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The Kosciuszko Annual Dinner 2 Foundation Stands Up for Polonia & Ball Polish Senate Hosts Kosciuszko 4 Foundation Exhibit in Warsaw Saturday, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła at the April 30th 6 Kosciuszko Foundation The Kosciuszko Foundation 7 76th Anniversary Dinner and Ball The Paintings of 8 Krystyna Brzechwa Exchange 10 Fellowships and Grants Scholarships Last Chance to Buy 13 and Grants for Americans Tickets to Ball & Take 17 The Year Abroad Program in Poland Ad Congratulating 17 Graduate Studies and Research in Poland the KF. Summer Sessions 18 Awards Giving to the Come MeetK! 19 Kosciuszko April 30, 2011 Foundation Coach 20 Calendar of Events For more information, call 212-734-2130 The Kosciuszko Foundation Stands Up for Polonia, But We Need Your Help By Alex Storozynski A recent survey by Newsweek found that 40 percent of Americans do not know which countries the United States fought during World War II. It’s no wonder given that the media often refers to Auschwitz as a “Polish concentration camp,” which is a rewrite of history. That is why I posted a petition on The Kosciuszko Foundation website asking newspapers to change their style guides to avoid using this historically erroneous phrase. It confuses undereducated readers, leading them to believe that the Holocaust was executed by Poland, rather than Nazi Germany. My sincerest thanks to all of you who signed the petition. I also contacted members of the United States Congress who wrote letters to The New York Times and The Associated Press asking them to change their stylebooks. The members Members of Congress wrote to the Associated Press of Congress that signed these letters were Rep. Daniel and The New York Times Lipinski (Ill.), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Christopher Smith asking to change their (NJ), John Dingell (Mich.), Christopher Murphy (Conn.), stylebooks regarding German Rosa DeLauro (Conn.), Nydia Velazquez (NY), Mike concentration camps. Quigley (Ill.), Joe Courtney (Conn.), John Larson (Conn.), Brian Higgins (NY), and Sen. Mike Johanns (Neb.), Sen. economist Leszek Balcerowicz, historian Norman Davies, Mark Kirk (Ill). Thank you to all of them for supporting journalist Andrew Nagorski, Prof. Anna Cienciala author of Polonia on this issue. Katyn: A Crime Without Punishment, Columbia University As a result of the petition and our letters, The New York Prof. John Micgiel, journalist Jolanta Fajkowska, Lt. Gen. Times, The Wall Street Journal and The San Francisco Edward Rowny, Dr. Julian Kulski, Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Chronicle have changed their stylebooks, and promised to Nowy Dziennik Editor Jan Latus, director Juliusz Machulski be more vigilant in avoiding this error. We will continue who made such films as Vabank, Kiler and Seksmisja, Dr. collecting signatures on this petition until The Associated Tomasz Rogula, the artist Franciszek Starowieyski, Senator Press, Washington Post and all media outlets stop using this Marek Ziolkowski, poet Agata Tusznyska, plus many, many phrase. Keeping the petition posted online costs money, so more. please join the Kosciuszko Foundation and send in donations In the following pages of this newsletter you will find some so that we can keep this action going. Please be part of the of the scholarship recipients for the current year. In the solution. 18th century, Tadeusz Kosciuszko said, “By nature, we are This small victory shows what Polonia can do if we work all equals – virtue, riches and knowledge constitute the only together to educate Americans about the truth. The difference.” Education is the key to success, and Kosciuszko Kosciuszko Foundation’s primary mission is education and dedicated his life to the liberation and education of the promoting Polish culture in the United States. Thanks to a underprivileged. He also donated his last will and testament scholarship that I received in the 1980s, I was able to earn my to the education of peasants and slaves. In the 20th century, Master’s Degree at the Columbia University Graduate School another virtuous Pole, Stephen Mizwa, followed his example of Journalism. Others who have received scholarships or and established the Kosciuszko Foundation whose primary grants from the Kosciuszko Foundation over the years include mission is education and promoting Polish culture.

 T h e K o s c i u s z k o f o u n d a t i o n P etition on German Dear Mr. Storozynski: After further discussions of the concerns raised by you and Concentration Camps others, Times editors have decided to add an entry to the newsroom’s stylebook specifically cautioning journalists to avoid misleading phrases like “Polish concentration camp.”

As we have already pointed out, editors immediately took steps to correct the erroneous references to Dachau in an online caption over the weekend. We also published a correction about the phrase “Polish concentration camp” in an obituary last fall. We understand the great sensitivity of this topic and regret that any such lapses have occurred. But we would like to WHEREAS the media uses the historically reiterate that such instances, however unfortunate, are simply erroneous terms “Polish concentration camp” mistakes, and it is wrong to suggest that they reflect any malice and “Polish death camp” to describe Auschwitz or deliberate distortion. and other Nazi extermination camps built by the Still, to demonstrate our shared concern over this issue, we will Germans during World War II, which confuses add a note on this point to the stylebook and take extra care to impressionable and undereducated readers, try to avoid any further errors. leading them to believe that the Holocaust was executed by Poland, rather than Nazi Germany, Sincerely, Eileen M. Murphy WHEREAS these phrases are Holocaust Vice President, revisionism that desecrate the memories of Corporate Communications six million Jews from 27 countries who were The New York Times Company murdered by Nazi Germany,

WHEREAS Poland was the first country As the years rolled on and the challenges facing Poland changed with invaded by Germany, and the only country the times, the Foundation’s work has evolved to meet those challenges. whose citizens suffered the death penalty for Mizwa started the Foundation after Poland’s rebirth, but his mission rescuing Jews, yet never surrendered during six took on new meaning during the years of Nazism, Communism and years of German occupation, even though one- the Cold War. Today, Poland is once again free and part of NATO sixth of its population was killed in the war, and the European Union. Many Kosciuszko Foundation alumni have approximately half of which was Christian, taken part in that transformation. These days, young Poles and Polish-Americans are uniquely poised WHEREAS educated journalists must know to change the world, not just through humanities and the arts, but these facts and not cross the libel threshold through the sciences, technology and business as well. But it takes of malice by using phrases such as “Polish money to finance their dreams through education. With scholarships, concentration camps.” they can become the leaders of tomorrow. For the 21st century, the Kosciuszko Foundation wants to build on the examples set by BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED Kosciuszko and Mizwa, but we need your help to do it. that the undersigned request that The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Associated Press, and TIME magazine include entries in How You Can Show Your their stylebooks requiring news stories to be Polish Pride and Fulfill historically accurate, using the official name of all “German concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Polonia’s Mission Poland,” as UNESCO did in 2007 when it The Kosciuszko Foundation can only continue its activities named the camp in Auschwitz, “The Auschwitz- supporting Polish culture and awarding scholarships if we Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and receive support from people like you. To donate to the Extermination Camp (1940-1945).” Kosciuszko Foundation in the United States in New York, call 212 734 2130, or visit us on the web at http://www.thekf.org

 Polish Senate hosts Kosciuszko Foundation Exhibit in Warsaw

“The Kosciuszko Foundation promotes numerous activities, especially in the field of culture and education, promoting closer ties between Poland and the United States.”

Solidarity activist and Speaker of the Senate Bogdan Borusewicz

 T h e K o s c i u s z k o f o u n d a t i o n Żywy Pomnik „Bywały momenty światła i cieni, ale teraz cienie się pogłębiają.” tadeusza a “Living Konkurs The Chopin “There have been lights and shadows, but the shadows have begun to deepen.” Kościuszki Memorial” Początki, Chopinowski - 1949 Competition – 1949 Pomysł Mizwy zaczynał się sprawdzać i odnosić sukcesy. to tadeusz Pierwszy Konkurs Chopinowski The Kosciuszko proces edukacji Na początek 21 polskich emigrantów zgromadziło fundusze Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej został Foundation Chopin Fundacja na opłacenie studiów 9 polskim studentom na Uniwersytecie Kosciuszko zorganizowany w1949 roku Piano Competition was Mizwa zostaje Mizwa becomes i kształtowanie Harvarda, Yale i Columbia, a także na sfinansowanie pobytu The idea paid off and Polish immigrants in 21 states w ramach obchodów setnej established in 1949, in amerykańskiego profesora na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim. Uroczyste przyjęcie ku czci Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego Testimonial Dinner for Ignace Jan Paderewski under raised money to bring nine students from Poland rocznicy śmierci Fryderyka honor of the hundredth prezesem President się wizji zorganizowane przez Fundację Kościuszkowską w Hotelu the auspieces of The Kosciuszko Foundation, Hotel KościuszKowsKa Zachęcony takim obrotem spraw Mizwa zrezygnował Chopina. Inauguracja konkursu anniversary of the death to study at universities such as Harvard, Yale and Commodore w Nowym Jorku, 16. maja 1928 r. Commodore, New York City, May 16, 1928 ze studiów doktoranckich na Harvardzie i porzucił pracę After serving as the visionary, backbone and how it all began: Columbia, and to send an American professor to odbyła się w Fundacji, a jej of Frederic Chopin. Fundacji amerykańskie centrum Kultury Polskiej SteFana Mierzwy chief executive officer for three decades, in wykładowcy uniwersyteckiego po to, aby całkowicie gościem honorowym był Van Cliburn with The inauguration took the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Seeing the Stephen Mizwa Roy Eaton with Po latach wizjonerskich wysiłków w 1955 r. Mizwa Szczepan Mierzwa urodził się 12. listopada w 1892 roku, skoncentrować się na swojej misji. 1955 Mizwa became second President of the the education impact of his work, Mizwa gave up his own doctoral Witold Małcużyński. Pierwszy Stephen Mizwa place at the Kosciuszko został drugim w historii prezesem Fundacji Kosciuszko Foundation taking over from Prof. w skromnej chłopskiej rodzinie, w polskiej wsi Rakszawa konkurs przy całkowitej zgodności jury wygrał dwudziestoletni Foundation with Witold W obliczu nadchodzącej rocznicy 150-lecia przyjazdu studies at Harvard and his professorship to focus on Doroczny Bankiet i Bal The Annual Dinner Kościuszkowskiej zajmując pozycję po odchodzącym pod zaborem austriacko-węgierskim. Już jako 12 letni and vision of MacCraken. Poland was suffering under Russian educating Poles. afroamerykanin, Roy Eaton, późniejszy kompozytor i Małcużyński as guest artist. By the Kościuszki do Ameryki Mizwa postanowił ufundować prof. MacCraken. Mimo, iż w tym czasie Polska occupation and Communism, yet Mizwa kept chłopiec podziwiał tadeusza Kościuszkę, za postawę Debiutantek & Debutante Ball wykładowca Manhattan School of Music. Mizwa z dumą unanimous decision, the first StePhen Mizwa Kościuszce „żywy pomnik”, którym miała być Fundacja znajdowała się trudnych warunkach okupacji alive the intellectual exchange between Poland w obronie spraw chłopskich oraz za to, że „z narażeniem With the 150th anniversary of Kosciuzko’s arrival in skomentował zwycięstwo Eatona jako częściowe spełnienie winner was a 20-year old black KosciuszKo sowieckiej, Mizwa był w stanie utrzymać intelektualną dysponująca funduszem pochodzącym z darowizn. O pomoc W 1928 roku Fundacja Kościuszkowska wydała na cześć Padarewskiego In 1928, the Kosciuszko Foundation hosted a dinner at New York’s and the United States through projects such życia angażował się w niepodległościową walkę w Ameryce”. Szczepan Mierzwa was born to a peasant family on America approaching, Mizwa sought to create “a życzenia zawartego w testamencie Tadeusza Kościuszki. student named Roy Eaton, who w utworzeniu funduszu zwrócił się do 40 polskich gazet, uroczysty bankiet w nowojorskim hotelu Commodore. Po sukcesie Commodore Hotel to honor Paderewski, and by 1933, the Foundation więź z krajem, między innymi dzięki programowi as the “Books to Poland” campaign to restore W 1910 roku Mierzwa mając zaledwie 17 lat opuścił Polskę Nov. 12, 1892 in Rakszawa, a Polish village occupied by living memorial to Tadeusz Kosciuszko.” He wrote W późniejszych latach renomowani artyści, tacy jak Van later became a composer and 800 duchownych oraz do wielu polsko-amerykańskich tego wydarzenia od 1933 roku Fundacja corocznie urządzała bale dobroczynne began holding an annual fundraising ball to support its operations. „książki dla Polski” służącemu odbudowie polskich university libraries. The Communists made life na pokładzie niemieckiego parowca, SS Princess Irene. Drogę Austria-Hungary. At age 12, he heard about tadeusz an appeal to 40 Polish newspapers, 800 Polish Cliburn, Ian Hobson teacher at the Manhattan School of Foundation organizacji. Utworzony „fundusz miałby pomagać następnym na rzecz swojej działalności. Pierwszy taki bal odbył się w hotelu Pennsylvania The first ball was held at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, and moved bibliotek uniwersyteckich. W latach 1940-1950 difficult for Poland and the Foundation during do Ameryki pokonał na pokładzie ogólnym, śpiąc na sienniku. Kosciuszko who championed peasants rights and pastors, and Polish-American organizations, to start and Murray Perahia Music. Mizwa proudly proclaimed generacjom odrodzonej Polski w studiach w Ameryce w Nowym Jorku. Od 1936 roku coroczna impreza przeniesiona została to the luxurious Waldorf=Astoria in 1936. By 1941, debutantes were Murray Perahia rząd komunistyczny utrudniał kontakty. Mizwa the late 1940s and 50s. Passports for Polish the american center of Polish culture Po odprawie na Ellis Island, bez znajomości języka udał “stuck his neck out when there was fighting in a big “an Endowment Fund to make it possible for future brali udział w konkursie. that “Koscisuzko’s will of 1798 oraz w przekazywaniu wiedzy o kraju, o którego wolność do luksusowego hotelu Waldorf=Astoria, a od 1941 roku na balu zaczęto presented and young women aged 16 to 25, with a background of użalał się nad losem wymiany naukowej pisząc scholars to travel to the West were hard to się do Northampton w stanie Massachusetts gdzie polscy country called Ameryka.” In 1910, the 17-year-old generations in reborn Poland to study in America Konkurs Chopinowski was partly carried out.” Over the Stephen Mizwa walczył Kościuszko.” Taki fundusz dawałby również szansę prezentować debiutantki, młode kobiety w wieku od 16 do 25 mogące scholastic achievement were invited to participate. The young ladies are „bywały momenty światła i cieni, ale teraz cienie come by, and Mizwa bemoaned the student emigranci, znajomi rodziców, pomogli mu znaleźć pierwszą Mierzwa boarded a German steamship, the SS Princess and learn something about the nation for whose Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej years, renowned musicians such młodym Amerykanom na studiowanie w Polsce, w kraju, pochwalić się osiągnięciami w edukacji. Prezentacji młodych dam na balu accompanied by their fathers and West Point Cadets or midshipmen from się pogłębiają”. Polscy naukowcy mieli trudności exchanges writing, “There have been lights pracę. Od przyjazdu do Ameryki nazywa się już Stephen Irene and slept on a bunk of old straw in steerage. freedom Kosciuszko fought. And, it would make it do dziś kontynuuje as Van Cliburn, Ian Hobson and który ukształtował Kościuszkę”. Apel Mizwy został wprawdzie dokonują ojcowie. Debiutantki występują w eskorcie kadetów z West Point the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy. The debutantes are presented w otrzymywaniu paszportów, co skutkowało and shadows, but the shadows have begun Mizwa i pracuje w ciągu dnia Without speaking English, he disembarked at Ellis possible for young Americans to study in Poland and misję promowania Murray Perahia have won the opublikowany w prasie polonijnej lecz przywódcy Polonii lub akademii marynarki handlowej Kings Point. Debiutanki prezentuje się to society before an audience of diplomats, community leaders and other tym, że więcej stypendiów otrzymywali studenci to deepen.” More scholarships were given to Założona w 1925 roku zbijając drewniane skrzynki, Island and headed for Northampton, Mass., where KościuszKo w west Point KosciuszKo at west Point learn something about the nation which produced utalentowanych competition. Today the annual nie wsparli pomysłu twierdząc, że Mizwa „jest nie tylko amerykańscy polskiego pochodzenia i Polacy Autor Bolesław Jan czedekowski zgromadzonym na balu dyplomatom i przywódcom społeczności polonijnej. notables. Polish-Americans and Poles already in the United zmywając naczynia, obierając Polish immigrants helped him find work. Americans Kosciuszko.” Newspapers ran the appeal, but Polonia’s młodych pianistów Chopin Competition continues to niewłaściwym człowiekiem, ale ma też niefortunny pomysł Olej na płótnie. Podarowany Fundacji przez artystę w 1947 r. Ian Hobson przebywający już na terenie Stanów Zjednoczonych. States. ziemniaki w jadłodajniach, knew him as Stephen Mizwa, and he made wooden leaders responded that Mizwa was “the wrong man, oraz zachęca muzyków encourage gifted young pianists Fundacja Kościuszkowska w nieodpowiednim czasie”. Odzew duchowieństwa też nocami ucząc się języka boxes, peeled potatoes, and washed dishes, while with the wrong idea, at the wrong time.” Of the 800 do wykonywania dzieł to further their studies and to perform the works of various Founded in 1925, the nie był najlepszy gdyż tylko jedna osoba odpowiedziała angielskiego, aby później studying at night. He earned a scholarship to Amherst Polish pastors, only one replied that it was “a good polskich kompozytorów. Polish composers. ma na celu pogłębianie więzi na apel Mizwy. Mizwa in the 1950s móc podjąć studia. Wkrótce College and later completed a master’s degree at idea.” Druga Wojna Światowa World War II Kosciuszko Foundation wytrwałość w nauce Harvard University. In 1922, Mizwa was named Niezniechęcony początkowym niepowodzeniem, Słownik Fundacji The Kosciuszko He turned to Americans with the same idea. Mizwa Atak Niemiec hitlerowskich oraz inwazja rosyjska w 1939 roku przerwała When Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia attacked Poland in 1939, the między Polską i Stanami zapewniła mu stypendium associate professor of economics at Drake University. Mizwa szukał poparcia dla swego pomysłu wśród persuaded Dr. MacCraken to become the first wymianę naukową między Polską a Stanami Zjednoczonymi. W czasie wojny exchange of scholars between the United States and Poland was cut off. Kościuszkowskiej na studia w Amherst College. Kolekcja obrazów The Gallery of Foundation promotes closer ties Amerykanów. Przekonał dr. MacCracken aby został pierwszym Mizwa przekazywał pomoc finansową do Polski drogą nieoficjalną. Kiedy During the war, Mizwa sent relief aid to Poland via back channels. More While teaching at Drake, Mizwa read an article by President of the Foundation, and Vauclain and other W kilka lat później zdobywa The SS Princess Irene W 1959 roku Fundacja wydała słownik Zjednoczonymi poprzez Prezesem Fundacji. Samuel Vauclain przyjął członkostwo w ponad 800 polskich żołnierzy i uchodźców cywilnych utknęło w Szwajcarii, than 800 Polish soldiers and refugees were interned in Switzerland and the President of Vassar College, Dr. henry noble Americans to serve on the Board of Trustees. Among dictionary tytuł magistra ekonomii polskich mistrzów Polish Masters angielsko-polski, a po dwóch latach ukazał się Radzie Dyrektorów. Mizwa zaprosił do niej także wiceprezesa Mizwa przekazał połowę zgromadzonych przez Fundację funduszy na cel Mizwa sent half of the foundation’s funds to educate these soldiers. And between Poland and the MacCraken, who returned from Europe and praised them were: banker willis H. Booth, Vice-President na Uniwersytecie Harvarda. drugi, polsko-angielski tom słownika. Przez In 1959, the Kosciuszko Foundation Guaranty Trust Company of New York, willisa H. Booth szkolenia żołnierzy. W czasie, kiedy byli przygotowywani w Edynburgu, with Polish soldiers training in Edinburgh, Scotland to get ready for the Siedziba Fundacji mieści się sąsiedztwie słynnych kolekcji With the Kosciuszko Foundation’s headquarters in the shadow programy edukacyjne oraz Krakow’s Jagiellonian University. Mizwa visited of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York (who W 1922 roku otrzymuje ponad 4 dekady słownik Fundacji cieszył się published its indispensible English- (który za promowanie Polski w środowisku amerykańskich w Szkocji do udziału w inwazji w Normandii, Mizwa zebrał fundusze na invasion of Normandy, Mizwa raised funds to send medical books and dzieł sztuki i wśród najsłynniejszych amerykańskich muzeów of the world’s most prestigious art collections – Manhattan’s MacCracken and they discussed setting up a cultural promoted Poland among American industrialists and United States through pozycję wykładowcy ogromną popularnością po obydwu stronach Polish dictionary, and in 1961 by przemysłowców i biznesmenów został odznaczony przez rząd wysyłkę podręczników i magazynów medycznych, z przeznaczeniem dla journals to Polish students stationed with them. With Poland under fascist usytuowanych przy 5-ej aleji na Manhattanie. Budynek Museum Mile on 5th Avenue, Polonia had the perfect place exchange program between Poland and the United was awarded with the Polonia Restituta medal by the wymianę kulturalno-naukową. ekonomii w Drake University. Atlantyku. Doczekał się 13 wznowień, a 5 lat a Polish-English volume. Over polski medalem Polonia Restituta) oraz pułkownika cedrica studentów polskich stacjonujących wraz z żołnierzami. Fundacja kontynuowała and communist occupation, the Foundation promoted Polish culture and Fundacji stwarzał idealne warunki do zaprezentowania to exhibit paintings by Poland’s finest masters. Mizwa raised States, and raising money for scholarships. Polish Government); colonel cedric e. Fauntleroy, e. Fauntleroy, który dowodził szwadronem sił powietrznych Ameryce dzieł polskich mistrzów. Mizwa, za specjalnie w tym money to purchase and acquire donations of paintings by temu wznowienia z nagraniami wymowy słów the past four decades, it has set educational, scientific Ucząc w Drake, Mizwa natknął leader of the Kosciuszko Air Squadron who fought promowanie Polski i jej spraw w Stanach Zjednoczonych w czasie gdy kraj Polish issues in the United States. In May 1943, on the 400th Anniversary Mizwa later recalled: “All the principles of Economics, im. Kościuszki w wojnie z bolszewikami w 1920 roku. Udało celu zebrane fundusze, zaczął gromadzić obrazy autorstwa Polish masters such as Matejko, Chełmonski, Malczewski, po polsku i angielsku, uzupełnionego wersją the standard on both sides of the Na stypendia i granty dla się na artykuł rektora Vassar against the Bolsheviks in 1920. znajdował się pod okupacją faszystowską i komunistyczną. W maju 1943 roku of the death of Nicholas Copernicus, the Kosciuszko Foundation held a mu się również przekonać polski konsulat w Nowym Jorku, takich mistrzów jak: Matejko, Chełmoński, Malczewski, Kossak, Brandt, Styka and others that today fill the gallery on CD-ROM i DVD z zastosowaniem w systemach Atlantic and has been reprinted 13 and cultural exchanges. College dr. henry noble Money and Banking courses that I was teaching did w 400 rocznicę śmierci Mikołaja Kopernika Fundacja zorganizowała serię series of lectures and commemorative programs including one at Carnegie Młody Mizwa Mizwa as a young man mieszczący się w tym czasie przy 57. ulicy i Trzeciej Aleji, In 1925, The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc., was Brandt, Kossak czy Styka. Zbiory te wypełniają dzisiaj drugie the second floor of the Kosciuszko Foundation. It is open to the Windows i Macintosh. times, most recently with a CD-ROM polskich i amerykańskich MacCraken, w którym tenże not tell me how to ask people for money for which wykładów i programów okolicznościowych łącznie z galą w Carnegie Hall Hall at which Albert Einstein was the principal speaker. aby udostępnił w swym budynku pomieszczenie na biuro incorporated in New York to raise funds to grant piętro budynku Fundacji i są dostępne do zwiedzania. public that comes to the Upper East Side to visit art museums. and DVD versions that can operate po powrocie z Europy dzielił się pozytywnymi obserwacjami they would not receive anything in return – except a Pierwsze grupa polskich naukowców The first group of Kosciuszko Foundation z udziałem Alberta Einsteina. It awards up to $1 million Fundacji. przybyła do USA w 1926 r. w ramach exchange scholars from Poland arrived in financial aid to deserving Polish students to study on Windows and Macintosh with na temat środowiska akademickiego Uniwersytetu promise that their donations would help some young programu wymiany naukowej. 1926. studentów, naukowców, in America, and American students desiring to GAMRAT I STAńCzyK GAMRAT And STAnCzyK recordings of all basic English and Jagiellońskiego. Mizwa wkrótce nawiązał kontakt people that they did not know.” Yet Mizwa did just W 1925 roku Fundacja została oficjalnie zarejestrowana Autor Jan Matejko annually in fellowships that. He bought a Corona portable typewriter and study in Poland; to encourage and aid the exchange The CoperniCun QuadriCenTenTial: (l-r) KF president Henry Noble Polish word forms. z dr. MacCraken i już wspólnie podjęli się projektu utworzenia Olej na drewniel. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Państwa Lester w 1950 r. najtrudniej w stanie Nowy York jako korporacja o nazwie The Kosciuszko MacCracken, Professor Albert Einstein, Dr. Harlow Shapley profesjonalistów i artystów used two fingers to peck out letters asking for money of professors, scholars and lecturers between programu wymiany kulturalno-naukowej z Polską, a przede Foundation, Inc. uzyskując w ten sposób uprawnienia to start the Polish-American Scholarship Committee. Poland and the United States; and to cultivate zebrać pierwszy and grants to graduate wszystkim rozpoczęcia gromadzenia środków finansowych do prowadzenia działalności związanej ze zbieraniem The first donation was $5, and soon Polish-Americans closer intellectual and cultural ties between the oraz promocję kultury na stypendia dla Polaków. funduszy na stypendia dla Polaków na studia w USA oraz began contributing to the fund. two countries. Initially, $43,575 was raised for the milion students, scholars, na stypendia dla Amerykanów pragnących studiować Mizwa później wspominał związane z tym przedsięwzięciem Foundation, mostly by Americans, with $250 coming Mimo, iż zamiar zebrania sumy $1 miliona, The First polskiej w Ameryce, Fundacja Poland regained its independence after World War I w Polsce; również na działalność związaną z pogłębianiem trudności „żadne ze znanych mi reguł ekonomii, finansów from a Polish professor. Polonia was skeptical of his z którego odsetki miałyby służyć na przyznawanie and władysław wróblewski, a former Jagiellonian stosunków kulturalnych między Polską i Ameryką. Million is scientists, professionals, i bankowości wraz ze wszystkim tym czego w tych dziedzinach efforts. But, Mizwa wrote in his memoirs, “I had the stypendiów oraz na pokrywanie kosztów „Stoczyłem udaną University law professor and Prime Minister of Początkowo udało się zgromadzić sumę $43,575 składającą przeznacza około 1 miliona sam uczyłem nie przygotowały mnie do roli pozyskiwacza perseverance of a Polish peasant, the enthusiasm of a operacyjnych Fundacji, spotykał się w przeszłości Poland’s interim democratic government was sent się w większości ze składek od Amerykanów. Jedynym walkę, trzymałem sie the Hardest potencjalnych darczyńców, którzy za podarowane fanatic, and the belief that sooner or later, $1 million z niedowierzaniem i kpinami, to jednak bilans roczny and artists, and promotes to Washington D.C. as Poland’s representative. wyjątkiem był polski profesor, który podarował $250. Polonia “ I have fought a środki finansowe mogli się spodziewać jedynie dr henry noble McCracken would be raised as an endowment fund.” z 1969 r. wykazał, że fundusz założycielski osiągnął obranego celu, nie People scoffed at Mizwa when he set out to dolarów rocznie. Przyznając Autor Bernard tadeusz Frydrysiak Wróblewski was respected among Poles, so Mizwa nadal była sceptycznie nastawiona do działalności Mizwy, wdzięczności oraz zapewnienia, że ich pieniądze $1,029, 248 . Wytrwała praca i poczucie misji Mizwy good fight. I have raise a $1 million endowment so that interest Polish culture in America. asked him to become President of the scholarship który pisał w swych wspomnieniach, że w pokonywaniu Mizwa pressed on and in 1927 persuaded Maria mogą pomóc młodym, nie znanym im ludziom.” przyniosły zamierzone rezultaty, Fundacja rozszerzała straciłem wiary”. could fund scholarships and operations. On stypendia stwarza pole committee. przeciwieństw pomagał mu „upór polskiego chłopa, W 1933 r. Fundacja Kościuszkowska zaczęła In 1933 The Kosciuszko Foundation added skłodowska curie, the Polish Nobel Prize- winning Mając pełną świadomość trudności, które na niego swą działalność. W 1967 Zarząd Główny Fundacji finished my course. June 30, 1969, the Kosciuszko Foundation’s audit entuzjazm fanatyka i głębokie przekonanie, że prędzej czy organizować kursy letnie dla studentów summer studies at Polish Universities to chemist and physicist to allow him to name a czekały podjął się tego zadania. Rozpoczął report showed that the capital fund amounted The Foundation has To inspire confidence in his endeavor and prove that amerykańskich, na polskich uniwersytetach. its roster of activities. The students sailed utworzył w całym kraju lokalne oddziały, pomagające później uda się nam zebrać sumę $1 miliona na utworzenie scholarship after her. With the support of Madame I have kept my faith.” od zakupienia maszyny do pisania (marki Na zdjęciu - studenci na statku Kościuszko. together on the SS Kosciuszko. to $1,029,248. Mizwa’s vision and hard work do działalności dla tych it was a true American-Polish committee, Mizwa Fundacji koordynować pracę na rzecz promowania funduszu założycielskiego Fundacji”. Curie people began to take notice. The 1929 stock Corona) i dwoma palcami z uporem Elegancka kamienica had paid off and in 1967, the Board of Trustees convinced Dr. MacCracken and an industrialist, kultury polskiej. Pod koniec 1970 roku, po 45 latach awarded scholarships and market collapse made fundraising more difficult, wystukiwał listy apelujące o dotacje AuToPoRTRET W SElF PoRTRAIT TARG CounTRy FAIR KoBIETA W nIEBIESKIEJ WoMAn In approved the notion of local KF chapters across Samuel Vauclain, President of Baldwin Locomotive Mizwa parł do celu i w 1927 roku uzyskał zgodę kierowania Fundacją, S. Mizwa odchodzi na emeryturę, Polaków, którzy mogą mieć but Mizwa spent the next 20 years traveling the projektu Van Alena The Van Alen CzARnyM KAPEluSzu WITH A BlACK HAT Autor Józef Marian Chełmoński SuKnI A BluE dRESS na stworzenie Polsko-Amerykańskiego America to help the foundation coordinate its Works, to serve as vice-chairs. Vauclain had sold Marii curie‑skłodowskiej na utworzenie stypendium jej Autor Jacek Malczewski Olej na płótnie. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Mary R. Koons w 1968 r., upamiętniający jej siostry. Autor olga Boznańska cytując słowa Świętego Pawła „Stoczyłem udaną country to Polish-American communities from New Olej na tekturze Olej na tekturze. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Alexandra i Pat provided a forum to Poles Komitetu Stypendialnego. Pierwsza dotacja to efforts to promote Polish culture across the locomotives to Poland when ignacy Jan Paderewski imienia. Zaangażowanie Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej wzbudziło Mansion becomes Koproskich w 1977 r. walkę, trzymałem się obranego celu, nie straciłem Hampshire to Nebraska, and Wisconsin to Florida. zostaje siedzibą Fundacji wpływ na bieg historii. 5 dolarów, ale z czasem Amerykanie polskiego pochodzenia W 1950 r. podczas przyjęcia z okazji United States. At the end of 1970, after being the was Prime Minister. zainteresowanie. srebrnej rocznicy istnienia Fundacji wiary”. W rok później S. Mizwa umiera. Each time he spoke he passed around a hat to collect Po drugiej wojnie światowej Mizwa rozpoczął poszukiwania stałej who have changed history. przekonali się do uczestnictwa w tym przedsięwzięciu. Prezes dr Henry Noble MacCracken the Kosciuszko driving force behind the foundation for 45 years, dimes, quarters and dollars for scholarships. Trudności przyniósł upadek giełdy w 1929 roku. Przez siedziby dla Fundacji. Obejrzał 150 budynków zanim znalazł odpowiednią spalił umowę ustanawiająca dług Mizwa stepped down as president, and quoting Po pierwszej wojnie światowej, po odzyskaniu przez hipoteczny na siedzibę Fundacji, następne 20 lat Mizwa odwiedzał skupiska polonijne w całym kamienicę w prestiżowej części Manhattanu wybudowaną w 1917 roku Foundation House the Apostle Paul, said: “I have fought a good Mizwa wrote to the editor of a black newspaper po uprzednim spłaceniu długu. Polskę niepodległości, władysław wróblewski, kraju od New Hampshire po Nebraskę i od Wisconsin według projektu wziętego wówczas architekta Van Alena. Pierwszym After World War II, Mizwa searched for a permanent fight. I have finished my course. I have kept my telling him that in 1798 Kosciuszko had donated his In 1950, at the Foundation‘s silver premier rządu tymczasowego i były wykładowca prawa po Florydę. Po każdym wystąpieniu osobiście zbierał drobne właścicielem posesji od roku 1920 był amerykański przemysłowiec, General’s salary from the American Revolution to Anniversary Dinner, KF President headquarters. He looked at 150 buildings before finding faith.” Mizwa died the following year. na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim został wysłany do sumy często 10 czy 25-centowe. Rufus L. Patterson, właściciel firmy American Machine & Foundry, Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken burned Kilim PolsKich herbów, ręcznie wykonany, przedstawiający historię Kilim oF Polish coats oF arms, from the Kosciuszko Foundation Collection. the emancipation of African slaves. The editor urged the Van Alen mansion, built in 1917. In 1920 it had been Waszyngtonu w roli przedstawiciela Polski w Stanach który kupił ją za sumę $275,000. R. Patterson zmarł w 1944 roku, a w rok the mortgage to the Kosciuszko herbów wybranych polskich miast. Prezentowany w polskim pawilonie Hand woven by atelier Grot, the kilim, depicting the heraldic crests of the Polish cities purchased for $275,000 to Rufus L. Patterson, the owner of Pewnego dnia Mizwa zwrócił się do wydawcy gazety teenagers from the Billkens Club to send dimes to Foundation House after it had podczas Targów Światowych w 1939 r. Podarowany Fundacji w 1956 r. przez and kings, once hung in the Polish Pavilion at the 1939 World’s Fair. It was donated to the Zjednoczonych. Mizwa doceniając szacunek jakim cieszył się po jego śmierci wdowa, Margaret Patterson wystawiła kamienicę the Kosciuszko Foundation as a token of appreciation been paid off. American Machine & Foundry. After Patterson died in 1944, his Helen Paryski-Rosiński, upamiętniający jej ojca Antoniego Paryskiego. Foundation in 1956 by Mrs. Helen Paryski-Rosinski, in memory of her father, Antoni Paryski. władysław wróblewski, poprosił go o objęcie funkcji Prezesa afroamerykanów w Nowym Jorku wspominając, że w 1798 Samuel Vauclain na sprzedaż za $250,000. Mizwa wyraził gotowość zakupu budynku, WIoSnA I zIMA SPRInG And WInTER STAJnIA THE dzIEduSzyCKI for Kosciuszko’s efforts to free the slaves. Nearly $100 widow, Margaret put the mansion up for sale the following year. The Komitetu Stypendialnego. roku Kościuszko przeznaczył swoją generalską pensję, Autor Teodor Axentowicz dzIEduSzyCKICH STABlE Marie Curie... przekonująco przedstawiając szlachetne cele działalności Fundacji, której asking price was $250,000. Mizwa explained that he wanted to buy the Pastele na tekturze. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Dr. Jana uzyskaną za udział w Amerykańskiej Rewolucji, na cele in dimes from black children came in and Mizwa Autor Juliusz Kossak siedzibą miał stać się dom. Pertraktacje trwały sześć miesięcy, po których i Irenę Dobrowolskich w 1994 r. Akwarele na papierze. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Maria skłodowska curie mansion for cultural purposes and bargained with Mrs. Patterson for six W celu wzbudzenia pełnego zaufania dla swojego emancypacji afrykańskich niewolników. Redaktor gazety wrote: “This had more moral value in stimulating Gannę Walską w 1954 r. M. Patterson opuściła cenę do $85,000. Fundacja zapłaciła gotówką zgadza się na nazwanie months. In an incredible act of charity, she lowered the price to $85,000. przedsięwzięcia oraz udowodnienia, że jest ono w istocie zaapelował do młodych członków klubu Billkens o wysyłanie interest than the amount of money raised.” funduszu stypendialnego zadatek w wysokości $10,000 a na pozostałą sumę ustanowiono hipotekę. The foundation made a $10,000 down payment and mortgaged the rest. KRAKoWIAK PolISH dAnCE wspólną inicjatywą polsko-amerykańską, Mizwa nakłonił dziesięciocentówek do Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej jako jej imieniem. W ciągu następnych kilku lat M. Patterson w godnym podziwu akcie Autor Władysław Teodor Benda Maria skłodowska curie Over the next several years, Mrs. Patterson donated another $16,000 to the dr. MacCraken oraz zamożnego amerykańskiego symbol wdzięczności za wysiłki Kościuszki na rzecz Pastele i kredki na tekturze allowed Mizwa to set up charytatywnym podarowała Fundacji $16,000 w celu spłacenia hipoteki. przedsiębiorcę Samuela Vauclain (Prezesa firmy Boldwin Kosciuszko Foundation to help pay off the mortgage. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez artystę. amerykańskich niewolników. W efekcie dziesięciocentówki, a scholarship fund Locomotive Works) do przyjęcia pozycji wiceprezesów które napłynęły do Fundacji osiągnęły sumę prawie $100, in her name. Transakcja zawarta z M. Patterson była jednym z większych sukcesów Mizwa’s deal with Mrs. Patterson was the greatest achievement in the Komitetu. Vauclain sprzedawał Polsce lokomotywy w czasie co Mizwa skomentował pisząc: „Znaczenie tego faktu Mizwy w historii Fundacji. W jej wyniku, Fundacja uzyskała imponującą, Foundation’s history because it gave Polonia a headquarters in the most kiedy premierem Polski był ignacy Jan Paderewski. w sensie moralnym daleko przewyższa wartość stałą siedzibę w jednej z najelegantszych dzielnic Nowego Jorku. Fakt ten KośCIuSzKo KoSCIuSzKo affluent and desirable neighborhood in New York. Mizwa had finally won MłodA KoBIETA younG lAdy W CzASIE BITWy AT THE BATTlE uzyskanej kwoty pieniężnej.” przysporzył Mizwie zaufanie i poparcie Polonii, która w końcu dołączyła PRzy KoMInKu AT THE FIREPlACE Pod RACłAWICAMI oF RAClAWICE Polonia’s trust, and they joined the Foundation and made contributions Autor Władysław Czachórski Autor Jan Styka KośCIół SAInT AnnE’S się do jego inicjatywy manifestując swoje wsparcie darowiznami na rzecz Olej na płótnie. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez towards scholarships and cultural programs. Olej na płótnie śWIęTEJ Anny CHuRCH In Dr Waltera M. Golaskiego w 1968 r., upamiętniający jego żonę. funduszu stypendialnego i programów kulturalnych Fundacji. W WARSzAWIE WARSAW THE old oAKEn BuCKET In 1950, Stanislaw Petera, a retired worker from General Electric, met Autor Julian Fałat Autor Apoloniusz Kędzierski W 1950 Stanisław Petera, emerytowany pracownik korporacji General Akwarele. Obraz podarowany Fundacji Olej na płótnie. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez przyjaciół with Mizwa to explain that his last will and testament would leave $25,000 przez Casimira A. Silski w 1951 r. chcących upamiętnić Alice Aszurkiewicz w 1969 r. Electric postanowił testamentem przekazać Fundacji sumę $25,000 in government bonds to the foundation. To honor the Foundation’s 25th w formie obligacji rządowych. W obliczu nadchodzących obchodów anniversary, he wanted to donate the money sooner. Petera’s attorney 25-lecia Fundacji pragnął swoją wolę zrealizować jeszcze za życia. created a living trust, which gave his assets to the foundation. The money Prawnik S. Petery przygotował umowę powierniczą przekazując lISoWCzyCy, lIGHT CCAVAlRy zWIAd A REConnoITERInG was invested in stocks and Petera received a 2.5% yield to cover his living STRzElAnIE zz łułuKu lISoWCzyCy ExPEdITIon Fundacji równowartość majątku swojego klienta. Kapitał majątku został expenses, while the Kosciuszko Foundation paid off its mortgage. It was a Autor Józef Brandt Autor Władysław Szerner Olej na płótnie. Obraz podarowany Olej na płótnie. Obraz podarowany S. Mizwa i artysta w. t. Benda ze swym obrazem, S. Mizwa and artist w.t.Benda with his painting zainwestowany na giełdzie a Petera otrzymywał za życia dochód z brilliant act of charity that benefitted Petera and Polonia. Fundacji przez Państwa Kupiszewskich w 1958 r. Fundacji przez Państwa Yolles. Jadwiga, Królowa Polski Jadwiga Queen of Poland zainwestowanej sumy w wysokości 2.5% na pokrycie własnych kosztów PolSKI PolISH uKoCHAnA PoET’S GóRAl MounTAInEER PoETy SWEETHEART utrzymania, Fundacja zaś spłacała swój dług hipoteczny. Transakcja okazała Autor Aleksander Kotsis Autor leon Wyczółkowski Olej na płótnie. Obraz podarowany Fundacji Pastele na papierze się niezwykle intratna zarówno dla Petery jak i dla Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej. przez przyjaciół chcących upamiętnić Alice Aszurkiewicz w 1969 r.

Kosciuszko Foundation President Alex Storozynski has The exhibit was hosted by Senator Andrzej Person, Chairman announced that the Foundation is now legally registered in of the Committee on Liaison with Poles Abroad. A copy of Poland as “Fundacja Kościuszkowska Polska,” which allows the exhibit can be downloaded for free from The Kosciuszko Polish citizens to make donations and receive tax deductions of Foundation web site, http://www.thekf.org/ up to 6% of their annual income in Poland. Corporations in Mr. Storozynski said, “The Kosciuszko Foundation has provided Poland that donate to the Kosciuszko Foundation can deduct up a forum in New York for Polish dignitaries such as Cardinal 10% of their corporate earnings. Karol Wojtyla before he became Pope, Czeslaw Milosz, Jan Storozynski unveiled an exhibit “Kosciuszko Foundation: Karski, Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, Maria Kaczynska, and many The American Center of Polish Culture,” at the Polish Senate others to meet with Americans in New York.” building on March 16. The exhibit moved next to the American Mr. Storozynski said, “For decades, the Kosciuszko Foundation Embassy in Warsaw and will be on tour in Poland for the next has educated Polonia’s leaders and promoted Polish issues in several months. America. Each year we give away money for scholarships, so Prominent Solidarity activist and Speaker of the Senate, Bogdan we must raise funds to continue our mission. The Kościuszko Borusewicz, opened the exhibit by saying: “The Kosciuszko Foundation Poland allows Polish taxpayers to get tax credits for Foundation promotes numerous activities, especially in the field supporting higher education and to improve Poland’s standing in of culture and education, promoting closer ties between Poland the United States.” and the United States.” Storozynski said, “We have to thank the international law The United States Ambassador in Poland, Lee A. Feinstein, firm White & Case, which has been doing pro bono work underlined the important role that the Kosciuszko Foundation for the Foundation for many years. It advised and assisted the fulfilled and is still fulfilling “in building permanent ties between Foundation every step of the way in becoming a registered Polish Poland and America.” foundation. Their work is very important for Polonia.”

Poniżej prezentujemy listę kilkunastu prominentnych polskich Petition on German Concentration Camps Joseph E. Gore – Joseph E. Gore, Esq. i amerykańskich stypendystów Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej:

Polska Odrodzona and a New Poland Używanie przez media błędnego terminu „polski obóz WHEREAS the media uses the historically erroneous terms koncentracyjny” i „polski obóz śmierci” w odniesieniu do obozu “Polish concentration camp” and “Polish death camp” to describe W 1987 roku prezesem Fundacji zostaje prawnik Joseph. E. Gore, As an attorney, Joseph E. Gore brought a new set zagłady w Auschwitz oraz do innych nazistowskich obozów Auschwitz and other Nazi extermination camps built by the który wykorzystując swoje kompetencje, zaczyna zajmować się of skills to The Kosciuszko Foundation Presidency in Here are just some of the scholars that have received koncentracyjnych zbudowanych przez Niemców podczas II wojny Germans during World War II, which confuses impressionable and prawnymi aspektami działalności Fundacji. Rozbudowuje statut 1987. He expanded the Foundation’s By Laws, rules and Światowej na terenie Polski, ma charakter dezinformujący i prowadzi undereducated readers, leading them to believe that the Holocaust (By-Laws) regulujący zasady prawne instytucji, otwiera w kilku regulations, opened new KF chapters across the country, fellowships or grants from The Kosciuszko Foundation: do powstania mylnego przekonania, że to Polacy byli odpowiedzialni was executed by Poland, rather than Nazi Germany, Cardinal Karol stanach nowe oddziały Fundacji, odnawia działalność Narodowej and reinstated the National Advisory Council to help Wizyta Kardynała za Holocaust. Rady Doradczej, której zadaniem jest pomoc w wypełnianiu misji carry out the foundation’s mission. Gore oversaw a $1.5 WHEREAS these phrases are Holocaust revisionism that desecrate the memories Wojtyła visits Fundacji. Obejmuje nadzór nad ogromnym projektem renowacji million renovation of the mansion and established a rental Karola Wojtyły Termin powyższy jest sformułowaniem fałszywym, zniekształcającym historię i bezczeszczącym of six million Jews from 27 countries who were murdered by Nazi Germany, budynku o wartości $1,5 miliona. Aby sprostać ciągle rosnącym program to offset growing operational expenses. He also pamięć sześciu milionów Żydów pochodzących z dwudziestu siedmiu krajów, zamordowanych przez the Kosciuszko WHEREAS Poland was the first country invaded by Germany, and the only country w Fundacji kosztom operacyjnym Fundacji prezes J. E. Gore rozpoczyna prepared legal donor fund agreements and persuaded prof. Magdalena Abakanowicz prof. John Micgiel nazistowskie Niemcy w czasie II Wojny Światowej. program wynajmu budynku. Opracowywuje dokumenty prawne donors to establish six new funds, the first being the whose citizens suffered the death penalty for rescuing Jews, yet never surrendered Artystka malarka, rzeźbiarka, laureatka licznych nagród, ma na koncie ponad 100 wystaw Profesor Stosunków Międzynarodowych, Dyrektor Centrum Wschodnioeuropejskiego, Foundation Użycie sformułowania „obóz koncentracyjny” w konotacji z Polską jest szczególnie obraźliwe dla dotyczące przyjmowania darowizn i zapisów testamentowych. Zelosky Trust from First Chicago. Chcąc upamiętnic 70. rocznicę zbrodni katyńskiej, Fundacja przygotowała Long before the Smolensk catastrophe, the Kosciuszko Foundation had begun during six years of German occupation, even though one-sixth of its population was Kościuszkowskiej w Polsce i na świecie, między innymi wystawę w Metropolitan Museum of Art w Nowym Jorku, Dyrektor Wykonawczy Instytutu Europeistyki, Uniwersytet Columbia w Nowym Jorku. międzynarodową konferencję, która odbyła się w Bibliotece Kongresu, preparing an international conference about Katyn at the Library of Congress. samych Polaków, którzy na skutek wojny doznali dotkliwych szkód, tracąc 1/6 całej populacji . Nie On Sept. 4, 1976, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła visited the J. E. Gore przyczynia się do powstania sześciu nowych funduszy. killed in the war, approximately half of which was Christian, w 1999 r. Associate professor of international and public affairs Columbia University, director of W 1976 roku, 4. września Kardynał Karol Wojtyła Krzysztof Penderecki dr Zbigniew Brzezinski Czesław Miłosz Andrzej Wajda The collapse of Communism provided new opportunities w Waszyngtonie. Dzięki staraniom Fundacji, w Galerii Senatu Amerykańskiego The Foundation persuaded the U.S. Congress to display an exhibit about Katyn trzeba również przypominać, że Polska była pierwszym krajem zaatakowanym przez hitlerowskie Kosciuszko Foundation and told its members that Jednym z nich jest pokaźny fundusz im. Zeloskiego. Joseph E. Gore wręcza słownik Fundacji Joseph E. Gore, Esq. presenting the Kosciuszko wyeksponowana została wystawa przygotowana przez Radę Ochrony Pamięci by The Council to Protect the Memory of Combat and Martyrdom in the Rotunda Painter, sculptor. Artist had many one man shows such as the outdoor installation of sculptures East Central European Center and executive director of the European Institute. odwiedził siedzibę Fundacji w Nowym Jorku. Podczas Kościuszkowskiej prof. Hubertowi Izdebskiemu Foundation Dictionary to Prof. Hubert Izdebski for the Foundation and Gore established a Warsaw office Niemcy, w którym pomoc Żydom była zabroniona pod groźbą kary śmierci. WHEREAS educated journalists must know these facts and not cross the libel the work of foundation is “particularly important at Walk i Męczeństwa. Pomysł konferencji zrodził się na długo przed katastrofą of the Russell Senate Office Building. Left, Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, and at at the Metropolitan Museum of Art w NY in 1999. tej wizyty podkreślił ogromną rolę Fundacji „w tych Zmiany ustrojowe w Polsce pozwalają Fundacji na rozwój and negotiated office space with the University of Warsaw. samolotu prezydenckiego…Na zdjęciu po lewej stronie dr Zbigniew Brzezinski, right, House Majority Leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, Steny Hoyer, threshold of malice by using phrases such as “Polish concentration camps.” this time. We realize that culture creates a national po prawej Steny Hoyer, lider Kongresu Amerykańskiego. both spoke about the significance of Katyn. Przekonani o tym, że dziennikarzom znana jest dramatyczna historia okresu II wojny światowej, a szczególnych czasach, w których musimy zdawać działalności. Prezes J. E. Gore otwiera w Warszawie He created American and Polish Advisory Committees of dr Agnieszka Morawińska identity, and in the end creates the nation itself.” celem ich pracy jest przedstawianie szerokim kręgom czytelników prawdy oraz naświetlenie faktów, BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the undersigned request that The sobie sprawę, że kultura kształtuje charakter narodowy Kardynał Karol Wojtyła w Fundacji Kosciuśzkowskiej. Cardinal Karol Wojtyla at the Kosciuszko Foundation Przedstawicielstwo Fundacji. Uzyskuje od Uniwersytetu Prezydent Bill Clinton professors and scholars to improve the selection process prof. Leszek Balcerowicz Dyrektor Muzeum Narodowego w Warszawie, historyk sztuki, autorka publikacji Cardinal Wojtyla, who two years later became Pope Honorowi Członkowie 4. września 1976 r. September 4, 1976 i Pierwsza Dama USA Hillary my niżej podpisani uznajemy użycie terminu „polskie obozy koncentracyjne” za niezgodne z etyką New York Times, The Washington Post, the Associated Press, and TIME magazine include i w efekcie tworzy naród”. Warszawskiego (właściciela budynku) korzystne dla Fundacji for scholarships and grants during the annual interviews Ekonomista, polityk, kawaler orderu Orła Białego; autor ekonomicznej transformacji Polski w z zakresu estetyki i historii sztuki, kustoszka wielu wystaw, ambasadorka Polski w John Paul II, praised the work of “The Kosciuszko Rodham Clinton oraz dziennikarską. Tym samym występujemy z wnioskiem do The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, entries in their stylebooks requiring news stories to be historically accurate, using the warunki najmu. Reformuje zasady przyznawania stypendiów Prezydent Fundacji of the Exchange Program candidates in Poland. He latach 90-ych. Australii, Nowej Zelandii, i Papua-Nowa Gwinea. Foundation, which attempts to diligently serve the Zarządu Fundacji Honorary Trustees Alex Storożyński Kardynał Wojtyła, który w dwa lata po tej historycznej Joseph E. Gore w Warszawie The Washington Post i The Associated Press o zaprzestanie jego stosowania oraz o wprowadzenie official name of all “German concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Poland,” as UNESCO polskim naukowcom tworząc polsko - amerykański Komitet established relationship with White & Case, one of the Alex Storozynski & Polish economist, former chairman of the National Bank of Poland, former Deputy Prime Minister Art historian, author, diplomat, Director of the National Museum in Warsaw, former interests of the Polish people. We must be grateful to wizycie został papieżem Janem Pawłem II wyraził Przez lata lista honorowych członków Zarządu Fundacji Over the years the Kosciuszko Foundation has added honorary poprawek do zbioru ogólnych określeń (tzw. stylebook) w celu zapewnienia następnym artykułom did in 2007 when it named the camp in Auschwitz, “The Auschwitz-Birkenau German Nazi Akademicki zajmujący się oceną kandydatów na wymianę naukową President Bill Clinton and First world’s largest law firms, to provide legal work for the of Poland, implemented economic shock therapy in Poland the 1990s. Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Culture, former Polish Ambassador in everyone who has contributed to these efforts, and i Fundacja uznanie dla Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej, „która stara się wzbogacana jest nazwiskami wybitnych luminarzy polskiej kultury trustees to its board, such as Zbigniew Brzezinski, Czeslaw Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton Today’s Kosciuszko historycznej dokładności poprzez użycie oficjalnej nazwy „niemieckie obozy koncentracyjne w Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945).” z Polską. Posiadanie stałej siedziby Fundacji w Warszawie pozwala Foundation on a pro bono basis. Australia, New Zealand, and Papua-New Guinea. to those who are continuing to work towards these greet Kosciuszko Foundation służyć interesom Polaków. Powinniśmy być ogromnie i sztuki. Są nimi takie osobowości jak: Zbigniew Brzeziński, Milosz, Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Penderecki. okupowanej przez nazistów Polsce”, przyjętej przez UNESCO w 2007 roku, kiedy Auschwitz został na przeprowadzanie spotkań kwalifikacyjnych z kandydatami na President Joseph E. Gore Kościuszkowska goals. This work is one of the greatest components of prof. Anna M. Cienciala wdzięczni wszystkim tym, którzy wspierają jej działalność. Czesław Miłosz, Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Penderecki. in Warsaw Gore entered into agreements with the Alfred Jurzykowski Foundation nazwany „The Auschwitz-Birkenau niemiecki nazistowski obóz koncentracyjny i zagłady (1940-1945)”. „...Praca Fundacji jest wymianę naukową w obecności członków komisji akademickich. Profesor historii na University of Kansas, autorka książki „Katyń: Zbrodnia bez Kary”. our national identity.” Andrew Nagorski Ta działalność to jeden z najważniejszych elementów Foundation of New York and the AGH University of w dniu dzisiejszym In November 2008, Alex Storozynski, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Professor of Polish history at the University of Kansas, author of ”Katyn: A Crime Without Dziennikarz Newsweeka, laureat licznych nagród. Wiceprezes i dyrektor Public budowania świadomości narodowej”. ważna zwłaszcza Jednym z osiągnięć J. E. Gore jest nawiązanie stosunków z jedną Science and Technology to help establish a Department Alex StorozynSki, PreSident, koSciuSzko FoundAtion | ewA Junczyk-ziomeckA,conSul GenerAl oF PolAnd in new york | PreSident lech wAleSA,nobel PeAce Prize lAureAte | Piotr cywinSki, AuSchwitz-birkenAu memoriAl And muSeum Site | broniSlAw W listopadzie 2008 prezesem Fundacji został Alex Storożyński, znany and author of the award-winning biography of Kosciuszko, The Peasant Punishment.” Policy, East-West Institute. komorowSki, PreSident oF PolAnd | robert kuPiecki, AmbASSAdor oF PolAnd to the united StAteS | rAbbi michAel Schudrich, chieF rAbbi oF PolAnd | dr. zbiGniew brzezinSki, Former u.S. nAtionAl Security AdviSor | rAbbi moShe birnbAum, FluShinG, z największych firm prawniczych na świecie White&Case, w ramach of Environmental Sciences. The two NY foundations Prince, was elected President of the foundation. While in the 70s, Poskroposki w tych szczególnych Medal of Recognition dziennikarz, laureat nagrody Pulizera, autor popularnej i wielokrotnie Award-winning journalist for Newsweek, Vice President and Director of Public Policy ny | rev. mSGr. Peter wAlter zendziAn, holy croSS romAn cAtholic church | lt. GenerAl edwArd rowny, u.S. Army (retired) | JoSePh e. Gore, chAirmAn oF the boArd, koSciuSzko FoundAtion | ProF. normAn dAvieS, hiStoriAn, oxFord, enGlAnd których firma ta reprezentuje Fundację we wszystkich prawnych committed $100,000 annually for a ten year period to be Laureaci Medalu nagrodzonej biografii Tadeusza Kościuszki zatytułowanej „The Peasant Prince”. Fundacja Kościuszkowska pozyskała w The Kosciuszko Foundation had to change his name to work at the Daily News, by the 90s, in that same prof. Norman Davies at the East-West Institute. | rySzArd horowitz, PhotoGrAPher, AuSchwitz Survivor | JAn A.P. kAczmArek, oScAr-winninG comPoSer | rAdoSlAw SikorSki, ForeiGn miniSter oF PolAnd | dr. lAurence weinbAum, iSrAel JournAl oF ForeiGn AFFAirS | FrAnk SPulA, PreSident, czasach, w których “...the work of The Vision Lives Awardees aspektach działaności na zasadzie pro publico bono. used by AGH for the purchase of scientific equipment 2010 r. budynek Narodowego Centrum acquired the National Polish newspaper, Storozynski was proud to have his byline over stories about PoliSh AmericAn conGreSS | dAvid hArriS, executive director, AmericAn JewiSh committee | conGreSSwomAn mArcy kAPtur, (ohio-9) | conGreSSmAn mike QuiGley, (chicAGo, ill.-5) | conGreSSmAn dAniel liPinSki, (chicAGo, ill.-3) | conGreSSwomAn Polskiego w Waszyngtonie, co pozwoliło Center in 2010, giving it a Profesor historii, specjalista współczesnej historii Polski, autor pozycji takich jak: „Powstanie 44”, nydiA velAzQuez, (n.y.-12) | SiGmund rolAt, holocAuSt Survivor, chAirmAn, north AmericAn council, muSeum oF the hiStory oF PoliSh JewS | tomASz bortnik, chAirmAn oF the boArd, PoliSh & SlAvic FederAl credit union, on behAlF oF 72,000 Uznania and technical engineering books; support of faculty and W latach 70-ych Poskroposki musiał zmienić swoje nazwisko aby otrzymać Wizja będzie jej na otwarcie biura w stolicy USA. foothold in Washington D.C. Kosciuszko, Andrzej Wajda and other Polish issues. The son and grandson of musimy zdawać sobie The Foundation provided Medals of Recognition to J. E. Gore zawiera umowę z Fundacją im. Alfreda Jurzykowskiego „Poletko Pana Boga”. prof. Wiktor Osiatyński memberS | rev. John PAwlikowSki, ProFeSSor oF cAtholic theoloGy | rAbbi herSchel Gluck, london | kevin ruAne, Former bbc correSPondent, wArSAw | Gen. romAn Polko, veterAn oF oPerAtion irAQi Freedom | leon koPelmAn, veterAn wArSAw the Foundation On - Eugene students exchanges to and from USA. pracę w nowojorskim dzienniku „Daily News,” a trzydzieści lat później decorated World War II soldiers, he honored Polish veterans at the Kosciuszko Ghetto & 1944 uPriSinG | JuStice lAwrence cullen, new york StAte SuPreme court | StAniSlAw AronSon, veterAn oF 1944 wArSAw uPriSinG, iSrAeli wAr oF indePendence, yom kiPPur wAr & 1982 lebAnon wAr | victor AShe, Former u.S. AmbASSAdor Fundacja przyznaje medale za wybitne osiągnięcia na polu people such as Artur Rubinstein, Norman Davies, w Nowym Jorku i AGH im . Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie, dzięki Jacek Kuroń podczas spotkania Professor, historian, author. Pisarz, prawnik konstytucjonalista, wykładowca prawa na Środkowoeuropejskim kontynuowana – poświęconego Solidarności, 5. Storożyński z dumą publikował w tym samym dzienniku artykuły Aktorzy odgrywający Foundation with films, author’s evenings and photo exhibits about their to PolAnd | debbie mAJkA, PreSident, AmericAn council For PoliSh culture | AndrzeJ wAJdA, Film director | ProF. dAniel rotFeld, Former miniSter oF ForeiGn AFFAirS, PolAnd | rAFAl olbinSki, PAinter, illuStrAtor & deSiGner | mAeStro krzySztoF sprawę, że kultura is particularly krzewienia polskiej kultury i sztuki. Wśród nagrodzonych są Ryszard Kapuscinski, Rafal Olbinski, Dr. Maria Siemionow, której powstaje na AGH Wydział Nauk Ochrony Środowiska. Under Gore’s direction, the long-running monthly Uniwersytecie w Budapeszcie, radca prawny Fundacji Open Society Foundation, Penderecki, comPoSer & conductor | elzbietA PendereckA, ludwiG vAn beethoven FeStivAl in PolAnd | SteFAn komAr, nyPd PulASki ASSociAtion | dr. leo weintrAub, Phd, AuSchwitz Survivor, Stockholm, Sweden | ProF. GunnAr heinSohn, Kusielewicz maja 1989 o Kościuszce, A. Wajdzie i innych słynnych Polakach. Syn i wnuk role Tadeusza Kościuszki struggle to free Poland. univerSity oF bremen, GermAny | rAPhAel-lemkin inStitute For comPArAtive Genocide reSeArch | dAniel olbrychSki, Actor | AGnieSzkA mAGdziAk-miSzewSkA, AmbASSAdor oF PolAnd to iSrAel | mieczySlAw mAdeJSki, veterAn, zoSkA bAttAlion & postaci takie jak, Artur Rubinstein, Norman Davies, Ryszard and other distinguished Poles who have performed or lectured Fundacja Kościuszkowska wspólnie z Fundacją Jurzykowskiego Chamber Music Series was established and broadcast i Thomasa Jeffersona prof. Karol Estreicher Jr. wicedyrektor Centrum Studiów nad Konstytucją Wschodniej Europy, University of Eugene Kusielewicz Jacek Kuroń at the Solidarity odznaczonych żołnierzy, uczestników drugiej wojny światowej, zadbał 1944 wArSAw uPriSinG | Avi mizrAchi, FoundAtion For holocAuSt educAtion ProJectS | ProF. wlodzimierz bolecki, PoliSh AcAdemy oF ScienceS And humAnitieS | mAriuSz mAx kolonko, JournAliSt/Producer | PAStor mArek Suchocki, St. StAniSlAw kształtuje charakter important at this Kapuścinski, Rafał Olbiński, dr Maria Siemionow oraz inni, podczas uroczystego at the foundation. This elaborate network has been part of the przekazywały na ten cel $100, 000 rocznie przez okres dziesięciu event at the Kosciuszko on WQXR-FM. He also reinstated the Marcella Sembrich Historyk sztuki, autor wielu publikacji. Profesor Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, dyrektor Muzeum Chicago Law School. o uhonorowanie wszystkich weteranów organizując w Fundacji pokazy przyjęcia zorganizowanego Storozynski invited the President of the National Bank of Poland, Sławomir koStkA church, StAten iSlAnd | biShoP mArk novAk, evAnGelicAl covenAnt church | rev. dAvid Poedel, mt cAlvAry lutherAn church, Phoenix | ProF. werner roecke, humboldt univerSity, berlin, GermAny | FAther AdAm boniecki, editor in chieF, W 1971 roku prezydentem został były asysystent S. Mizwy, którzy wyrażali swoje poparcie dla pracy Fundacji, biorąc udział Foundation, May 5, 1989 foundation’s success. lat. Fundusze te, przeznaczone zostały na zakup sprzętu i Vocal Scholarship Competition. While tens of thousands of przez Fundację w Polskiej UJ. Brał czynny udział w akcji odzyskania polskich dzieł sztuki wywiezionych w czasie drugiej Professor at the Central European University in Budapest, counsel to the tyGodnik PowSzechny | ritA coSby, televiSion correSPondent & Author | irvinG enGelSon, Ph.d., holocAuSt Survivor, SAved by PoliSh FAmily, new JerSey | bArbArA J. chriStenSen, center For holocAuSt And humAnity educAtion, cincinnAti, oh ... narodowy i w efekcie time. We realize filmów, wieczorów autorskich i wystaw fotograficznych ukazujących Skrzypek for a networking session at the Foundation with Polish bankers dr Eugene Kusielewicz, historyk z St. John’s University, autorytet w Ambasadzie w Waszyngtonie w jej programach i imprezach kulturalnych. Ta duża liczba podręczników naukowych przez AGH, a także wspomaganie art connoisseurs have viewed the art collection over the wojny światowej. Open Society Foundation, former co-director of the Center for the Study of bohaterstwo walczących o Polskę. from Wall Street to discuss Poland’s economy. In 2009, he negotiated the czasach Woodrow Wilsona w sprawach polskich w czasie Konferencji współpracowników przyczynia się do sukcesu fundacji. Ażeby dołączyć do tych, którzy już podpisali petycję dotyczącą nazewnictwa obozów koncentracyjnych, należy wejść na stronę internetową Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej: http://www.thekf.org. tworzy naród”. that culture creates wymiany naukowej ze Stanami Zjednoczonymi. years, Gore published The Foundation held an donation of a new building Art historian, author of numerous publications, Professor at Jagiellonian University and Director Constitutionalism and Eastern Europe at the University of Chicago Law School, and Pokoju w Paryżu. Kusielewicz zapoczątkował program studiów event at the Polish Embassy To add your name to the list of people who have signed the petition about concentration camps, please log on to http://www.thekf.org. Storożyński zaprosił do Fundacji Prezesa Polskiego was actively involved in the drafting of Poland’s constitution adopted in 1997. a glossy catalog, “The in Washington D.C. which to the foundation, this one in of UJ Museum. He was involved in repossession of Polish works of art seized during World War II. medycznych w Polsce dla amerykanów polskiego pochodzenia, a national identity, Pod okiem J. E. Gore powstał ogromnie popularny wśród Polish Masters from The Banku Narodowego, Sławomira Skrzypka na spotkanie included a discussion of Washington D.C. He organized an wznowił program sesji letnich historii, języka i kultury polskiej miłośników muzyki poważnej w Nowym Jorku, program koncertów actors playing Kosciuszko Kosciuszko Foundation ze środowiskiem polskich biznesmenów i amerykańskich international conference about Jolanta Fajkowska prof. Jan Pamuła w Krakowie. W programach letnich wzięło udział 2,500 studentów and in the end muzyki kameralnej emitowanych na falach and Thomas Jefferson. Collection” which is bankierów z Wall Street. Tematem konferencji była the Katyn massacre at the Library Dziennikarka, aktorka, prezenterka telewizji polskiej. Artysta grafik, malarz, wykładowca Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Krakowie. Licznie amerykańskich, którzy przez lata spełniali rołe ambasadorów radiostacji muzyki klasycznej New York Elżbieta Czyżewska kilkakrotnie gościła creates the nation w Fundacji Kociuszkowskiej. Wystąpiła tu now in libraries and sytuacja gospodarcza Polski. of Congress in Washington, Journalist, TV presenter and actress. nagradzany w kraju i zagranicą. wolności i demokracji. W czasie swej prezydentury dr Kusielewicz Timesa, WQXR-FM oraz wznowiony 17. września 2009 r., w trakcie wieczoru coffee tables around the attracting speakers such as Artist, professor of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow. He has received numerous rozwinął program wymiany naukowej z Polską, co wzbudzało itself.” został konkurs wokalny im. Marceliny poświęconemu Powstaniu Warszawskiemu W 2009 Storożyński wynegocjował donację nowego budynku, na siedzibę world. And while the Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski and prizes on international and domestic exhibitions, in particular for his graphic artworks. kontrowersje ze względu na fakt, że Polska pozostawała wtedy Sembrich-Kochanskiej. „Warszawa, miasto zniszczone, miasto w Waszyngtonie. Zorganizował międzynarodową konferencję na temat Feliks Falk odrodzone.” Czytała wiersze Krzysztofa Kamila KF dictionary was first members of the United States Reżyser filmowy i teatralny, autor scenariuszy filmowych, teatralnych, sztuk teatralnych, Wizja przyszłości A Vision for Tomorrow za żelazną kurtyną. Podobnie jak prof. Mizwa, dr Kusielewicz wierzył, Katynia, która odbyła się w bibliotece kongresu w Waszyngtonie z udziałem Baczyńskiego i Wisławy Szymborskiej był to published in 1959, and Przez wiele lat znawcy i miłośnicy Congress, and persuaded the telewizyjnychi i radiowych. Anda Rottenberg że pobyty polskich naukowców w Stanach Zjednoczonych, ich prawdopodobnie jej ostatni występ. dostojnych gości ze świata polityki, takich jak: Zbigniew Brzeziński W XVIII wieku Tadeusz Kościuszko powiedział, “Natura stwarza nas równymi, In the 18th century, Tadeusz Kosciuszko said, “By nature, we are all Gore revolutionized the dictionary, updating the text, and sztuki mogli podziwiać zbiory U.S. Senate to show an exhibit by Movie and theater director, writer of film scripts, stage plays, television plays, and radio shows. Polska historyk i krytyk sztuki, kustoszka wielu wystaw. Dyrektor Galerii Zachęta kontakt z amerykańską demokracją i ustrojem wolnego rynku, Elzbieta Czyzewska visited the KF a number oraz członkowie Kongresu Stanów Zjednoczonych. Storożyński przekonał zaś cnota, bogactwo i edukacja ustanawiają różnice.” Edukacja jest kluczem equals – virtue, riches and knowledge constitute the only difference.” providing computerized versions for PCs and Macintosh. malarstwa polskiego eksponowane w of times. She participated in a Tribute to historian Andrzej Przewoznik in w Warszawie w latach 1993-2000. przyczynią się w przyszłości do obalenia komunizmu. amerykański Senat do zorganizowania w rotundzie senatu wystawy do sukcesu i Kościuszko całe swoje życie zadedykował wyzwoleniu i wykształceniu Education is the key to success, and Kosciuszko dedicated his life to galerii siedziby Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej. Warsaw Uprising held on September 17, 2009 the rotunda of the Senate office Art historian, critic and curator of numerous exhibits. Director of Zacheta Art Gallery In 1971, Mizwa’s assistant, Dr. Eugene Kusielewicz, during which she read poems by K. K. Baczynski In 2003, Joseph Gore and then Chairman Witold Sulimirski fotograficznej poświłconej tragedii katyńskiej autorstwa Andrzeja Alex Storozynski & Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski Anna Ferens najbiedniejszych. W testamencie, który zostawił, zdecydował o przeznaczeniu the liberation and education of the underprivileged. He also donated W latach siedemdziesiątych w Stanach Zjednoczonych nasiliła Z myślą o szerszym rozpropagowaniu tej building. in Warsaw, 1993-2000, named President of the Foundation of Polish Art Institute in an associate professor of History from St. John’s and W. Szymborska. It was probably her initiated the establishment of a chair of Polish studies at Przewoźnika. Reżyserka filmowa, autorka i producentka filmów dokumentalnych i krótkometrażowych. całego swojego majątku na wykształcenie chłopów i niewolników. W XX wieku his last will and testament to the education of peasants and slaves. In Artur Rubinstein prof. Norman Davies Ryszard Kapuściński Rafał Olbiński dr Maria Siemionow last performance. 1998. się popularność tzw. „polskich dowcipów”. W tym czasie młody University, became President. Kusielewicz was a pięknej kolekcji, Fundacja wydała jej katalog zatytułowany „Polscy Director, writer and producer of documentaries and short features. Columbia University. The Foundation has also begun showing documentary films such as “Nine kolejny wybitny Polak, Mizwa podążając tropem Kościuszki, założył Fundację the 20th century, another virtuous Pole, Mizwa, followed his example W siedzibie Fundacji w Nowym Jorku Storożyński organizuje dziennikarz polskiego pochodzenia, Thomas Poskroposki aby noted authority on Woodrow Wilson and the Polish Mistrzowie z Kolekcji Sztuki Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej”, dostępny Poland’s Deputy Consul General in New York Days That Changed The World: Pope John Paul II”; “Fall of the Empire” (about Kościuszkowską, której podstawową misją, oprócz promowania kultury polskiej, and established the Kosciuszko Foundation whose primary mission is częste pokazy filmów dokumentalnych, takich jak „Dziewięć dni, otrzymać pracę w nowojorskim dzienniku „Daily News” musiał cause at the Paris Peace Conference. He began a w bibliotekach i wielu miejscach na całym świecie. Lieutenant General Edward Rowny, U.S. Army (Ret.) Marek Skulimowski, Consul Przemyslaw Solidarity); “Messenger from Hell” about Jan Karski who tried to stop the Bożena Garus-Hockuba jest działalność stypendialna. education and promoting Polish culture. które zmieniły świat: Papież Jan Paweł II”, „Upadek Imperium” zmienić nazwisko na Poster. Sytuacja ta stała się inspiracją dla program to train Polish-American physicians, and Balcerzyk, Alex Storozynski, Former House Emerytowany Generał Dywizji absolwent Akademii Wojskowej West Point, doradca Sześć lat temu, pod pieczołowitym Holocaust; and others. Reżyserka filmowa i producentka filmów dokumentalnych. Albert Juszczak - Albert Juszczak – (o Solidarności), „Messenger from Hell” o Janie Karskim i jego Speaker Newt Gingrich at the screening of Kusielewicza do zapoczątkowania akcji przeciw aktom dyskryminacji reestablish the summer sessions, and in the 1970s, he i główny negocjator w procesie rozbrojeniowym z byłym Związkiem Radzieckim, Z biegiem czasu, wraz ze zmianą sytuacji w Polsce, zmieniały się również wyzwania, As the years rolled on and the challenges facing Poland changed with kierownictwem J. E. Gore the film on Pope John Paul II, “Nine Days Film director and producer of documentary films. heroicznych próbach powstrzymania Holocaustu. Amerykanów polskiego pochodzenia. Programy edukacyjne, sent more than 2,500 American students to Krakow, That Changed The World.” Storozynski modernized doradca pięciu prezydentów Stanów Zjednoczonych – w rządach Nixona, Forda, jakim sprostać musiała Fundacja. Założona w czasie odrodzonej Polski, wkrótce the times, the Foundation’s work has evolved to meet those challenges. okres Solidarności i Solidarity Turns Poland powstał Nowy Słownik Fundacji poprzez które Amerykanie polskiego pochodzenia zdobywali Lublin and other language programs in Poland. These the foundation’s web site Cartera, Reagana and Busha. odegrała isotną rolę w czasach nazizmu, komunizmu i zimnej wojny. Dziś kiedy Polska Mizwa started the Foundation after Poland’s rebirth, but his mission took Kościuszkowskiej w wersji Storożyński zmodernizował stronę internetową Fundacji Erick Philbrook Kelly wiedzę o swej tradycji i kulturze stały się najbardziej efektywnym Americans became ambassadors of freedom and przewrotu w Polsce Right Side Up thekf.org, added a Facebook West Point Graduate, U.S. Army General, Ambassador, Chief U.S. negotiator in arms jest członkiem NATO i Unii Europejskiej, Fundacja czerpie satysfakcję z faktu, że wielu on new meaning during the years of Nazism, Communism and the Cold rozszerzonej i uaktualnionej. Nowe thekf.org, na której umieścił petycję domagającą się od Amerykański dziennikarz, autor książek, między innymi autor pozycji „Trębacz z Krakowa”. narzędziem w ręku dr. Kusielewicza. democracy. The exchange of scholars from Poland page, and wrote a petition asking talks with the Soviet Union, one of the originators of the helicopter for combat, jej stypendystów brało czynny udział w tej jakże ważnej dla Polski transformacji. War. Today, Poland is once again free and part of NATO and the European W 1979 roku dr Albert Juszczak zostaje kolejnym prezesem Fundacji i Dr. Albert Juszczak became President of the Kosciuszko Foundation in wydanie słownika ukazało się amerykańskiej prasy aby na swoich łamach nie powtarzała Journalist, author of such books as ”The Trumpeter of Krakow.” to the United States also picked up, which for some, newspapers to stop using the phrase, winner of the Presidential Citizen’s Medal, served as an arms control adviser and Union. Many Kosciuszko Foundation alumni have taken part in that W 1973 roku na zlecenie Fundacji, Henryk Górecki skomponował wkrótce staje się świadkiem burzliwych wydarzeń okresu Solidarności. 1979, just in time to witness the Solidarity era, the most tumultuous years również w wersji komputerowej błędnego historycznie zwrotu „polskie obozy koncentracyjne”. Petycję Dziś młodzi Polacy i Amerykanie polskiego pochodzenia są tak samo dobrze was controversial because Poland was still behind “Polish concentration camps.” So negotiator to five presidents – Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and Bush. transformation. symfonię (Symfonia Kopernikańska Numer 2) z okazji obchodów Jako wykładowca języka i literatury polskiej szczególną uwagę skupia na in Poland since World War II. As a teacher of Polish language and literature, (do użytku PC i Macintosh). podpisały setki tysięcy osób, między innymi osobistości takie jak: Prezydent prof. Łukasz Korolkiewicz przygotowani do tego żeby zmieniać świat. Na wielu polach; obok dziedzin Iron Curtain. But like Mizwa, Kusielewicz believed that far, hundreds of thousands of people have signed it, including President 500-lecia urodzin Kopernika. Premiera symfonii odbyła się akademickich aspektach działalności Fundacji. W dramatycznym okresie he focused on academics and scholarships, with an interest in solidifying Bronisław Komorowski, Norman Davies, członkowie Kongresu U.S. , Artysta malarz- przedstawiciel malarstwa hiperrealistycznego w Polsce. humanistycznych i artystycznych, również nowoczesnych technologii, nauk ścisłych These days, young Poles and Polish-Americans are uniquely poised to Henryk Górecki exposing Polish scholars to American democracy and W 2003 r. J. E. Gore i ówczesny Prezes Bronisław Komorowski, Norman Davies, members of the U.S. Congress, Rabbi Michael Joseph Schudrich w Carnegie Hall. trwającego w Polsce stanu wojennego, w którym kontakty z Polską zostają the status of Polish intellectual life at the Kosciuszko Foundation. During naczelny rabin Polski, Michael Schudrich, byli więźniowie Auschwitz, Neo-modernist painter. oraz biznesu. Korzystając ze stypendium Fundacji wielu z nich ma szanse zostać change the world, not just through humanities and the arts, but through capitalism would help bring down Communism. Rady Zarządu, Witold Sulimirski Chief Rabbi of Poland Michael Schudrich, Christian and Jewish survivors Naczelny Rabin Polski, interlocutor polskiego rządu i kościoła katolickiego. brutalnie zerwane, stara się pomóc polskim uczelniom w utrzymaniu martial law, the Polish military regime that cracked down on Solidarity zarówno Żydzi jak i chrześcijanie i wiele innych znanych osób. W następstwie w przyszłości światowymi liderami. the sciences, technology and business as well. But it takes money to rozpoczęli rozmowy dotyczące of Auschwitz, and many other renowned people. As a result of the petition, Chief Rabbi of Poland, serves Poland’s Jewish community as the official interlocutor tych działań The Wall Street Journal i The San Francisco Chronicle zdeklarowały The 1970s were the low point of the era of Polish kontaktów ze światem. tried to keep out any Western influence, Juszczak kept open the doors to Katarzyna Kozyra finance their dreams through education. With scholarships, they can utworzenia Katedry Studiów The Wall Street Journal and The San Francisco Chronicle have promised to stop with both the Polish government and the Catholic Church. W XXI wieku, Fundacja nadal wzoruje się na przykładach Mizwy i Kościuszki, się do niepowtarzania tego niefortunnego zwrotu. Petycja jest nadal aktualna jokes in America, and when a young Polish reporter, universities in Poland when they needed American support the most. Joseph E. Gore wraz z Przewodniczącym Joseph E. Gore and Witold Sulimirski, Rzeźbiarka, twórczyni instalacji, fotografii i wideo. become the leaders of tomorrow. For the 21st century, the Kosciuszko W 1984 roku Fundacja sponsoruje wizytę w USA prof. Władysława Polskich na Uniwersytecie Columbia using this historically erroneous phrase. People can still sign the petition at ale dziś również szczególnie potrzebuje pomocy. Rady Zarządu, Witoldem Sulimirskim Chairman o f the Board presenting i można pod nią składać podpisy pod adresem http://www.thekf.org Thomas Poskroposki was told that he had to Video artist, sculptor. Foundation wants to build on the examples set by Kosciuszko and Bartoszewskiego - byłego żołnierza AK, członka polskiego podziemia, In 1984, The Kosciuszko Foundation sponsored a national tour for w Nowym Jorku. przekazują Medal Uznania Fundacji, the KF medal of Recognition to former http://www.thekf.org. Franciszek Starowieyski change his “Pollack” name if he wanted to get a job byłemu polskiemu ambasadorowi w USA, Polish Ambassador Jerzy Kozminski. Przedstawienie sztuki Witolda Gombrowicza, “Ivona, Princess of Burgundia,” Mizwa, but we need your help to do it. współzałożyciela Żegoty (Rady Pomocy Żydom), organizatora pomocy dla Wladyslaw Bartoszewski who traveled across the country lecturing on Fundacja obecna jest również na Facebooku. Jerzemu Koźmińskiemu. Na zdjęciu On the left, Former Foundation scholar, „Iwona Księżniczka Burgunda” na Uniwersytecie Witold Gombrowicz’s play had its Artysta malarz, grafik, współtwórca Szkoły Polskiego Plakatu Pierwszy polski artysta at the New York Daily News, he changed it to Thomas The Kosciuszko Foundation has now legally registered in Poland as: Fundacja prof. Julian Kulski powstańców warszawskiego getta w 1943 roku. Polish-Jewish relations during World War II. Bartoszewski was a soldier in the również dr Agnieszka Morawińska, Dr. Agnieszka Morawinska. Columbia. Spektaklt przygotowany przez New York premiere in a production malarz, który miał własna wystawę w Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej w Nowym Jorku Poster. This motivated Kusielewicz to speak up about dr Albert Juszczak była stypendystka Fundacji. Fundację Kościuszkowską we współpracy z at Columbia University which the Fundacja Kościuszkowska została ostatnio zarejestrowana w Polsce Kościuszkowska Polska, which allows Polish citizens to receive tax deductions Znany amerykański architekt, bohater polskiego podziemia, autor książki „Dziedzictwo Orła AK, the Polish underground, and co-founder of Zegota, the Council for Aid to (Museum of Modern Art in New York - 1985). discrimination against Poles. Educating Polish- Prof. Bartoszewski podróżuje po Stanach Zjednoczonych z serią wykładów Uniwersytetem Columbia w Nowym Jorku. Foundation assisted. pod nazwą Fundacja Kościuszkowska Polska co umożliwi polskim obywatelom for donating money for scholarships and the promotion of Polish culture. Białego”. Bądź dumny z polskiego Jews. He also organized assistance for the participants of the Warsaw Ghetto Artist, specialized in poster, drawing, painting, stage designing, and book illustration. Americans proved to be the best tool in his arsenal. na temat stosunków polsko-żydowskich w czasie drugiej wojny światowej. przekazującym dotacje na jej rzecz, uzyskać ulgę podatkową. Professor of Architecture, soldier of the Underground Polish Army during WW II. How You Can Show Your uprising of April 1943 and invited Jan Karski to speak at the Foundation. First Polish artist to have a one man show at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. pochodzenia i przyłącz Na jego zaproszenie prof. Jan Karski przyjeżdża do Fundacji z odczytem. In 1973, the Kosciuszko Foundation commissioned Rulka Langer się do wypełnianej przez Polish Pride and Fulfill Henryk Górecki to compose the Copernican Alex Storożyński I am happy for this meeting at the Kosciuszko Foundation Autorka „The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt”- próby przybliżenia Amerykanom ogromu Symphony Number 2 to commemorate the 500th Dziennikarz, pisarz, laureat nagrody Pulitzera, prezes i dyrektor wykonawczy Fundacji Polonia’s Mission dewastacji drugiej wojny światowej – 1942. Polonię misji anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Copernicus. The headquarters. I am impressed with the passion, enthusiasm and Kościuszkowskiej w Nowym Jorku. Author of “The Mermaid and the Messerschmitt” in 1942 to explain the devastation of World War The Kosciuszko Foundation can only continue its activities symphony premiered at Carnegie Hall. energy of the people who are active here. What a wonderful Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, President and Executive Director of the Fundacja Kościuszkowska może kontynuować swoją działalność pod II to Americans. supporting Polish culture and awarding scholarships if we receive exhibit and beautiful property. The Foundation has created a The Kosciuszko Foundation. warunkiem, że będzie otrzymywać dotacje. Zachęcamy do przyłączenia się support from people like you. To donate to the Kosciuszko Maria Kaczyńska fitting legacy to a great Polish hero. I wish you further success do naszej misji zgłaszając chęć wsparcia finansowego. W tym celu prosimy Foundation in the United States in New York, call 212 734 2130, and hope to visit more often. Jan Latus dzwonić pod numer 212-734- 2130, lub odwiedzić naszą stronę dr Agata Tuszyńska or visit us on the web at http://www.thekf.org Redaktor naczelny „Nowego Dziennika”, największej, polskojęzycznej gazety w Nowym Jorku. http://www.thekf.org Historyczka literatury polskiej i teatru, poetka, autorka reportaży, laureatka nagrody What a beautiful and marvelous home for Polonia in New York. Editor-in-Chief at the ”Nowy Dziennik” Polish daily news. Polskiego PEN Klubu im. Ksawerego Pruszyńskiego. To receive tax deductions in Poland, please donate to Fundacja W celu uzyskania ulgi podatkowej w Polsce zapraszamy do przekazywania Maria Kaczyńska Historian of literature and theatre, poet, and reporter who has won the Polish PEN Kościuszkowska Polska which will allow Polish citizens to receive dotacji na rzecz Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej Polska; w tym celu zapraszamy New York, Sept. 22, 2009 Juliusz Jan Machulski Club Ksawery Pruszynski Prize. tax deductions by calling (22) 621 7067, or visit our office at: do kontaktu telefonicznego z numerem (22) 621 7067 lub do wizyty w naszym Reżyser filmowy – znany z filmów „Vabank”, „Seksmisja” i „Kiler”. Producent, aktor, autor ul. Nowy Swiat 4, Room 118, 00-497 Warszawa biurze w Warszawie, przy ul. Nowy Świat 4, pokój 118. scenariuszy i sztuk teatralnych. Joanna Wiszniewicz Director of films such as ”Vabank,” ”Seksmisja” & ”Kiler.” Producer, actor, screenwriter and Autorka książek i licznych publikacji historycznych na temat Holokaustu. playwright. Polish academic and historian, published in such periodicals as Jewish History Quarterly, Karta, Midrasz, Gazeta Wyborcza, and ResPublica Nowa. prof. Władysław Bartoszewski Jan Karski prof. Radosław Markowski Sławy polskiego środowiska filmowego w Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej podczas przyjęcia z okazji The leaders of Poland’s film making community gathered for a reception at the Kosciuszko Foundation celebrating Profesor socjologii i politologii, publicysta, kierownik katedry Politologii Porównawczej, rozpoczęcia festiwalu „Revelation and Camouflage: polskie kino od 1930 r. do teraźniejszości.” the opening of “ Revelation and Camouflage: Polish Cinema from 1930 to the Present.” From left to right: KF Chairman prof. Marek Ziółkowski Michael G. Sendzimir; Prof. Maria Kornatowska; Joseph E. Gore; Monika Olszer Jasinska; Juliusz Machulski; Instytut Nauk Politycznych Polskiej Akademii Nauk, kierownik katedry, Centrum Studiów Krzysztof Zanussi; Agnieszka Holland; Edward Klosinski; Maciej Karpinski; Krystyna Janda; Boleslaw Profesor socjologii, senator, vicemarszałek Senatu. Demokratycznych w Szkole Wyższej Psychologii Społecznej w Warszawie. Trzeci Bal The Kosciuszko Foundation Michalek; Andrzej Wajda; Krystyna Zachwatowicz; and Tadeusz Scibor-Rylski, President of the Polish State Professor of Sociology, Senator, Deputy Speaker of the Senate. Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej 3rd Annual Ball Cinematography Committee. 1996. Political scientist, author, head of the Comparative Politics Department at the Institute of Political Hotel Astoria February 1st, 1936 Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences and Chair of the Center for the Study of Democracy at the 1. lutego 1936 Hotel Astor, New York City Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities.

 Cardinal Karol Wojtyła at the kosciuszko foundation On September 4, 1976 Cardinal Karol Wojtyła visited the Kosciuszko Foundation and told its members that the work of the Foundation is “particularly important at this time. We realize that culture creates a national identity, and in the end creates the nation itself.”

Cardinal Wojtyla, who two years later became Pope John of the underprivileged. He also donated his last will and Paul II, praised the work of “The Kosciuszko Foundation, testament to the education of peasants and slaves. In the 20th which attempts to diligently serve the interests of the century, another virtuous Pole, Stephen Mizwa, followed his Polish people. We must be grateful to everyone who has example and established the Kosciuszko Foundation whose contributed to these efforts, and to those who are continuing primary mission is education and promoting Polish culture. to work towards these goals. This work is one of the greatest As the years rolled on and the challenges facing Poland components of our national identity.” changed with the times, the Foundation’s work has evolved This was true in 1976, and it’s just as true today. The work of to meet those challenges. Mizwa started the Foundation after the Foundation preserves Polish culture and works to educate Poland’s rebirth following World War I, but his mission took the next generation of Polish and Polish-American leaders. on new meaning during the years of Nazism, Communism Founded in 1925, the Kosciuszko Foundation promotes closer and the Cold War. Today, Poland is once again free, part ties between Poland and the United States through educational, of NATO and the European Union. Many Kosciuszko scientific and cultural exchanges. It awards up to $1 million an- Foundation alumni have taken part in that transformation. nually in fellowships and grants to graduate students, scholars, These days, young Poles and Polish-Americans are uniquely scientists, professionals and artists, and promotes Polish culture poised to change the world, not just through humanities and in America. The Foundation has awarded scholarships and the arts, but through the sciences, technology and business provided a forum to Poles who have changed history. as well. But it takes money to finance their dreams through In the 18th century, Tadeusz Kosciuszko said, “By nature, education. With scholarships, they can become the leaders of we are all equals - virtue, riches and knowledge constitute tomorrow. For the 21st century, the Kosciuszko Foundation the only difference.” Education is the key to success, and wants to build on the examples set by Kosciuszko and Mizwa, Kosciuszko dedicated his life to the liberation and education but we need your help to do it.

 T h e K o s c i u s z k o f o u n d a t i o n The Board of Trustees of The Kosciuszko Foundation Cordially Invites You to Attend the

Kosciuszko Foundation 76th Annual Dinner & Ball

Saturday, April 30th, 2011 . Cocktails 7:00 p.m. . Dinner 8:00 p.m. Grand Ballroom . Waldorf=Astoria Hotel . Park Avenue at 50th Street, New York City

Medal of Recognition Awardee Coach K Legendary Duke University basketball For tickets call coach, Mike Krzyzewski, will receive this year’s Medal of Recognition. His four NCAA 212-734-2130 Championships and 2008 Gold Medal for the U.S. basketball team in Beijing have made him a hero to Poles and Americans alike.

 the paintings of Krystyna Brzechwa at the kosciuszko foundation

Opening of Brzechwa’s Exhibit at the Kosciuszko Foundation Dec 10, 2010

Fridays, New Yorkers leave their homes in search of many Polish Americans, and not only Poles, remember the entertainment – they “go out.” On Friday, December 10 earlier exhibit and even have paintings purchased at that 2010, a large group of them headed to the Kosciuszko time in their homes. The current exhibit has been organized Foundation for the opening of an exhibition of works by precisely through the initiative and assistance of collectors Krystyna Brzechwa, a painter from Warsaw. Krystyna of Krystyna Brzechwa’s paintings – Dr. and Mrs. Jonas, Brzechwa studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and Professor Alex Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. David and Donna got her degree in the atelier of Eugeniusz Eibisch. Since Pylyp and others who lent their paintings to the Kosciuszko 1956, when she participated in the nation-wide exhibition Foundation. The honorary curator of the exhibit was Dr. of young Polish artists in Warsaw’s Arsenal, she has shown Stanislaw Jonas; twelve of his paintings were on display in the her paintings on numerous occasions in Poland and abroad. exhibit, not counting the beautiful portrait of his daughter, In addition to Europe, her paintings can be found in which belongs to her. Magda Mazurek-Nuovo, the director collections in Canada and in the United States, where they of Cultural Programs at the Kosciuszko Foundation and the are at the Chicago Polish Museum and Society of Arts, the organizer of this exhibit says that due to space limitations, Schermerhorn Gallery of Columbia University in New York, many other beautiful paintings had to be cut from the show. at the Clark University Art Gallery in Massachusetts and in Additionally, Ms Brzechwa arrived from Poland the day many private collections. before the opening and brought with her several new works, This was not Ms Brzechwa’s first visit to New York. In 1993 which were included in the exhibition. In total, more than she had a similar show at the Polish Institute of Arts and twenty works were on exhibit at the Kosciuszko Foundation. Sciences. The painting “Clown with Drum,” which was They were large oils as well as ink drawings and pastels. A on the invitation for the earlier exhibit, appears again at the few of them (a total of nine) were available for sale, among Kosciuszko Foundation, while two drawings depicting a pair them a large oil painting of newlyweds against a background of New Yorkers and Halloween in New York are mementos of a flowering garden, a black haired maiden listening to the of her first visit to our city. Friends from years past came to devil’s insinuations and some recently arrived color and black see Ms Brzechwa and her paintings again. It turns out that and white drawings.  T h e K o s c i u s z k o f o u n d a t i o n Krystyna Brzechwa’s paintings depict solitary figures (even During the opening at the Foundation, I was intrigued by the when they are in pairs) as though from this or another world. reactions of the viewers and their overheard opinions. They The artist has a unique style of presenting her subjects. In her studied the paintings closely, returning to some many times, paintings they appear surrounded by flowers, in the company of obviously trying to decipher their hidden meanings, judge their cats and birds, as well as devils, angels, fauns and other fantastic unusual form and maybe guess at the painter’s message. The creatures. The cheerful colors of the paintings contrast with the varied works elicited dramatically different reactions. One tragic human figures. Their huge eyes overflow with sadness, lady, entering the Foundation’s vestibule, exclaimed: “Oh, how as though they want to tell us something about their suffering. cheerful these paintings are!” I surmise that she was reacting to Their elongated and twisted figures betray pain and inner the bright, intense colors of the works. Other viewers expressed turmoil. Other times the static figures bring to mind actors in the opposite opinions. They saw tragedy, anxiety and fear – even classical poses or figures from a puppet theater. in the eyes of the newlyweds situated in the cherry orchard. Of particular interest for the viewers were “The Cage” inside During the opening evening I had the pleasure of speaking which lay the curled up figure of a woman, and “The Judgment” briefly with Ms Brzechwa about her artistic tastes and – giving the verdict to two half-human, half-devilish, sinful inspirations, as well as about other matters not necessarily dealing creatures. The viewers were fascinated by the hidden subtext of directly with the exhibit. Asked whether family traditions the paintings, in which they found the expression of their own influenced her art, the artist categorically denied the influence sorrows, fears and hopes. of her father, Jan Brzechwa, author of the widely known poems and fairy tales for children. However, half in jest, she admitted Ms Brzechwa is a very modest, natural and direct person. She that there might be some kind of genetic artistic bond between doesn’t interpret her paintings, leaving that to the viewers. In her and her ancestors. As a child, she read the books of her answer to the question about what inspired her, posed by a uncle, the great poet, Boleslaw Lesmian, who gave her his books visitor to the exhibit, who had just purchased one of the pastels, as gifts. Without a doubt they roused the imagination of the she answered simply: “I bought some new paint, so I painted it.” future painter as they did that of other young readers of The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor or Sesame Tales. Ms Brzechwa Krystyna S. Olszer stressed that these may be totally subconscious connections. She (trans. by Monika Olszer Jasinska) suspects similar genetic influences in the artistic attempts of Lesmian’s granddaughter – still living in England – who most likely never read her grandfather’s poems nor saw the missing paintings of Zofia Chylinska, her grandmother and Lesmian’s wife. However, more probable than just genes would have been the actual influence of her maternal great-aunt, Czeslawa Sunderland, also a painter, who to some extent even inspired the paintings of Ms Brzechwa. To the question which artists might have influenced her, Ms Brzechwa said “I’m unable to mimic, sometimes I even regret this…” But, naturally, she has her favorite artists. She confessed that she loves Goya and Velazquez: “Once, when I was in Paris, I saw an exhibition of the collected works of Goya and I was dumbstruck. When I was in New York the last time, I saw an exhibit of Velazquez, and I was dumbstruck, again. When I saw those Infantas, I nearly fell over.” She also confessed that Velazquez was the inspiration for the beautiful Infantas that appear in her paintings. When I asked about Polish painters and suggested a similarity in the use of symbols between Jacek Malczewski and herself (figures surrounded by devils, angels, chimera) she denied it, because while she likes Malczewski, she doesn’t feel a connection in their paintings. She did, however, admit to an artistic kinship with Tadeusz Makowski, who is closer to her. At the exhibition it was not difficult to notice a similarity in their themes. For example, the mysterious world of children in three-cornered caps can be found in the works of both artists which, in the Kosciuszko Foundation show, was Wedding / Slub Photo: Katarzyna Koziol demonstrated by “Boy with Flower”. Oil on canvas. 27½˝ x 39½˝ From collection of Dr. Stanislaw and Mrs. Alicja Jonas

 K o s c i u s z k o F o u n d at i o n S c h o l a r s h i p s EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIPs AND GRANTS for Polish Citizens for Advanced Study/Research and/or Teaching in the United States for the Academic Year 2010/11

Every year, during its Semi-Annual Meeting, the Board of 2. Dr. Maria Ciemerych-Litwinienko, Department of Trustees of the Kosciuszko Foundation approves funding for Embryology, Institute of Zoology, Warsaw University. Former the Exchange Program with Poland for the next academic year. Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation Last April, the Board allocated $290,470 for 21 scholars and 3. Dr. Andrzej Dakowski, Director of the Polish Fulbright scientists from Poland to receive the Fellowships and Grants Commission in Warsaw. for the 2010/2011 academic year. 4. Prof. Slawomir Jozefowicz, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Journalism and Political Science Institute of Political The decision of the Foundation’s Board was based on the Science, Warsaw University. Former Fellow of the Kosciuszko results of a very careful selection process, including personal Foundation interviews, conducted by the members of the U.S. Academic 5. Dr. Jaroslaw Kusmierczyk, Assistant Professor, Clinic of Advisory Committee in the US and Polish Academic Ophthalomology – Center for Medical Training Prof. W. Commission in March at the Foundation’s Warsaw Office. Orlowski Hospital, Warsaw, Poland. Former Fellow of the The U.S. Academic Advisory Committee is composed of the Kosciuszko Foundation following members: 6. Prof. Zbigniew Lasocik, LL.D. Dean, Law Department, 1. Prof. M.B. Biskupski, Department of History, Central The Lazarski School of Commerce and Law in Warsaw. Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT. Former Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation 2. Dr. Ronald J. Hagadus, Chairman of the Kosciuszko 7. Prof. Ewa Miklaszewska, Economic University of Krakow, Foundation Scholarship Committee Director of Banking Unit, Department of Finance, Faculty of 3. Dr. Ewa Radwanska, M.D. Ph.D., Rush University Finance, Department of Economics and Management, Faculty Medical Center in Chicago of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian 4. Prof. Bozena Shallcross, Department of Slavic Languages, University. Former Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation University of Chicago Dr. Ronald Hagadus, Chairman of the Kosciuszko The work of the US Committee was assisted during the Foundation Scholarship Committee, along with Joseph personal interview sessions at the Foundation’s office in E. Gore, Esq, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Warsaw by the members of the Polish Academic Commission Kosciuszko Foundation and Ms. Maryla Janiak, Vice which included a number of former Fellows of the Kosciuszko President/Educational Programs presided over the personal Foundation: interviews which were conducted in the English language, 1. Prof. Agata Bielik-Robson, Institute of Philosophy and thereby evaluating the English proficiency of the candidates. Sociology, Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw. Former Each interview lasted approximately 30 minutes, including Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation Committee discussions prior to and after each session. Following the interviews, the candidates were ranked in order from the highest to lowest score. The discussions at the end of each interview created a good basis for evaluating the overall excellence and the importance of their research proposals both in their fields of study and to Poland. Careful consideration was given to the choice of the US educational institution selected by the candidates for conducting their research projects. In order to evaluate the merit of the candidates’ research proposals, their clarity and seriousness of purpose and the persuasiveness of their arguments for conducting research in the United States, members of the Committees reviewed the files of all candidates beforehand. For the academic year (l-r) Mr. Joseph E. Gore, Esq. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kosciuszko Foundation, Prof. Ewa Miklaszewska, Economic University 2010/2011 all applications were reviewed by the New York of Krakow, Director of Banking Unit, Faculty of Management and Office and subsequently prepared and presented for evaluation Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Prof. Bozena by the two Committees. Of the 40 applicants who were Shallcross, Department of Slavic Languages, University of Chicago, interviewed 21 were selected for funding. Ms. Maryla Janiak, Vice President of the Kosciuszko Foundation, Dr. Ronald J. Hagadus, M.D. Chairman of the Scholarship Committee Maryla Z. Janiak of the Kosciuszko Foundation, Prof. M.B. Biskupski, Department of Vice President/Educational Programs History, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT. 10 T h e K o s c i u s z k o f o u n d a t i o n K o s c i u s z k o F o u n d at i o n S c h o l a r s h i p s

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BOGDANOWSKA, Monika Assistant Professor, Institute of Polish Literary Studies, University of Silesia in Katowice: Two month Fellowship to conduct research on forms of inequality of discourse, Department of Philosophy, Heyman Center for the Humanities, Columbia University with Professor Akeel Bilgrami. CHODKIEWICZ, Halina Associate Professor, English Department, Maria Curie (l-r) Dr. Andrzej Dakowski, Director of the Polish Fulbright Commission in Warsaw, Prof. Bozena Sklodowska University: Shallcross, Department of Slavic Languages, University of Chicago, Mr. Joseph E. Gore, Esq. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kosciuszko Foundation, Ms. Maryla Janiak, Vice President of the Kosciuszko Three month Fellowship to conduct Foundation, Dr. Ronald J. Hagadus, M.D. Chairman of the Scholarship Committee of the Kosciuszko research on most recent advances in second Foundation, Prof. M.B. Biskupski, Department of History, Central Connecticut State University, New language reading development for her Britain, CT. textbook for foreign language teachers at the English Language Center, research on contemporary adaptations of impact of the recent literary theories of art, The Center for Language Education and Shakespeare which could be considered art criticism and the history of art at the Research, The Department of Linguistics examples of post-dramatic theater at City University of Chicago with Professor and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African University of New York with Professor Bozena Shallcross. Daniel Geruld. Languages, Michigan State University, ROGOWSKA- East Lansing with Professor Susan Gass. NOWOZYCKI, STANGRET, Monika JAROSZ, Ewelina Bartosz Archivist, Ph.D. candidate in Ph.D. candidate in Art Central Archives of Modern Philosophy, Graduate History, Adam Mickiewicz Records in Warsaw: Five School for Social Research, University in Poznan: Three month Grant to conduct Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw: month Grant to conduct research on the role of PIASA during the Three month Grant to conduct research research for her doctoral dissertation cold war period in supporting the towards her doctoral dissertation on independent thought and culture in the entitled Figures of Unrepresentational: The Body as a Philosophical Category and its United States at the Polish Institute of Arts at the Women’s and (Inter)Relations of Time and Art in Painting Normative Implications and Sciences in America in New York City Gender Studies Department, School of of Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman and with Professor Thaddeus V. Gromada. Arts and Sciences , Rutgers University Clyford Still at the University of Texas at with Professors Joanna Regulska and Austin with Professor Richard Shiff. OLEKSY, Elzbieta Elisabeth Grosz. KACZMARCZYK, Full Professor and Michal Ph.D. in Chair, Department of STOBIECKI, Rafal Sociology, Nicolaus Transatlantic and Media Professor, Chair of the Copernicus University Studies: Three month History of Historiography - in Torun: Three month Fellowship to conduct research on her University of Lodz: Three Fellowship to teach courses in Polish project entitled Visual Citizenship. Audience month Fellowship to Studies Program at the University at Analysis of Intersectional Film and TV Series conduct research on Polish historiography Buffalo and to conduct research on at University of California, Berkeley with in exile after 1945 at the Polish Institute of “Solidarity” versus Religion and Professor Mary Elizabeth Berry. Arts and Sciences of America in New York with Professor Tadeusz V. Gromada, Secularism. SENDYKA, Roma Professor Piotr S. Wandycz, Yale University, Assistant Professor, MANCEWICZ, Aneta Prof. Mieczyslaw B. Biskupski, Central Department of Polish Assistant Professor, Connecticut State University, Professor Philology, Jagiellonian Kazimierz Wielki University Anna Cienciala, Kasas University, Dr. John University: Three month in Bydgoszcz: Three month Micgiel, Columbia University. Fellowship to conduct Fellowship to conduct research on the

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WAGNER, Izabela PAMULA, SALOMEA PLOCH, Izabela Associate Professor in Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Faculty of Center of the Polish Geological Museum, Philosophy and Language and Culture of Polish Geological Sociology, University of the World, Jagiellonian Institute National Warsaw: Five month Fellowship to University: Ten month Teaching Research Institute: Four month conduct research on the process of Fellowship to teach courses in the Polish Fellowship to conduct comparative study transitional professionals in life science Studies Program at the University of of Ammonites Fauna of the United States research environment at Harvard Connecticut at Storrs. Western Interior and Polish Lowland at University, Department of Sociology the American Museum of Natural with Professor Michele Lamont. History in New York with Mr. Neil H. SCIENCES Landman, Curator-in-Charge. WASKIEWICZ, Andrzej Assistant CAPINSKI, Maciej WIERZBOWSKA, Professor, Institute of Assistant Professor, Izabela Senior Sociology, University of Department of Lecturer, Department of Warsaw: Three month Mathematics, AGH Conservation Biology Fellowship to conduct research towards University of Science and and Ecology Education, his book on his project: The Idea of Technology in Krakow: Four month Jagiellonian University: Five month Representation and its Paradoxes at Boston Fellowship to conduct research on Fellowship to teach wildlife biology, College with Professor Mark O’Connor. Instability of Trajectories in Space conservation and management at the Mission Design to Investigate the Rate Department of Fish, Wildlife and of Diffusion of Energy for Missions Based Conservative Biology, Colorado State POLISH STUDIES on Elliptic Jupiter-Sun-System at the University and to conduct research on University of Texas at Austin, DEMBOWSKA- trophic relations of urban carnivore Department of Mathematics with WOSIK, Iwona communities with Professor Kenneth Professor Rafael de la Llave. Assistant Professor, R. Wilson. Department of Applied HARCIAREK, and Cultural Linguistics: Michal Assistant LAW Ten month Teaching Fellowship to Professor, Department of conduct comparative research for her Psychology, University of SOBOWSKA, doctoral thesis on certificate exams Gdansk: Three month Barbara Last year of Polish as a foreign language and to Fellowship to conduct research on Law School student, teach Polish language (elementary/ emotional experience in patients with Jagiellonian University: intermediate and advanced intermediate) early to moderate Alzheimer’s Disease at a supplementary grant to at Indiana University Polish Studies the Department of Neurology, College study towards LLM at Harvard Law Program. of Medicine, University of Florida, School, New York University Law Gainesville, Florida with Professor School, Stanford Law School or Berkeley KOLBUSZEWSKA, Kenneth M. Heiman. School of Law. Zofia Assistant Professor, Department of KOZLOWSKA- American Literature and MARKOWSKA, Anna Culture: Ten month Assistant Professor, Teaching Fellowship to teach courses in Poznan University of Polish Studies Program at the University Medical Sciences, at Buffalo. Invited by Professor Janian Department of Tumor Immunology: Brutt-Griffler, Director of Polish Studies Five month Fellowship to conduct Program. research on myeloma cell at the City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, Department of Cancer Immuno- therapeutics & Tumor Immunology with Professor Hua (Eleanor) Yu.

12 T h e K o s c i u s z k o f o u n d a t i o n K o s c i u s z k o F o u n d at i o n S c h o l a r s h i p s SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS FOR AMERICANS 2010-2011 We are now in the midst of the spring of Brooklyn, USA Inc. and undergraduate provides dormitory housing, funding for semester. The better portion of academic students who live in Massachusetts. living expenses, use of academic facilities year 2010 – 2011 is already behind us and and access to archives. In addition, the This year 10 students are attending Kosciuszko Foundation’s scholarships are Kosciuszko Foundation awards $2,250 in programs in Poland through the additional support which is used for living currently supporting the students whose Kosciuszko Foundation’s exchange program expenses during the research period. names are listed below. with the Polish Ministry of National The listing represents an allocation by Education to study Polish language and Lastly, in addition to the funding for the Kosciuszko Foundation Board of culture as part of the Foundation’s Year the year long program, the Foundation Trustees of $215,880 in scholarships to Abroad program at the Jagiellonian awarded $39,780 in Tomaszkiewicz-Florio Americans of Polish descent for a period University’s Center of Polish Language Scholarships to 17 American students that encompasses Summer 2010 through and Culture in the World. The Polish to attend the 2010 Summer language June 2011. Of this amount $151,000 Ministry provides scholarship recipients programs at the Jagiellonian University is awarded as Tuition Scholarships to 54 with a tuition waiver, dormitory housing in Krakow. Each scholarship recipient Americans of Polish descent towards their and funding for living expenses. Each received $2,340. student receives additional funding from graduate studies in the United States. The grants and scholarships for Americans the Foundation, in aggregate amounting to An additional $10,700 is awarded to 9 were made possible through the funds $12,150. students through the Polish American listed below. We are pleased to present Club of North Jersey, the Polish National The Foundation’s exchange program is the scholarship recipients for the 2010 Alliance of Brooklyn, USA Inc. and also supporting a student for a research Summer programs and the 2010 - 2011 the Massachusetts Federation of Polish project in Poland. Funding is provided academic year. Women’s scholarships. These scholarships through the Foundation’s Graduate support undergraduate students who are Studies and Research in Poland program Addy Tymczyszyn affiliated with the Polish American Club of in cooperation with the Polish Ministry of Scholarship and Grants Officer North Jersey, the Polish National Alliance National Education. The Polish Ministry for Americans TUITION SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS 2010-2011 THE KAZIMIERA ADRIAN GALAZYN, MAGDALENA WILLIAMS, KINGA of ADRIANOWSKA SCHOLARSHIP of Edison, NJ - for second Amityville, NY - for first FUND year of graduate studies in year of graduate studies as a PIERCE, SHELLEY of Psychology, City University Physician’s Assistant, Stony Bath, NY – for first year of New York, New York, Brook University, Stony of graduate studies in NY. Scholarship: $2,000 Brook, NY. Scholarship: $2,000 Management, Keuka HOWARD, BARBARA of College, Keuka Park, NY. EDWIN L. HARASIMOWICZ Albuquerque, NM - for SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND Scholarship: $3,000 ($2,000 from Sobieraj doctoral studies in Clinical Fund) BLASZKIEWICZ, JACEK Psychology, Fielding of Staten Island, NY - for Graduate University, Santa SOPHIA GRODZICKA SCHOLARSHIP first year of graduate studies Barbara, CA. Scholarship: $2,000 ($1,000 FUND in Music History, Stony from Nowak Fund) FRYDEL, TOMASZ of Brook University, Stony Woodlynne NJ - for first OLCON, KATARZYNA of Brook, NY. Scholarship: $2,000 year of graduate studies in Burbank, IL - for second PLASKON, PAULINA of Polish-Jewish History, year of graduate studies in Wallington, NJ - for first Brandeis University, Social Work, University of year of graduate studies in Waltham, MA. Scholarship: $4,000 Illinois, Chicago, IL. Clinical Laboratory Science, Scholarship: $2,000 University of Medicine and

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Dentistry, Newark, NJ. Scholarship: KOSCIUSZKO FOUNDATION FLOYD AND IRENE MCKAIN/ $1,000 SCHOLARSHIP FUND JOHN AND HELEN GENZA SCHOLARSHIP FUND GRAJEWSKI, ROBERT JOHN C. KIERZKOWSKI FERTALA, SCHOLARSHIP FUND of Statesville, NC - for first year of graduate KATARZYNA of TOKARZ, studies in Business Voorhees NJ - for second KATARZYNA of Administration, year of graduate studies Westborough, MA - for Columbia University, New York, NY. in Law, University of second year of graduate Scholarship: $5,000 Maryland, Baltimore, MD. Scholarship: studies in Russian, $4,000 Eurasian and East European Studies, KOSMICKI, Georgetown University, Washington, KRZYSZTOF of FIEDOREK, KARA of DC. Scholarship: $4,000 Brooklyn, NY - for first New York, NY - for first year of graduate studies year of graduate studies VICTORIA KOKERNAK in International and in Art History, Stanford SCHOLARSHIP FUND World History, Columbia University, University, Stanford, CA. BOLT, AGNES of New York, NY. Scholarship: $4,000 Scholarship: $3,000 Pittsburgh, PA - for GUBERNAT, TAMARA STAN LESNY SCHOLARSHIP FUND second year of graduate of Brooklyn, NY - for studies in Fine Arts, KUZIAN, EDYTA final year of studies in Carnegie Mellon of Ventnor, NJ - for Integrated Media Art, University, Pittsburgh, PA. Scholarship: doctoral studies in Hunter College, New $3,000 Philosophy, New School York, NY. Scholarship: $1,000 University, New York, HUBERT-BROWN, NY. Scholarship: $1,000 HOSPODAR, DAGMARA of New TIMOTHY of Goldens York, NY - for second LAROUSSI, JOANNA Bridge, NY - for second year of graduate studies of Astoria, NY - for year of graduate studies in Economic and first year of graduate in Fine Art, Brooklyn Political Development, Columbia studies in Earth and College, Brooklyn, NY. Scholarship: University, New York, NY. Scholarship: Environmental Science, $1,000 $4,000 City University of New York Graduate Center, New York. NY. Scholarship: KING, MELISSA ORLIK, $1,000 VICTORIA of Bellevue, ALEKSANDER of WA - for final year of Carmel, IN - for second OLDAK, KATARZYNA graduate studies in Law, year of graduate studies of Germantown, Columbia University, in Dentistry, Indiana MD - for second year New York, NY. Scholarship: $5,000 University, Indianapolis, IN. of graduate studies in Scholarship: $2,000 Physics, Johns Hopkins PAWLAK, University, Baltimore, MD. Scholarship: MALGORZATA of OSTROWSKI, $5,000 Riverhead, NY - for first MAGDALENA of year of graduate studies Parsippany, NJ - for POWANDA- in Law and Diplomacy, second year of graduate WINBURN, ALLYSHA Tufts University, Medford, MA. studies in Psychology, of Shillington, PA - for Scholarship: $3,000 Kean University, Union, NJ. doctoral studies in Scholarship: $2,000 Anthropology, University REV. PAUL J. MISKOWICZ f Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Scholarship: SCHOLARSHIP FUND $2,000 WILEY-KNEPPER, SCZEPANIK, DARCY AMANDA of Warsaw, of Hobson, TX - for third IN - for first year of year of graduate studies graduate studies in in Optometry, University Physical Therapy, of Houston, Houston, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, TX. Scholarship: $2,000 IL. Scholarship: $3,000 14 T h e K o s c i u s z k o f o u n d a t i o n K o s c i u s z k o F o u n d at i o n S c h o l a r s h i p s

PROFESSOR STEFAN MIZWA THE ARTHUR AND GENEVIEVE MONIKA AND FRANK STANITSKI SCHOLARHIP FUND ROTH SCHOLARSHIP FUND MUSIC FUND WOLICKI, KATHERINE SALOMON, BENJAMIN FILOCHOWSKI, PIOTR of Marshall, NC - for of Haymarket, VA - for first of Hamden, CT - for second year of graduate year of graduate studies in graduate studies in Violin studies in International Business, University of Performance, Yale School of Economic Relations, Virginia, Charlottesville, Music, New Haven, CT. American University, Washington, DC. VA. Scholarship: $5,000 ($3,000 from Scholarship: $5,000 Scholarship: $2,000 Smith Fund) JEROME AND MARY STRAKA THE JOSEPH NOWAK SCHOLARSHIP EDWARD C. SMITH SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIP FUND FUND KIEBALA, RICHARD of HOWARD, BARBARA JANOWSKI, VANESSA Chicago, IL - for third year of Albuquerque, NM - of Pasadena, CA - for of graduate studies in please see Sophia Grodzicka doctoral studies in Neuro- Pharmacy, University of Scholarship Fund - economics, California Illinois, Chicago, IL. Scholarship: $2,000 Institute of Technology, Scholarship: $2,000 ($1,000 from Grodzicka Fund.) Pasadena, CA. Scholarship: $3,000 THE JOSEPHINE WALL AND MASKA, NATALIA of SALOMON, BENJAMIN IGNATIUS WALL SCHOLARSHIP Almont, MI - for second of Haymarket, VA - FUND year of graduate studies in please see the Arthur and CZEPIEL, TERESA of Health Management and Genevieve Roth Scholarship Ludlow, MA - for second Policy, University of Fund. Scholarship: $5,000 year of graduate studies in Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Scholarship: ($2,000 from Roth Fund) Occupational Therapy, $2,000 Tufts University, Medford, RICHARD SOBIERAJ SCHOLARSHIP MA. Scholarship: $4,000 THE DR. EDWARD AND FUND MARIA NOWICKI MEMORIAL BIEGAJ, URSZULA of KRESLAKE, JENNIFER SCHOLARSHIP FUND Chicago, IL - for first year of Cambridge, MA - for BOROWICZ, MARIUSZ of graduate studies in doctoral studies in Public of Chicago, IL - for third Russian and East European Health, Johns Hopkins year graduate studies in Studies, University of University, Baltimore, MD. Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Scholarship: Scholarship: $4,000 Illinois, Chicago, IL. $2,000 POTOSKI, ELINE of Scholarship: $5,000 PIERCE, SHELLEY of Monterey, MA - for first GLICKMAN, MICHAEL Bath, NY – please see year of graduate studies of Annandale, VA - for Adrianowska Scholarship in Social Work, Smith second year of graduate Fund. College, Northampton, studies in Medicine, Florida MA. Scholarship: $2,000 State University, Tallahassee, PRZYBYLEK, FL. Scholarship: $2,000 ALBERT SPIEZNY SCHOLARSHIP MATTHEW of MROZEK, JULIE of New KOLAK, MARYNIA of Wilmington, DE - for first Castle, PA - for doctoral Chicago, IL - for third year year of graduate studies in studies in Podiatric of graduate studies in Modern European Studies, Medicine, Ohio College of Creative Writing, Roosevelt Columbia University, New York, NY. Podiatric Medicine, University, Chicago, IL. Scholarship: $4,000 Independence, OH. Scholarship: $3,000 Scholarship: $2,000 SIKORSKI, JOHN of WOJCIECHOWSKA, POPE JOHN PAUL II SCHOLARSHIP South Bend, IN - for IZABELA of El Paso, TX - doctoral studies in Moral BAUMERT, MICHAEL for second year of graduate Theology, University of of Wadsworth, IL - for studies in Creative Notre Dame, Notre Dame, second year of graduate Non-Fiction and Literary IN. Scholarship: $4,000 studies in Law, Valparaiso Translation, Columbia University, University, Valparaiso, IN. New York, NY. Scholarship: $4,000 Scholarship: $3,000 15 K o s c i u s z k o F o u n d at i o n S c h o l a r s h i p s

WOJCIESZEK- THE MICHALINA AND HERMAN POLISH AMERICAN CLUB OF ARJOMAND, KSENIA ZIMBER SCHOLARSHIP FUND NORTH JERSEY FUND of Tonawanda NY - for SALTER, JENNIFER BATCHEN, HELEN of third year of graduate of Morehead, NC - Teaneck, NJ - for junior studies in Counselor for second year of year of undergraduate Education, State University of New graduate studies in studies in Russian and York, Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Scholarship: Gerontology, University East Eurasian Studies, $1,000 of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC. Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, Scholarship: $1,000 NY. Scholarship: $600 IRENA AND DAMIAN WANDYCZ SCHOLARSHIP FUND SZMAL, PATRICIA of CIECIERSKI, CZERWIEN, CHRISTY Freehold, NJ - for second CAROLINE of East of Amarillo, TX - for year of graduate studies Rutherford, NJ - for second year of graduate in Medicine, University sophomore year of studies in Japanese of Michigan, Ann Arbor, undergraduate studies in History, University of MI. Scholarship: $4,000 Public Health, Rutgers University, New Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Scholarship: Brunswick, NJ. Scholarship: $1250 DR. MARIE ZAKRZEWSKA $2,000 MEDICAL SCHOLARSHIP OF THE MATICKA, MASSACHUSETTS FEDERATION OF SAMANTHA of WHITE EAGLE BRANCH 41, POLISH WOMEN’S CLUBS FUND POLISH WORKERS FUND Ringwood, NJ - PARZYCH, JULIA of for senior year of IRACE, KRISTA of Auburn, MA - for second undergraduate studies in Greentown, NY - for year of studies in Theology, Mount St. Mary’s University, second year of graduate Medicine, University of Emmitsburg, MD. Scholarship: $900 studies in Library and Massachusetts, Worcester, Information Science, WIS, SANDRA of MA. Scholarship: $3,500. Long Island University, Brookville, NY. Clifton, NJ - for Scholarship: $2,000 MASSACHUSETTS FEDERATION OF sophomore year of POLISH WOMEN’S CLUBS FUND undergraduate studies in TED AND WALTER WYSOCKI Family and Child LENTNER, MICHAEL SCHOLARSHIP FUND Studies, Montclair State University, of Florence, MA - for CZARNIECKI Montclair, NJ. Scholarship: $700 sophomore year of MARCIN of Chicago, IL studies in Accounting, ZOCH, KATHRYN of - for studies in Medicine, Virginia Tech, Hackensack, NJ - for Medical University of Blacksburg, VA. Scholarship: $1,250. second year of graduate Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. studies in Teaching, Scholarship: $1,000 SMOLENSKI, Montclair State NATALIE of Cambridge, FIGUS, ELIZABETH University, Montclair, NJ. Scholarship: MA - for first year of of Bradley Beach, NJ - $1,500 studies in History, for first year of graduate University of Michigan, studies in Central and POLISH NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF Ann Arbor, MI. Scholarship: $1,250. BROOKLYN, USA, INC. FUND Eastern European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Krakow. YEO, PATRICK of SADOWSKI, MACIEJ Scholarship: $1,000 Peabody, MA - for junior of Brooklyn, NY - year of studies in Civil for third year of KWIECIEN, MICHAL Engineering, University undergraduate studies in of Harwood Heights, IL - of Massachusetts, Biology, St. Joseph for doctoral studies in Amherst, MA. Scholarship: $1,250. University, Brooklyn, NY. Scholarship: Modern East European $2,000 History, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. Scholarship: $4,500

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THE YEAR ABROAD PROGRAM IN POLAND Center for the Polish Language and Culture in the World

CAMILLE GAJEWSKI FLORENCE MAHER of Erie, PA - undergraduate of Portland, OR - senior majoring in undergraduate junior Comparative Literature majoring in Journalism at Yale University, New Howard University, Haven, CT. Scholarship: $1,350 Washington, DC. Scholarship: $675 SCOTIA GILROY of ASHLEY PIOTROWSKI The Katyn Exhibit Corvalis, OR - B.A. in of Grand Rapids, MI - coming to New Literature, Simon Fraser undergraduate senior England in April University, Burnaby, B.C., majoring in Psychology Recently, the Kosciuszko Canada. To study Polish at Grand Valley State Foundation has received attention language in order to pursue further studies University, Allendale, MI. Scholarship: for its international Katyn in literature and translation. Scholarship: $1,350 conference and exhibit held last $1,350 EMILIA PTAK of Seattle, year at the Library of Congress CHRISTINA JOELLE WA - undergraduate senior in Washington D.C. Following GROSHEK Pittsville, WI - majoring in Political the Katyn conference the exhibit B.A. in Political Science, Science, University of has been traveling throughout the University of Wisconsin, Washington, Seattle, WA States and has been shown in places Stevens Point, WI. Scholarship: $1,350 such as the Hoover Institution at Scholarship: $1,350 Stanford University, Lucas County ELIZA ROSE of Chicago, Library in Toledo, Orchard Lake OLYMPIA LEICHNER IL - undergraduate Schools in Michigan, Richard of Jersey City, NJ - senior majoring in Inter- Daley Library at University of undergraduate senior disciplinary Studies in the Illinois, Erie County Public Library majoring in Art and Humanities, University of in Buffalo, Georgia Perimeter Visual Culture at Webster Chicago, Chicago, IL. Scholarship: $1,350 College in Atlanta, Holy Family University, St. Louis, MO. Scholarship: MARGARET WYPOREK University in Philadelphia and in $1,350 of Cambridge, MA - Cleveland. The exhibit will travel JOSEPH MACIUBA graduate student majoring to New England in April and can of Notre Dame, IN - in Arts in Education, be seen at: undergraduate senior Harvard University, The Polish Center of majoring in Biochemistry Cambridge, MA. Scholarship: $1,350 Discovery and Learning and German, Notre Dame 33 South Street University, Notre Dame, IN. Scholarship: Chicopee, MA 01013 $1,350 April 8 – April 21, 2011 For further information call: GRADUATE STUDIES AND 413-592-0001 Massachusetts State House RESEARCH IN POLAND Beacon Hill 2010/2011 Doric Hall Boston, MA 02133 NAUMANN, STEPHEN of Saint Paul, MN - to conduct April 25 - April 29, 2011 research on “In sight and out of Mind: Contested Memories For further information call: of Poznan’s Imperial Palace.” at the Institute of History, 617-727-1100 Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland with Prof. Rafal Witkowski. Scholarship: $2,250

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UPCOMING EVENTS The Kosciuszko foundation April 3, 3:00 pm $20/ $15 KF Members and students The American Center of Polish Culture th Heard at the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, accomplished Polish-Canadian pianist 15 East 65 Street Katarzyna Musial delights audiences with her virtuosity as well as her mature, New York, NY 10065 insightful and energetic interpretations. Her repertoire showcases many different styles Tel. (212) 734-2130 which span from baroque to modern. The April 3rd program will include works of Fax: (212) 628-4552 Fryderyk Chopin, Witold Lutoslawski, Olivier Messiaen and Modest Mussorgsky. e-mail: [email protected] April 8, 10:00 am Washington, D.C. Center 2025 “O” Street NW. Chopin Piano Competition PRELIMINARIES Washington, D.C. 20036 April 8, 7:30 pm $20/ $15 KF Members and students Tel. (202) 785-2320 A concert by Aga Zaryan, an internationally recognized jazz vocalist who has Fax: (202) 785-2159 performed in NY jazz venues on numerous occasions. This time she will sing in Polish. Warsaw Office Her repertoire will include poetry written during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising, from her album Nowy Swiat 4/118. 00-497 Umiera Piekno. There will be tunes with lyrics by Krystyna Krahelska, Jozef Zywina, Anna Swirszczynska, Warsaw, Poland Father Jan Twardowski, Mira Grelichowska and Elzbieta Szemplinska. The music is composed by Michal Tel./Fax +48(22) 621-7067 Tokaj a long-time music partner of Aga Zaryan. The artist will also perform some pieces with lyrics written e-mail: [email protected] by Czeslaw Milosz and much more. Alex Storozynski April 9, 10:00 am $15 President and Executive Director Chopin Piano Competition FINALS May 4, 3:00 pm $20/ $15 KF Members and students The Board of Trustees of Love, Freedom, and Religion Mezzo-soprano Marta Wryk The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc. with pianist Magdalena Baczewska present an evening of song cycles, Anton chairman: Dvorak’s Gypsy Songs and Samuel Barber’s Hermit Songs, as well as selection Joseph E. Gore, Esq. of songs by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Sergei Rachmaninoff and a musical surprise - songs from Polish vice-chairmen: roaring twenties. William J. Nareski May 14, 3:00 pm $20/ $15 KF Members and students Wanda M. Senko Cynthia Rosicki, Esq. Metro Chamber Orchestra featuring the Kosciuszko Foundation’s former scholar, Pawel Knapik, a Polish native, double bassist and composer. A graduate corporate secretary: of Manhattan School of Music and Wroclaw Academy of Music will present two of Henry C. Walentowicz, Esq. his compositions: Westbeth Capriccio for Double Bass solo, New York, 1999; members: Concerto for Double Bass, Wroclaw, 1993 Victor Ashe May 20, 7:00 pm Adam M. Bak Dr. Zbigniew Darzynkiewicz The Collage Photo exhibit by Polish artist, Gina Amama A Lecture by Jaroslaw Krejza, MD, PhD “Brain and Beauty” Dr. Ronald J. Hagadus How to explain the intensity of maternal love? And what about the sense of happiness? Alexander Koproski Is this a deceptive illusion, or maybe it is just a measurement of the health of our brain? Marian A. Kornilowicz, Esq. Dr. Julian Kulski May 22, 3:00 pm $20/ $15 KF Members and students Victor Markowicz Chamber Players International Concert features Grammy Nominee violinist Anastasia Peter S. Novak Khitruk and award winning pianist Olga Vinokur in a program of masterworks by: Schubert, Ravel, Chopin, Steven T. Plochocki St Lubin, plus a world premier. Dr. Ewa Radwanska Andrzej Rojek June 24, 7:30 pm $15 Sigmund Rolat Pawel Ignatowicz Quartet Jazz up the shortest night of the year! Krzysztof Rostek Come to the KF to hear a Polish native Pawel Ignatowicz’s Jazz with world music influences. Helen Mary M. Tyszka Featuring: Pawel Ignatowicz – guitars, Mark Manczuk – drums, Dan Asher – Bass, Wojciech Uzdelewicz Lukasz Kowalski – piano. The Kosciuszko Foundation Newsletter© Events subject to change: Call the KF to confirm and get details. All presentations at the KF House unless otherwise noted. is published for its members.