit Bank, Szczecin (Poland), 1991 -; board directors member, Polish Development Bank, Warsaw, 1991 -; president, Industrial Development Agency, Warsaw, 1991-92; chief advisor, Polish Ministry of Privatization, 1991-92; advisor to chairman State Committee of Russian Federation for Management of the State Property (Russia), 1992 -.
Author: Struktury organizacyjne a efektywnosc, 1979; Gospodarka a system spoleczny, 1981; Systemowe uwarunkowania struktur organizacyjnych, 1983; Samorzad pracowniczy, 1983; Das wirfschaftliche Lenkungssystem Polens. Indicatoren and Determinten seiner Entwiclung 1944-1984, 1985; Privatization in Poland. Aims and Methods, 1992; co-author (with B. Blaszczyk), Funkcjonowanie samorzadu pracowniczego, 1982, (with R. Krawczyk), Reforma jako inowacja spoleczna, 1985, (with J. Thompson - Follis), Reform Cycles in Eastern Europe, 1944-87, 1988, (with E. Marting), Foreign Investment in Poland. A Practical Guide, 1990, (with T. Stankiewicz), The Management Contract as used in the Restructuring Program for Treasury - owned Joint Stock Companies, 1991; numerous articles, book chapters and short studies.
Member of: board directors member, International Society for Product Innovation Management (Norway), 1982-90, Polish American Economic Forum, and Administrative Management Society.
Honors, i.a.: grants, Friedrich Ebert Foundation, 1984, Volkswagen Foundation, and Kosciuszko Foundation, 1985, International Involvement of Southern Indiana Firms, 1990, United Nations (UN) Development Program, 1991, German Marshal Fundation, 1992.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Czech, French, Spanish, Serbo-Croatian.
Hobbies: skiing, travel, wind-surfing.
Home: 7113 Locus Tree Lane, Evansville, IN 47712.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996