Eugene Kusielewicz
| Eugene Kusielewicz | |
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| Born |
October 12, 1930 Brooklyn, NY, USA |
| Died | December 10, 1996 (aged 66) Highmount, NY, USA |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 1954 - 1996 |
| Subject | Polish-American History, Polish History |
Eugene Francis Vincent Kusielewicz (October 12, 1930 - December 10, 1996) was an American historian, author, educator, and a leading spokesperson on Polish and Polish-American affairs in the United States.
Born on October 12, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, Kusielewicz attended St. John's University (B.A., 1952) and Fordham University (M.A., 1954; Ph.D., 1963), where he studied under Oskar Halecki. Under Halecki's guidance, he wrote his Master's thesis on "Woodrow Wilson, Ignacy Paderewski, and the Rebirth of Poland." His doctoral dissertation was on "The Teschen Question at the Paris Peace Conference: A Re-examination in the Light of Materials in the Archives of the United States."
Kusielewicz began his teaching career in 1953 and worked at both public and private schools, before receiving a faculty appointment in the History Department at St. John's University in 1955. He taught at St. John's until his retirement and reached the rank of Associate Professor.
Aside from his teaching duties, Kusielewicz was involved in numerous Polish-American groups. He was President of the Polish American Historical Association from 1964-1966, and also editor of the organization's scholarly journal, Polish American Studies, from 1964-1968. He also spent two decades as an officer of the Kosciuszko Foundation, first as Assistant to the President (Stephen Mizwa) from 1963-1965, then Vice President (1965-1970), and then President (1970-1979). Kusielewicz also served as the editor of the Foundation's Monthly Newsletter, and had earlier written a weekly column for the Polish American World, a newspaper that he had helped to found. In later years, he contributed columns to the Polish-American Journal.
He received the Haiman Medal from the Polish American Historical Association for "outstanding contributions in the field of Polish American Studies," and received Distinguished Service awards from the Polish government as well as from local civic organizations. He was appointed as a Trustee of the Brooklyn Public Library, and was inducted in 1988 into the Knights of Malta.
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