Edwin Leopold Zebroski
Engineer, management consultant
Born Apr. 1, 1921, Chicago (IL), U.S.; son of Paul and Zosia (Rydzewska); married Gisela (Rudolph); children: Lars, Zoe, Susan, Margaret.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.), University of Chicago (IL), 1941; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1947.
Career: development director, General Electric Company (GE), San Jose (CA), 1954-74; systems director, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto (CA), 1974-80; vice president, INPO, Atlanta (GA), 1980-83; chief nuclear scientist, EPRI, Palo Alto, 1983-88; director, Risk Management, APTECH, Inc., Sunnyvale (CA), 1988 -.
Author: 10 U.S. patents; over 180 technical papers.
Member of: elected member, chairman, Energy Committee, 1983, Membership Policy Committee, National Academy of Engineering; fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), American Nuclear Society, and American Institute of Chemists; American Physical Society; Society for Risk Analysis; Palo Alto Unitarian Church (board member, 1968-71, president, 1972-73).
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa; Sigma Xi; C. A. Coffin Award, General Electric Company (GE), 1953.
Affiliation: Independent. Catholic.
Languages: English, Polish, Russian, German.
Hobbies: risk management, tennis, photography.
Home: 1546 Plateau Avenue, Los Altos, CA 94024.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996.