Wacław Jędrzejewicz

Wacław Jędrzejewicz
Wacław Jędrzejewicz in 1934
President of the Piłsudski Institute of America
In office 1977–1978
Preceded by	Jan Fryling
Succeeded by	Tadeusz Pawłowicz
Executive Director of the Piłsudski Institute of America
In office 1943–1948
Succeeded by	Marian Chodacki
Executive Director of the Piłsudski Institute of America
In office 1963–1964
Preceded by	Wincenty Kowalski
Succeeded by	Jan Fryling
Personal details
Born	29 January 1893 Spiczyńce, Russian Empire (formerly Poland)
Died	30 November 1993 (aged 100) Cheshire, Connecticut, U.S.
Resting place	Powązki Cemetery, Warsaw, Poland
Nationality	Polish

General Wacław Jędrzejewicz (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvat͡swaf jɛndʐɛˈjɛvʲit͡ʂ]; 29 January 1893 – 30 November 1993) was a Polish Army officer, diplomat, politician and historian, and subsequently an American college professor.

He was co-founder, president, and long-time executive director of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America.

Jędrzejewicz was born in Spiczyńce, Russian Empire (prior to 1795 in Poland) to Polish parents. As a student at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (1913–14), Jędrzejewicz joined Józef Piłsudski's Riflemen's Association (Związek Strzelecki). In 1915 he was one of the founders and leaders of the Polish Military Organisation (Polska Organizacja Wojskowa, or P.O.W.). In August 1915 he brought his "Warsaw Battalion" into the Polish Legions' First Brigade, then fighting in Volhynia. In July 1917, during the Legions' "Oath Crisis" (precipitated by a demand from Germany and Austro-Hungary that the Polish Legionnaires swear loyalty to them), Jędrzejewicz was imprisoned by the Germans.

When Poland regained independence in November 1918, Jędrzejewicz began work at the Polish Army's Section II (Oddział II, or Intelligence).