Mark M. Michalski
Economist, consultant
Born Apr. 5, 1955, Cracow, Poland; came to U.S. 1979; son of Joseph and Helena (Jurek); married Judith (Anders); children: Sarah, Emily, Andy, Peter.
Education: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.), Stockholm University (Sweden), 1979; Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), South Eastern University, 1984, Ph.D., George Washington University, 1993, Washington (DC).
Career: in Washington - assistant, American Enterprise Institute, 1980-82, economist, World Bank, 1982-87, senior trade advisor, Austrian Embassy, 1987-90, director, National Telephone Cooperative Association, 1990-91; visiting prof. (management), Polish - American Business School, Cracow Industrial Society, 1991 -; consultant, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London (United Kingdom), 1992 -.
Author: associate editor, Perspectives, 1984-86; correspondent, Nowy Dziennik; articles in: Chronicle of Culture, This World, Crisis, Studium.
Member of: correspondence secretary, Polish - American Arts Association, Washington, 1982-83; Polish American Congress (P.A.C.) (secretary, 1983-84, vice president, 1984-86, Washington district); Studium - North American Study Center for Polish Affairs; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: Alpha Phi Gamma; fellowship, SABRE Foundation, 1991.
Affiliation: Democrat. Catholic.
Languages: Polish, Swedish, English, Russian, Italian.
Hobbies: swimming, poetry, travel.
Home: 517 5th Street SE., Washington, DC 20003.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996