Jan Marian Kaczmarek (February 2, 1920 – October 18, 2011) was a Polish mechanical engineer and university professor. He was appointed Minister of Science, Higher Education and Technology under Władysław Gomułka following the 1968 Polish political crisis.[2]
Jan Kaczmarek | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Science, Higher Education and Technology | |
| In office 29 March 1972 – 17 December 1974 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1920 Pabianice, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland |
| Died | 18 October 2011 Le Chesnay[1] |
| Spouse | Olga |
| Children | Andrzej, Elzbieta |
| Residence(s) | Warsaw, Paris |
| Military service | |
| Rank | Major |
Life
editKaczmarek was born in Pabianice, Second Polish Republic. In 1938 he obtained a pilot license and in 1939, after the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, he took part in the September campaign as pilot of the Polish Air Force. He was wounded in battle and recuperated at a military hospital in Vilnius. Subsequently, he became member of the Lithuanian Resistance Movement, and in 1942 joined the Polish underground Armia Krajowa (Home Army) where he remained until 1945. After the end of the war Kaczmarek settled in Kraków and took up studies at the AGH University of Science and Technology. In 1948, he obtained the M.Sc. in mechanical engineering and began working for the local industry. For over a decade between 1957–68, he was the Managing Director of the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies in Kraków. He earned his Ph.D. in 1958 and D.Sc. in 1962. Kaczmarek was appointed Associate Professor in 1962 and Full Professor in 1969.[3] Between 1965 and 1968, he served as Vice-Rector and in 1968 as Rector of the Tadeusz Kościuszko University of Technology.[4]
Kaczmarek relocated to Warsaw during the 1968 Polish political crisis and was appointed Minister of Science, Higher Education and Technology under Władysław Gomułka. In the next decade, he served as Secretary of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Kaczmarek was married to Olga; he has two children, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.[2]
Honours and awards
edit- Honoris causa:
- Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany (1973) [5]
- Bauman Moscow State Technical University, Russia (1974) [6]
- Poznan University of Technology, Poland (2001) [7]
- Koszalin University of Technology, Poland (2003) [8]
- Honorary Scholar - International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA, Luxemburg (1993)
Awards
edit| Awards | |
|---|---|
 Legion of Honour, Grand Officer, France 1972 | |
 Ordre des Palmes Académiques, Golden order, France 1971  Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander's Cross, Poland 1974  Order of Polonia Restituta, Knight's Cross, Poland1962 |
- Officier, Golden order, Ordre des Palmes Académiques, France (1971)
- Grand Officer Legion of Honour, France (1972)
- Order of Marin Drinov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgary (1969)
- Order of Polonia Restituta, Poland
- Commander's Cross (1974)
- Knight's Cross (1962)
- Medal im. M. Kopernika, PAN, Poland (1977)
- Honorary citizenship
References
edit- ^ French register of deceased persons: Jan Marian Kaczmarek
- ^ a b Janusz Mroczka. "The 90TH Anniversary of Jan Marian Kaczmarek" (PDF file, direct download 149 KB). Metrol. Meas. Syst., Vol. XVII (2010), No. 3. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "The Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology".
- ^ "Past Rectors".
- ^ "Biografia PAN". Zjednoczenie Pabianickie.
- ^ "Bauman Moscow State Technical University". Archived from the original on 2011-10-25.
- ^ "Doctors Honoris Causa of Poznan University of Technology". Archived from the original on 2011-08-06.
- ^ "Politechnika Koszalinska - Historia Uczelni".
- ^ "Zjednoczenie Pabianickie - Obywatel honorowy miasta Pabianic".
- Michal Czajka, Marcin Kamler, Witold Sienkiewicz, Leksykon historii Polski, WP, Warszawa 1995. ISBN 83-214-1042-1