Jozef Kasparek
Historian, educator, author
Born Apr. 20, 1915, Braunau, Bohemia; came to U.S., 1951; son of Teodor Edler von Obst von Minnenthal von Kasparek and Emilia (Obst von Muhenthal); married Sylvia (Pozniak - Sokolowska); children: Maria, Christopher, Anna.
Education: Master of Laws (LL.M.), Jan Kazimierz University, Lwow, (Poland), 1939; University of Edinburgh (Scotland), 1945-46; Ph.D., Polish University Abroad, London (United Kingdom), 1971; University of California, Santa Cruz, 1975.
Career: instructor, assistant prof., supervisor, associate prof., department chairman, prof., Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey (CA), 1955-86; docent (history of political system of Poland), 1981-84, prof. (history of Polish government), 1984 -, Polish University Abroad.
Author: editorial staff member, Podchorazy (Poland), 1934-35, Kronika Zachodnia, San Francisco (CA), 1954-55; Nowele, 1939; Kinships between the United States and Polish Constitutions to 1831, 1974; The Constitutions of Poland and the United States - kinships and genealogy, 1980; Przepust Karpacki, 1992; articles in Dziennik Polski (Poland), 1936-39, Wiadomosci Londynskie (United Kingdom), Gwiazda Polarna; Polish language radio plays, 1952-82.
Member of: Polish Lawyers Association in the United Kingdom, 1944-51; American Association of University Professors (AAUP) (president, Presidio of Monterey chapter, 1960-61); Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.IA.S.A.); American Center of Polish Culture (A.C.P.C.).
Served with: Polish Army, September '39 Campaign, Polish Underground Army, partisan unit, political prisoner in Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), Polish Army in Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R.), Polish Armed Forces in the Middle East, Polish Air Force, Polish Resettlement Corps in United Kingdom, Polish Voluntary Brigade "Pogon", State Military Reserve (U.S.), major, 1934-88.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian, Ukrainian.
Hobbies: classical music, photography, chess.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996