Bogdan Mieczkowski
Economics educator
Born Nov. 8, 1924, Bydgoszcz, Poland; came to U.S.; 1950; son of Tadeusz and Aniela (Kapelska); married Seiko (Kawakami); children: Van, Yanek, Dean.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), University of London (United Kingdom), 1950; Master of Arts (M.A.), 1953, Ph.D., 1954, University of Illinois, Urbana.
Career: assistant prof., University of Vermont, Burlington, 1954-57; research associate, Columbia University, New York City, 1958-62; assistant prof., Boston College (MA), 1962-65; prof., Ithaca College (NY), 1965 -.
Author: Personal and Social Consumption in Eastern Europe; Transportation in Eastern Europe, 1978; Social Services for Women in Eastern Europe, 1982; Dysfunctional Bureaucracy, 1991; The Rot at the Top: Dysfunctional Burocracy in Academia, 1995; co-author, 2 books; editor, 1 book; over 50 articles; over 300 book reviews.
Member of: New York State Economics Association; Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America (P.I.A.S.A.).
Honors: Omicron Delta Epsilon; Delta Mu Delta; Delta Tau Kappa; distinguished fellow, New York State Economics Association, 1990.
Served with: Polish Home Army - Armia Krajowa (A.K.), cadet - officer, 1940-44; Polish Armed Forces in the West, 2nd Corps, Infantry, cadet - officer, 1945-47; promoted to 2nd lieutenant, 1960.
Languages: Polish, English, German, Russian, French, Italian.
Hobbies: swimming, travel, reading.
Home: 215 Northview Road, Ithaca, NY 14850.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996