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1 kosciuszko foundation T h e A m e r i c a n C e n t e r o f P o l i s h C u l t u r e NEWSLETTER Spring 2011 Volume LXI, No. 1 ISSN Inside The Kosciuszko Foundation Stands Up for Polonia Polish Senate Hosts Kosciuszko Foundation Exhibit in Warsaw Cardinal Karol Wojtyła at the Kosciuszko Foundation The Kosciuszko Foundation 76th Anniversary Dinner and Ball The Paintings of Krystyna Brzechwa 10 Exchange Fellowships and Grants 13 Scholarships and Grants for Americans The Year Abroad Program in Poland Graduate Studies and Research in Poland Summer Sessions Awards Giving to the 19 Kosciuszko Foundation 20 Calendar of Events Last Chance to Buy Tickets to Ball & Take Ad Congratulating the KF. Come Meet Coach K! For more information, call th Annual Dinner & Ball Saturday, April 30th April 30, 2011

2 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 of Congress that signed these letters were Rep. Daniel Lipinski (Ill.), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Christopher Smith (NJ), John Dingell (Mich.), Christopher Murphy (Conn.), Rosa DeLauro (Conn.), Nydia Velazquez (NY), Mike Quigley (Ill.), Joe Courtney (Conn.), John Larson (Conn.), Brian Higgins (NY), and Sen. Mike Johanns (Neb.), Sen. Mark Kirk (Ill). Thank you to all of them for supporting Polonia on this issue. As a result of the petition and our letters, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The San Francisco Chronicle have changed their stylebooks, and promised to be more vigilant in avoiding this error. We will continue collecting signatures on this petition until The Associated Press, Washington Post and all media outlets stop using this phrase. Keeping the petition posted online costs money, so please join the Kosciuszko Foundation and send in donations so that we can keep this action going. Please be part of the solution. This small victory shows what Polonia can do if we work together to educate Americans about the truth. The Kosciuszko Foundation s primary mission is education and promoting Polish culture in the United States. Thanks to a scholarship that I received in the 1980s, I was able to earn my Master s Degree at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Others who have received scholarships or grants from the Kosciuszko Foundation over the years include Members of Congress wrote to the Associated Press and The New York Times asking to change their stylebooks regarding German concentration camps. economist Leszek Balcerowicz, historian Norman Davies, journalist Andrew Nagorski, Prof. Anna Cienciala author of Katyn: A Crime Without Punishment, Columbia University Prof. John Micgiel, journalist Jolanta Fajkowska, Lt. Gen. Edward Rowny, Dr. Julian Kulski, Rabbi Michael Schudrich, Nowy Dziennik Editor Jan Latus, director Juliusz Machulski who made such films as Vabank, Kiler and Seksmisja, Dr. Tomasz Rogula, the artist Franciszek Starowieyski, Senator Marek Ziolkowski, poet Agata Tusznyska, plus many, many more. In the following pages of this newsletter you will find some of the scholarship recipients for the current year. In the 18th century, Tadeusz Kosciuszko said, By nature, we are all equals virtue, riches and knowledge constitute the only difference. Education is the key to success, and Kosciuszko dedicated his life to the liberation and education of the underprivileged. He also donated his last will and testament to the education of peasants and slaves. In the 20th century, another virtuous Pole, Stephen Mizwa, followed his example and established the Kosciuszko Foundation whose primary 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

3 P e t i t i o n on German Concentration Camps WHEREAS the media uses the historically erroneous terms Polish concentration camp and Polish death camp to describe Auschwitz and other Nazi extermination camps built by the Germans during World War II, which confuses impressionable and undereducated readers, leading them to believe that the Holocaust was executed by Poland, rather than Nazi Germany, WHEREAS these phrases are Holocaust revisionism that desecrate the memories of six million Jews from 27 countries who were murdered by Nazi Germany, Dear Mr. Storozynski: After further discussions of the concerns raised by you and 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 reiterate that such instances, however unfortunate, are simply mistakes, and it is wrong to suggest that they reflect any malice or deliberate distortion. Still, to demonstrate our shared concern over this issue, we will add a note on this point to the stylebook and take extra care to try to avoid any further errors. Sincerely, Eileen M. Murphy Vice President, Corporate Communications The New York Times Company WHEREAS Poland was the first country invaded by Germany, and the only country whose citizens suffered the death penalty for rescuing Jews, yet never surrendered during six years of German occupation, even though onesixth of its population was killed in the war, approximately half of which was Christian, WHEREAS educated journalists must know these facts and not cross the libel threshold of malice by using phrases such as Polish concentration camps. BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that the undersigned request that The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Associated Press, and TIME magazine include entries in their stylebooks requiring news stories to be historically accurate, using the official name of all German concentration camps in Nazi-occupied Poland, as UNESCO did in 2007 when it named the camp in Auschwitz, The Auschwitz- Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp ( ). As the years rolled on and the challenges facing Poland changed with the times, the Foundation s work has evolved to meet those challenges. Mizwa started the Foundation after Poland s rebirth, but his mission took on new meaning during the years of Nazism, Communism and the Cold War. Today, Poland is once again free and part of NATO and the European Union. Many Kosciuszko Foundation alumni have taken part in that transformation. These days, young Poles and Polish-Americans are uniquely poised to change the world, not just through humanities and the arts, but through the sciences, technology and business as well. But it takes money to finance their dreams through education. With scholarships, they can become the leaders of tomorrow. For the 21st century, the Kosciuszko Foundation wants to build on the examples set by Kosciuszko and Mizwa, but we need your help to do it. How You Can Show Your Polish Pride and Fulfill Polonia s Mission The Kosciuszko Foundation can only continue its activities supporting Polish culture and awarding scholarships if we receive support from people like you. To donate to the Kosciuszko Foundation in the United States in New York, call , or visit us on the web at

4 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

5 Fundacja KościuszKowsKa amerykańskie centrum Kultury Polskiej KosciuszKo Foundation the american center of Polish culture the Żywy Pomnik tadeusza Kościuszki Początki, proces edukacji i kształtowanie się wizji SteFana Mierzwy na opłacenie studiów 9 polskim studentom na Uniwersytecie Harvarda, Yale i Columbia, a także na sfinansowanie pobytu w obronie spraw chłopskich oraz za to, że z narażeniem how it all began: the education and vision of StePhen Mizwa życia angażował się w niepodległościową walkę w Ameryce. Szczepan Mierzwa was born to a peasant family on Szczepan Mierzwa urodził się 12. listopada w 1892 roku, w skromnej chłopskiej rodzinie, w polskiej wsi Rakszawa pod zaborem austriacko-węgierskim. Już jako 12 letni chłopiec podziwiał tadeusza Kościuszkę, za postawę W 1910 roku Mierzwa mając zaledwie 17 lat opuścił Polskę Nov. 12, 1892 in Rakszawa, a Polish village occupied by na pokładzie niemieckiego parowca, SS Princess Irene. Drogę Austria-Hungary. At age 12, he heard about tadeusz do Ameryki pokonał na pokładzie ogólnym, śpiąc na sienniku. Kosciuszko who championed peasants rights and Po odprawie na Ellis Island, bez znajomości języka udał stuck his neck out when there was fighting in a big się do Northampton w stanie Massachusetts gdzie polscy country called Ameryka. In 1910, the 17-year-old Stephen Mizwa Mierzwa boarded a German steamship, the SS Princess pracę. Od przyjazdu do Ameryki nazywa się już Stephen Irene and slept on a bunk of old straw in steerage. Mizwa i pracuje w ciągu dnia Without speaking English, he disembarked at Ellis zbijając drewniane skrzynki, Founded in 1925, the Kosciuszko Foundation promotes closer ties between Poland and the United States through educational, scientific and cultural exchanges. It awards up to $1 million annually in fellowships and grants to graduate students, scholars, scientists, professionals, and artists, and promotes Polish culture in America. The Foundation has awarded scholarships and provided a forum to Poles who have changed history. Island and headed for Northampton, Mass., where zmywając naczynia, obierając Polish immigrants helped him find work. Americans ziemniaki w jadłodajniach, knew him as Stephen Mizwa, and he made wooden nocami ucząc się języka boxes, peeled potatoes, and washed dishes, while angielskiego, aby później studying at night. He earned a scholarship to Amherst móc podjąć studia. Wkrótce College and later completed a master s degree at wytrwałość w nauce Harvard University. In 1922, Mizwa was named zapewniła mu stypendium associate professor of economics at Drake University. na studia w Amherst College. W kilka lat później zdobywa While teaching at Drake, Mizwa read an article by The SS Princess Irene the President of Vassar College, Dr. henry noble tytuł magistra ekonomii na Uniwersytecie Harvarda. MacCraken, who returned from Europe and praised W 1922 roku otrzymuje Krakow s Jagiellonian University. Mizwa visited MacCracken and they discussed setting up a cultural pozycję wykładowcy exchange program between Poland and the United ekonomii w Drake University. States, and raising money for scholarships. Ucząc w Drake, Mizwa natknął Kilim of Polish coats of arms, from the Kosciuszko Foundation Collection. Hand woven by atelier Grot, the kilim, depicting the heraldic crests of the Polish cities and kings, once hung in the Polish Pavilion at the 1939 World s Fair. It was donated to the Foundation in 1956 by Mrs. Helen Paryski-Rosinski, in memory of her father, Antoni Paryski. to study at universities such as Harvard, Yale and skoncentrować się na swojej misji. educating Poles. w utworzeniu funduszu zwrócił się do 40 polskich gazet, living memorial to Tadeusz Kosciuszko. He wrote an appeal to 40 Polish newspapers, 800 Polish pastors, and Polish-American organizations, to start generacjom odrodzonej Polski w studiach w Ameryce an Endowment Fund to make it possible for future oraz w przekazywaniu wiedzy o kraju, o którego wolność generations in reborn Poland to study in America walczył Kościuszko. Taki fundusz dawałby również szansę and learn something about the nation for whose młodym Amerykanom na studiowanie w Polsce, w kraju, freedom Kosciuszko fought. And, it would make it który ukształtował Kościuszkę. Apel Mizwy został wprawdzie nie wsparli pomysłu twierdząc, że Mizwa jest nie tylko niewłaściwym człowiekiem, ale ma też niefortunny pomysł possible for young Americans to study in Poland and KościuszKo w west Point KosciuszKo at west Point Autor Bolesław Jan czedekowski learn something about the nation which produced Kosciuszko. Newspapers ran the appeal, but Polonia s Olej na płótnie. Podarowany Fundacji przez artystę w 1947 r. Polish pastors, only one replied that it was a good idea. Niezniechęcony początkowym niepowodzeniem, He turned to Americans with the same idea. Mizwa Mizwa szukał poparcia dla swego pomysłu wśród Amerykanów. Przekonał dr. MacCracken aby został pierwszym Prezesem Fundacji. Samuel Vauclain przyjął członkostwo w (który za promowanie Polski w środowisku amerykańskich The Annual Dinner & Debutante Ball W 1928 roku Fundacja Kościuszkowska wydała na cześć Padarewskiego In 1928, the Kosciuszko Foundation hosted a dinner at New York s uroczysty bankiet w nowojorskim hotelu Commodore. Po sukcesie began holding an annual fundraising ball to support its operations. The first ball was held at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, and moved w Nowym Jorku. Od 1936 roku coroczna impreza przeniesiona została presented and young women aged 16 to 25, with a background of scholastic achievement were invited to participate. The young ladies are pochwalić się osiągnięciami w edukacji. Prezentacji młodych dam na balu the Kings Point Merchant Marine Academy. The debutantes are presented to society before an audience of diplomats, community leaders and other zgromadzonym na balu dyplomatom i przywódcom społeczności polonijnej. notables. e. Fauntleroy, który dowodził szwadronem sił powietrznych Atak Niemiec hitlerowskich oraz inwazja rosyjska w 1939 roku przerwała exchange of scholars between the United States and Poland was cut off. During the war, Mizwa sent relief aid to Poland via back channels. More ponad 800 polskich żołnierzy i uchodźców cywilnych utknęło w Szwajcarii, Mizwa przekazał połowę zgromadzonych przez Fundację funduszy na cel Mizwa sent half of the foundation s funds to educate these soldiers. And szkolenia żołnierzy. W czasie, kiedy byli przygotowywani w Edynburgu, with Polish soldiers training in Edinburgh, Scotland to get ready for the w Szkocji do udziału w inwazji w Normandii, Mizwa zebrał fundusze na promowanie Polski i jej spraw w Stanach Zjednoczonych w czasie gdy kraj to start the Polish-American Scholarship Committee. The first donation was $5, and soon Polish-Americans Mizwa później wspominał związane z tym przedsięwzięciem Foundation, Inc. uzyskując w ten sposób uprawnienia Poland regained its independence after World War I w Polsce; również na działalność związaną z pogłębianiem and władysław wróblewski, a former Jagiellonian stosunków kulturalnych między Polską i Ameryką. University law professor and Prime Minister of sam uczyłem nie przygotowały mnie do roli pozyskiwacza potencjalnych darczyńców, którzy za podarowane dr henry noble McCracken środki finansowe mogli się spodziewać jedynie się w większości ze składek od Amerykanów. Jedynym wyjątkiem był polski profesor, który podarował $250. Polonia Wróblewski was respected among Poles, so Mizwa Autor Bernard tadeusz Frydrysiak wdzięczności oraz zapewnienia, że ich pieniądze closer intellectual and cultural ties between the Foundation, mostly by Americans, with $250 coming Początkowo udało się zgromadzić sumę $43,575 składającą Poland s interim democratic government was sent to Washington D.C. as Poland s representative. asked him to become President of the scholarship który pisał w swych wspomnieniach, że w pokonywaniu committee. przeciwieństw pomagał mu upór polskiego chłopa, To inspire confidence in his endeavor and prove that it was a true American-Polish committee, Mizwa organizować kursy letnie dla studentów później uda się nam zebrać sumę $1 miliona na utworzenie In 1933 The Kosciuszko Foundation added summer studies at Polish Universities to amerykańskich, na polskich uniwersytetach. its roster of activities. The students sailed Na zdjęciu - studenci na statku Kościuszko. together on the SS Kosciuszko. funduszu założycielskiego Fundacji. 5 dolarów, ale z czasem Amerykanie polskiego pochodzenia przekonali się do uczestnictwa w tym przedsięwzięciu. Mizwa parł do celu i w 1927 roku uzyskał zgodę Marii curie skłodowskiej na utworzenie stypendium jej locomotives to Poland when ignacy Jan Paderewski imienia. Zaangażowanie Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej wzbudziło was Prime Minister. zainteresowanie. Hampshire to Nebraska, and Wisconsin to Florida. kraju od New Hampshire po Nebraskę i od Wisconsin po Florydę. Po każdym wystąpieniu osobiście zbierał drobne na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim został wysłany do General s salary from the American Revolution to sumy często 10 czy 25-centowe. the emancipation of African slaves. The editor urged teenagers from the Billkens Club to send dimes to Pewnego dnia Mizwa zwrócił się do wydawcy gazety władysław wróblewski, poprosił go o objęcie funkcji Prezesa the Kosciuszko Foundation as a token of appreciation afroamerykanów w Nowym Jorku wspominając, że w 1798 Samuel Vauclain Po drugiej wojnie światowej Mizwa rozpoczął poszukiwania stałej siedziby dla Fundacji. Obejrzał 150 budynków zanim znalazł odpowiednią Mizwa wrote to the editor of a black newspaper Waszyngtonu w roli przedstawiciela Polski w Stanach for Kosciuszko s efforts to free the slaves. Nearly $100 roku Kościuszko przeznaczył swoją generalską pensję, Marie Curie... in dimes from black children came in and Mizwa Maria skłodowska curie emancypacji afrykańskich niewolników. Redaktor gazety przedsięwzięcia oraz udowodnienia, że jest ono w istocie zaapelował do młodych członków klubu Billkens o wysyłanie wspólną inicjatywą polsko-amerykańską, Mizwa nakłonił dziesięciocentówek do Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej jako zgadza się na nazwanie funduszu stypendialnego amerykańskich niewolników. W efekcie dziesięciocentówki, które napłynęły do Fundacji osiągnęły sumę prawie $100, wrote: This had more moral value in stimulating interest than the amount of money raised. jej imieniem. kamienicę w prestiżowej części Manhattanu wybudowaną w 1917 roku według projektu wziętego wówczas architekta Van Alena. Pierwszym właścicielem posesji od roku 1920 był amerykański przemysłowiec, Rufus L. Patterson, właściciel firmy American Machine & Foundry, który kupił ją za sumę $275,000. R. Patterson zmarł w 1944 roku, a w rok po jego śmierci wdowa, Margaret Patterson wystawiła kamienicę na sprzedaż za $250,000. Mizwa wyraził gotowość zakupu budynku, przekonująco przedstawiając szlachetne cele działalności Fundacji, której siedzibą miał stać się dom. Pertraktacje trwały sześć miesięcy, po których M. Patterson opuściła cenę do $85,000. Fundacja zapłaciła gotówką zadatek w wysokości $10,000 a na pozostałą sumę ustanowiono hipotekę. W ciągu następnych kilku lat M. Patterson w godnym podziwu akcie Maria skłodowska curie symbol wdzięczności za wysiłki Kościuszki na rzecz przedsiębiorcę Samuela Vauclain (Prezesa firmy Boldwin Locomotive Works) do przyjęcia pozycji wiceprezesów Elegancka kamienica projektu Van Alena zostaje siedzibą Fundacji Each time he spoke he passed around a hat to collect dimes, quarters and dollars for scholarships. telling him that in 1798 Kosciuszko had donated his charytatywnym podarowała Fundacji $16,000 w celu spłacenia hipoteki. allowed Mizwa to set up a scholarship fund in her name. Transakcja zawarta z M. Patterson była jednym z większych sukcesów Mizwy w historii Fundacji. W jej wyniku, Fundacja uzyskała imponującą, co Mizwa skomentował pisząc: Znaczenie tego faktu S. Mizwa i artysta w. t. Benda ze swym obrazem, S. Mizwa and artist w.t.benda with his painting Jadwiga, Królowa Polski Jadwiga Queen of Poland w sensie moralnym daleko przewyższa wartość stałą siedzibę w jednej z najelegantszych dzielnic Nowego Jorku. Fakt ten uzyskanej kwoty pieniężnej. przysporzył Mizwie zaufanie i poparcie Polonii, która w końcu dołączyła zainwestowany na giełdzie a Petera otrzymywał za życia dochód z zainwestowanej sumy w wysokości 2.5% na pokrycie własnych kosztów Kosciuszko Foundation President Alex Storozynski has announced that the Foundation is now legally registered in Poland as Fundacja Kościuszkowska Polska, which allows Polish citizens to make donations and receive tax deductions of up to 6% of their annual income in Poland. Corporations in Poland that donate to the Kosciuszko Foundation can deduct up 10% of their corporate earnings. Storozynski unveiled an exhibit Kosciuszko Foundation: The American Center of Polish Culture, at the Polish Senate building on March 16. The exhibit moved next to the American Embassy in Warsaw and will be on tour in Poland for the next several months. Prominent Solidarity activist and Speaker of the Senate, Bogdan Borusewicz, opened the exhibit by saying: The Kosciuszko Foundation promotes numerous activities, especially in the field of culture and education, promoting closer ties between Poland and the United States. The United States Ambassador in Poland, Lee A. Feinstein, underlined the important role that the Kosciuszko Foundation fulfilled and is still fulfilling in building permanent ties between Poland and America. Joseph E. Gore Polska Odrodzona Krzysztof Penderecki dr Zbigniew Brzezinski Czesław Miłosz Andrzej Wajda Foundation, which attempts to diligently serve the Honorowi Członkowie Zarządu Fundacji Honorary Trustees Over the years the Kosciuszko Foundation has added honorary Przez lata lista honorowych członków Zarządu Fundacji uznanie dla Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej, która stara się wzbogacana jest nazwiskami wybitnych luminarzy polskiej kultury to those who are continuing to work towards these trustees to its board, such as Zbigniew Brzezinski, Czeslaw i sztuki. Są nimi takie osobowości jak: Zbigniew Brzeziński, goals. This work is one of the greatest components of Milosz, Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Penderecki. Czesław Miłosz, Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Penderecki. służyć interesom Polaków. Powinniśmy być ogromnie Ta działalność to jeden z najważniejszych elementów...praca Fundacji jest ważna zwłaszcza w tych szczególnych Wizja będzie kontynuowana Eugene Kusielewicz W 1971 roku prezydentem został były asysystent S. Mizwy, dr Eugene Kusielewicz, historyk z St. John s University, autorytet w czasach Woodrow Wilsona w sprawach polskich w czasie Konferencji Pokoju w Paryżu. Kusielewicz zapoczątkował program studiów medycznych w Polsce dla amerykanów polskiego pochodzenia, wznowił program sesji letnich historii, języka i kultury polskiej w Krakowie. W programach letnich wzięło udział 2,500 studentów amerykańskich, którzy przez lata spełniali rołe ambasadorów wolności i demokracji. W czasie swej prezydentury dr Kusielewicz rozwinął program wymiany naukowej z Polską, co wzbudzało czasach, w których...the work of musimy zdawać sobie the Foundation sprawę, że kultura is particularly kształtuje charakter important at this narodowy i w efekcie time. We realize tworzy naród. The Vision Lives On - Eugene Kusielewicz Medal of Recognition Awardees Laureaci Medalu Uznania The Foundation provided Medals of Recognition to and other distinguished Poles who have performed or lectured that culture creates się popularność tzw. polskich dowcipów. W tym czasie młody University, became President. Kusielewicz was a Artur Rubinstein prof. Norman Davies Ryszard Kapuściński Rafał Olbiński dr Maria Siemionow pięknej kolekcji, Fundacja wydała jej katalog zatytułowany Polscy Mistrzowie z Kolekcji Sztuki Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej, dostępny w bibliotekach i wielu miejscach na całym świecie. program to train Polish-American physicians, and reestablish the summer sessions, and in the 1970s, he poprzez które Amerykanie polskiego pochodzenia zdobywali Lublin and other language programs in Poland. These wiedzę o swej tradycji i kulturze stały się najbardziej efektywnym Americans became ambassadors of freedom and narzędziem w ręku dr. Kusielewicza. democracy. The exchange of scholars from Poland to the United States also picked up, which for some, W 1973 roku na zlecenie Fundacji, Henryk Górecki skomponował was controversial because Poland was still behind symfonię (Symfonia Kopernikańska Numer 2) z okazji obchodów 500-lecia urodzin Kopernika. Premiera symfonii odbyła się w Carnegie Hall. Iron Curtain. But like Mizwa, Kusielewicz believed that Henryk Górecki exposing Polish scholars to American democracy and capitalism would help bring down Communism. The 1970s were the low point of the era of Polish jokes in America, and when a young Polish reporter, Thomas Poskroposki was told that he had to change his Pollack name if he wanted to get a job at the New York Daily News, he changed it to Thomas Albert Juszczak okres Solidarności i przewrotu w Polsce W 1979 roku dr Albert Juszczak zostaje kolejnym prezesem Fundacji i discrimination against Poles. Educating Polish- Dr. Albert Juszczak became President of the Kosciuszko Foundation in he focused on academics and scholarships, with an interest in solidifying the status of Polish intellectual life at the Kosciuszko Foundation. During martial law, the Polish military regime that cracked down on Solidarity tried to keep out any Western influence, Juszczak kept open the doors to universities in Poland when they needed American support the most. Bartoszewskiego - byłego żołnierza AK, członka polskiego podziemia, In 1984, The Kosciuszko Foundation sponsored a national tour for Wladyslaw Bartoszewski who traveled across the country lecturing on współzałożyciela Żegoty (Rady Pomocy Żydom), organizatora pomocy dla powstańców warszawskiego getta w 1943 roku. dr Albert Juszczak Prof. Bartoszewski podróżuje po Stanach Zjednoczonych z serią wykładów na temat stosunków polsko-żydowskich w czasie drugiej wojny światowej. Na jego zaproszenie prof. Jan Karski przyjeżdża do Fundacji z odczytem. Olej na płótnie. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez przyjaciół chcących upamiętnić Alice Aszurkiewicz w 1969 r. PolISH MounTAInEER Olej na płótnie. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez przyjaciół chcących upamiętnić Alice Aszurkiewicz w 1969 r. ukochana PoETy PoET S SWEETHEART Autor leon Wyczółkowski Pastele na papierze The exhibit was hosted by Senator Andrzej Person, Chairman of the Committee on Liaison with Poles Abroad. A copy of the exhibit can be downloaded for free from The Kosciuszko Foundation web site, Mr. Storozynski said, The Kosciuszko Foundation has provided a forum in New York for Polish dignitaries such as Cardinal Karol Wojtyla before he became Pope, Czeslaw Milosz, Jan Karski, Wladyslaw Bartoszewski, Maria Kaczynska, and many others to meet with Americans in New York. Mr. Storozynski said, For decades, the Kosciuszko Foundation has educated Polonia s leaders and promoted Polish issues in America. Each year we give away money for scholarships, so we must raise funds to continue our mission. The Kościuszko Foundation Poland allows Polish taxpayers to get tax credits for supporting higher education and to improve Poland s standing in the United States. Storozynski said, We have to thank the international law firm White & Case, which has been doing pro bono work for the Foundation for many years. It advised and assisted the Foundation every step of the way in becoming a registered Polish foundation. Their work is very important for Polonia. Chamber Music Series was established and broadcast now in libraries and KF dictionary was first published in 1959, and Gore revolutionized the dictionary, updating the text, and providing computerized versions for PCs and Macintosh. In 2003, Joseph Gore and then Chairman Witold Sulimirski initiated the establishment of a chair of Polish studies at last performance. Columbia University. wydanie słownika ukazało się również w wersji komputerowej kontaktów ze światem. THE old oaken BuCKET Autor Apoloniusz Kędzierski PolSKI GóRAl Autor Aleksander Kotsis powstał Nowy Słownik Fundacji (do użytku PC i Macintosh). W 1984 roku Fundacja sponsoruje wizytę w USA prof. Władysława SAInT AnnE S CHuRCH In WARSAW Kościuszkowskiej w wersji 1979, just in time to witness the Solidarity era, the most tumultuous years akademickich aspektach działalności Fundacji. W dramatycznym okresie Olej na płótnie. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Państwa Yolles. rozszerzonej i uaktualnionej. Nowe in Poland since World War II. As a teacher of Polish language and literature, trwającego w Polsce stanu wojennego, w którym kontakty z Polską zostają KośCIół świętej Anny W WARSzAWIE Akwarele. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Casimira A. Silski w 1951 r. A REConnoITERInG ExPEdITIon Sześć lat temu, pod pieczołowitym wkrótce staje się świadkiem burzliwych wydarzeń okresu Solidarności. brutalnie zerwane, stara się pomóc polskim uczelniom w utrzymaniu KoSCIuSzKo AT THE BATTlE of RAClAWICE Autor Julian Fałat Olej na płótnie. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Państwa Kupiszewskich w 1958 r. zwiad Autor Władysław Szerner kierownictwem J. E. Gore Jako wykładowca języka i literatury polskiej szczególną uwagę skupia na Poster. This motivated Kusielewicz to speak up about Americans proved to be the best tool in his arsenal. Albert Juszczak Solidarity Turns Poland Right Side Up brilliant act of charity that benefitted Petera and Polonia. light CAVAlRy lisowczycy coffee tables around the and W. Szymborska. It was probably her noted authority on Woodrow Wilson and the Polish sent more than 2,500 American students to Krakow, Autor Jan Styka Olej na płótnie lisowczycy, STRzElAnIE z łuku Autor Józef Brandt world. And while the of times. She participated in a Tribute to Warsaw Uprising held on September 17, 2009 during which she read poems by K. K. Baczynski cause at the Paris Peace Conference. He began a zmienić nazwisko na Poster. Sytuacja ta stała się inspiracją dla KośCIuSzKo W CzASIE BITWy Pod RACłAWICAMI young lady AT THE FIREPlACE Polish Masters from The prawdopodobnie jej ostatni występ. dziennikarz polskiego pochodzenia, Thomas Poskroposki aby Kusielewicza do zapoczątkowania akcji przeciw aktom dyskryminacji created a living trust, which gave his assets to the foundation. The money was invested in stocks and Petera received a 2.5% yield to cover his living expenses, while the Kosciuszko Foundation paid off its mortgage. It was a Kosciuszko Foundation Baczyńskiego i Wisławy Szymborskiej był to Elzbieta Czyzewska visited the KF a number otrzymać pracę w nowojorskim dzienniku Daily News musiał Amerykanów polskiego pochodzenia. Programy edukacyjne, MłodA KoBIETA PRzy KoMInKu Autor Władysław Czachórski Olej na płótnie. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Dr Waltera M. Golaskiego w 1968 r., upamiętniający jego żonę. with Mizwa to explain that his last will and testament would leave $25,000 in government bonds to the foundation. To honor the Foundation s 25th anniversary, he wanted to donate the money sooner. Petera s attorney Collection which is odrodzone. Czytała wiersze Krzysztofa Kamila malarstwa polskiego eksponowane w galerii siedziby Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej. Polonia s trust, and they joined the Foundation and made contributions towards scholarships and cultural programs. In 1950, Stanislaw Petera, a retired worker from General Electric, met art connoisseurs have viewed the art collection over the Warszawa, miasto zniszczone, miasto Przez wiele lat znawcy i miłośnicy Z myślą o szerszym rozpropagowaniu tej Mizwa s deal with Mrs. Patterson was the greatest achievement in the Foundation s history because it gave Polonia a headquarters in the most affluent and desirable neighborhood in New York. Mizwa had finally won years, Gore published 17. września 2009 r., w trakcie wieczoru poświęconemu Powstaniu Warszawskiemu sztuki mogli podziwiać zbiory In 1971, Mizwa s assistant, Dr. Eugene Kusielewicz, Over the next several years, Mrs. Patterson donated another $16,000 to the Kosciuszko Foundation to help pay off the mortgage. a glossy catalog, The w Fundacji Kociuszkowskiej. Wystąpiła tu Timesa, WQXR-FM oraz wznowiony an associate professor of History from St. John s PolISH dance students exchanges to and from USA. on WQXR-FM. He also reinstated the Marcella Sembrich Elżbieta Czyżewska kilkakrotnie gościła został konkurs wokalny im. Marceliny przyczynią się w przyszłości do obalenia komunizmu. KRAKoWIAK Autor Władysław Teodor Benda Pastele i kredki na tekturze Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez artystę. Under Gore s direction, the long-running monthly Vocal Scholarship Competition. While tens of thousands of miłośników muzyki poważnej w Nowym Jorku, program koncertów Sembrich-Kochanskiej. W latach siedemdziesiątych w Stanach Zjednoczonych nasiliła months. In an incredible act of charity, she lowered the price to $85,000. The foundation made a $10,000 down payment and mortgaged the rest. committed $100,000 annually for a ten year period to be muzyki kameralnej emitowanych na falach za żelazną kurtyną. Podobnie jak prof. Mizwa, dr Kusielewicz wierzył, THE dzieduszycki STABlE used by AGH for the purchase of scientific equipment radiostacji muzyki klasycznej New York że pobyty polskich naukowców w Stanach Zjednoczonych, ich mansion for cultural purposes and bargained with Mrs. Patterson for six STAJnIA dzieduszyckich Autor Juliusz Kossak Akwarele na papierze. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Gannę Walską w 1954 r. and technical engineering books; support of faculty and podręczników naukowych przez AGH, a także wspomaganie wymiany naukowej ze Stanami Zjednoczonymi. kontakt z amerykańską demokracją i ustrojem wolnego rynku, faith. Mizwa died the following year. SPRInG And WInTER Foundation of New York and the AGH University of Pod okiem J. E. Gore powstał ogromnie popularny wśród creates the nation Mizwa stepped down as president, and quoting the Apostle Paul, said: I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept my WIoSnA I zima Autor Teodor Axentowicz Pastele na tekturze. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Dr. Jana i Irenę Dobrowolskich w 1994 r. Science and Technology to help establish a Department Jacek Kuroń at the Solidarity event at the Kosciuszko Foundation, May 5, 1989 itself. United States. At the end of 1970, after being the driving force behind the foundation for 45 years, American Machine & Foundry. After Patterson died in 1944, his widow, Margaret put the mansion up for sale the following year. The asking price was $250,000. Mizwa explained that he wanted to buy the of Environmental Sciences. The two NY foundations Fundacja Kościuszkowska wspólnie z Fundacją Jurzykowskiego przekazywały na ten cel $100, 000 rocznie przez okres dziesięciu lat. Fundusze te, przeznaczone zostały na zakup sprzętu i kontrowersje ze względu na fakt, że Polska pozostawała wtedy approved the notion of local KF chapters across America to help the foundation coordinate its efforts to promote Polish culture across the headquarters. He looked at 150 buildings before finding the Van Alen mansion, built in In 1920 it had been purchased for $275,000 to Rufus L. Patterson, the owner of Foundation on a pro bono basis. at the foundation. This elaborate network has been part of the and in the end report showed that the capital fund amounted to $1,029,248. Mizwa s vision and hard work had paid off and in 1967, the Board of Trustees After World War II, Mizwa searched for a permanent Gore entered into agreements with the Alfred Jurzykowski Jacek Kuroń podczas spotkania poświęconego Solidarności, 5. maja 1989 foundation s success. współpracowników przyczynia się do sukcesu fundacji. raise a $1 million endowment so that interest could fund scholarships and operations. On June 30, 1969, the Kosciuszko Foundation s audit of the Exchange Program candidates in Poland. He established relationship with White & Case, one of the world s largest law firms, to provide legal work for the których firma ta reprezentuje Fundację we wszystkich prawnych aspektach działaności na zasadzie pro publico bono. J. E. Gore zawiera umowę z Fundacją im. Alfreda Jurzykowskiego Kapuścinski, Rafał Olbiński, dr Maria Siemionow oraz inni, a national identity, I have kept my faith. cytując słowa Świętego Pawła Stoczyłem udaną walkę, trzymałem się obranego celu, nie straciłem wiary. W rok później S. Mizwa umiera. He created American and Polish Advisory Committees of którzy wyrażali swoje poparcie dla pracy Fundacji, biorąc udział w jej programach i imprezach kulturalnych. Ta duża liczba good fight. I have finished my course. kultury polskiej. Pod koniec 1970 roku, po 45 latach kierowania Fundacją, S. Mizwa odchodzi na emeryturę, The collapse of Communism provided new opportunities professors and scholars to improve the selection process w Nowym Jorku i AGH im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie, dzięki WoMAn In A BluE dress for the Foundation and Gore established a Warsaw office for scholarships and grants during the annual interviews Jednym z osiągnięć J. E. Gore jest nawiązanie stosunków z jedną z największych firm prawniczych na świecie White&Case, w ramach której powstaje na AGH Wydział Nauk Ochrony Środowiska. been paid off. KoBIETA W niebieskiej SuKnI Autor olga Boznańska Olej na tekturze. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Alexandra i Pat Koproskich w 1977 r. and negotiated office space with the University of Warsaw. z Polską. Posiadanie stałej siedziby Fundacji w Warszawie pozwala people such as Artur Rubinstein, Norman Davies, Foundation House after it had CounTRy FAIR donors to establish six new funds, the first being the na przeprowadzanie spotkań kwalifikacyjnych z kandydatami na Ryszard Kapuscinski, Rafal Olbinski, Dr. Maria Siemionow, the mortgage to the Kosciuszko TARG Zelosky Trust from First Chicago. warunki najmu. Reformuje zasady przyznawania stypendiów polskim naukowcom tworząc polsko - amerykański Komitet Fundacja przyznaje medale za wybitne osiągnięcia na polu Anniversary Dinner, KF President Dr. Henry Noble MacCracken burned Autor Józef Marian Chełmoński Olej na płótnie. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Mary R. Koons w 1968 r., upamiętniający jej siostry. million renovation of the mansion and established a rental Akademicki zajmujący się oceną kandydatów na wymianę naukową krzewienia polskiej kultury i sztuki. Wśród nagrodzonych są postaci takie jak, Artur Rubinstein, Norman Davies, Ryszard po uprzednim spłaceniu długu. AuToPoRTRET W SElF PoRTRAIT CzARnyM KAPEluSzu WITH A BlACK HAT Autor Jacek Malczewski Olej na tekturze program to offset growing operational expenses. He also Przedstawicielstwo Fundacji. Uzyskuje od Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego (właściciela budynku) korzystne dla Fundacji wymianę naukową w obecności członków komisji akademickich. our national identity. hipoteczny na siedzibę Fundacji, In 1950, at the Foundation s silver The Van Alen Mansion becomes the Kosciuszko Foundation House prepared legal donor fund agreements and persuaded Joseph E. Gore, Esq. presenting the Kosciuszko Foundation Dictionary to Prof. Hubert Izdebski działalności. Prezes J. E. Gore otwiera w Warszawie interests of the Polish people. We must be grateful to spalił umowę ustanawiająca dług regulations, opened new KF chapters across the country, Joseph E. Gore wręcza słownik Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej prof. Hubertowi Izdebskiemu Zmiany ustrojowe w Polsce pozwalają Fundacji na rozwój everyone who has contributed to these efforts, and budowania świadomości narodowej. Jednym z nich jest pokaźny fundusz im. Zeloskiego. Prezes dr Henry Noble MacCracken and reinstated the National Advisory Council to help program wynajmu budynku. Opracowywuje dokumenty prawne dotyczące przyjmowania darowizn i zapisów testamentowych. J. E. Gore przyczynia się do powstania sześciu nowych funduszy. the work of foundation is particularly important at srebrnej rocznicy istnienia Fundacji People scoffed at Mizwa when he set out to carry out the foundation s mission. Gore oversaw a $1.5 Fundacji. Obejmuje nadzór nad ogromnym projektem renowacji budynku o wartości $1,5 miliona. Aby sprostać ciągle rosnącym kosztom operacyjnym Fundacji prezes J. E. Gore rozpoczyna wizycie został papieżem Janem Pawłem II wyraził wdzięczni wszystkim tym, którzy wspierają jej działalność. of skills to The Kosciuszko Foundation Presidency in He expanded the Foundation s By Laws, rules and (By-Laws) regulujący zasady prawne instytucji, otwiera w kilku stanach nowe oddziały Fundacji, odnawia działalność Narodowej this time. We realize that culture creates a national obranego celu, nie straciłem wiary. utworzył w całym kraju lokalne oddziały, pomagające Fundacji koordynować pracę na rzecz promowania W 1950 r. podczas przyjęcia z okazji I have fought a As an attorney, Joseph E. Gore brought a new set który wykorzystując swoje kompetencje, zaczyna zajmować się prawnymi aspektami działalności Fundacji. Rozbudowuje statut Rady Doradczej, której zadaniem jest pomoc w wypełnianiu misji On Sept. 4, 1976, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła visited the walkę, trzymałem sie The First Million is the Hardest Joseph E. Gore, Esq. and a New Poland W 1987 roku prezesem Fundacji zostaje prawnik Joseph. E. Gore, Cardinal Karol Wojtyła visits the Kosciuszko Foundation Stoczyłem udaną swą działalność. W 1967 Zarząd Główny Fundacji chemist and physicist to allow him to name a scholarship after her. With the support of Madame but Mizwa spent the next 20 years traveling the następne 20 lat Mizwa odwiedzał skupiska polonijne w całym Polskę niepodległości, władysław wróblewski, premier rządu tymczasowego i były wykładowca prawa $1,029, 248. Wytrwała praca i poczucie misji Mizwy przyniosły zamierzone rezultaty, Fundacja rozszerzała skłodowska curie, the Polish Nobel Prize- winning country to Polish-American communities from New Trudności przyniósł upadek giełdy w 1929 roku. Przez Zjednoczonych. Mizwa doceniając szacunek jakim cieszył się z niedowierzaniem i kpinami, to jednak bilans roczny z 1969 r. wykazał, że fundusz założycielski osiągnął market collapse made fundraising more difficult, Samuel Vauclain, President of Baldwin Locomotive Works, to serve as vice-chairs. Vauclain had sold operacyjnych Fundacji, spotykał się w przeszłości fanatic, and the belief that sooner or later, $1 million would be raised as an endowment fund. Curie people began to take notice. The 1929 stock convinced Dr. MacCracken and an industrialist, wystukiwał listy apelujące o dotacje na stworzenie Polsko-Amerykańskiego Komitetu Stypendialnego. Pierwsza dotacja to z którego odsetki miałyby służyć na przyznawanie stypendiów oraz na pokrywanie kosztów Mizwa pressed on and in 1927 persuaded Maria W 1933 r. Fundacja Kościuszkowska zaczęła entuzjazm fanatyka i głębokie przekonanie, że prędzej czy czekały podjął się tego zadania. Rozpoczął od zakupienia maszyny do pisania (marki Corona) i dwoma palcami z uporem recordings of all basic English and Polish word forms. Mimo, iż zamiar zebrania sumy $1 miliona, from a Polish professor. Polonia was skeptical of his efforts. But, Mizwa wrote in his memoirs, I had the perseverance of a Polish peasant, the enthusiasm of a nadal była sceptycznie nastawiona do działalności Mizwy, mogą pomóc młodym, nie znanym im ludziom. Mając pełną świadomość trudności, które na niego times, most recently with a CD-ROM and DVD versions that can operate on Windows and Macintosh with najtrudniej zebrać pierwszy milion GAMRAT And STAnCzyK Olej na drewniel. Obraz podarowany Fundacji przez Państwa Lester w 1950 r. MacCracken, Professor Albert Einstein, Dr. Harlow Shapley two countries. Initially, $43,575 was raised for the na stypendia dla Amerykanów pragnących studiować trudności żadne ze znanych mi reguł ekonomii, finansów i bankowości wraz ze wszystkim tym czego w tych dziedzinach GAMRAT I STAńCzyK Autor Jan Matejko The CoperniCun QuadriCenTenTial: (l-r) KF president Henry Noble Poland and the United States; and to cultivate do prowadzenia działalności związanej ze zbieraniem funduszy na stypendia dla Polaków na studia w USA oraz the past four decades, it has set the standard on both sides of the Atlantic and has been reprinted 13 Windows i Macintosh. in America, and American students desiring to study in Poland; to encourage and aid the exchange of professors, scholars and lecturers between temu wznowienia z nagraniami wymowy słów po polsku i angielsku, uzupełnionego wersją CD-ROM i DVD z zastosowaniem w systemach the second floor of the Kosciuszko Foundation. It is open to the public that comes to the Upper East Side to visit art museums began contributing to the fund. money to purchase and acquire donations of paintings by Polish masters such as Matejko, Chełmonski, Malczewski, Kossak, Brandt, Styka and others that today fill the gallery on Brandt, Kossak czy Styka. Zbiory te wypełniają dzisiaj drugie piętro budynku Fundacji i są dostępne do zwiedzania. programu wymiany naukowej. się niezwykle intratna zarówno dla Petery jak i dla Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej. Kardynał Wojtyła, który w dwa lata po tej historycznej Ameryce dzieł polskich mistrzów. Mizwa, za specjalnie w tym celu zebrane fundusze, zaczął gromadzić obrazy autorstwa takich mistrzów jak: Matejko, Chełmoński, Malczewski, Hall at which Albert Einstein was the principal speaker. utrzymania, Fundacja zaś spłacała swój dług hipoteczny. Transakcja okazała identity, and in the end creates the nation itself. Polish issues in the United States. In May 1943, on the 400th Anniversary of the death of Nicholas Copernicus, the Kosciuszko Foundation held a series of lectures and commemorative programs including one at Carnegie wykładów i programów okolicznościowych łącznie z galą w Carnegie Hall z udziałem Alberta Einsteina. wszystkim rozpoczęcia gromadzenia środków finansowych published its indispensible EnglishPolish dictionary, and in 1961 by a Polish-English volume. Over leader of the Kosciuszko Air Squadron who fought W 1925 roku Fundacja została oficjalnie zarejestrowana In 1959, the Kosciuszko Foundation ogromną popularnością po obydwu stronach Atlantyku. Doczekał się 13 wznowień, a 5 lat against the Bolsheviks in w stanie Nowy York jako korporacja o nazwie The Kosciuszko The Kosciuszko Foundation dictionary ponad 4 dekady słownik Fundacji cieszył się Museum Mile on 5th Avenue, Polonia had the perfect place to exhibit paintings by Poland s finest masters. Mizwa raised znajdował się pod okupacją faszystowską i komunistyczną. W maju 1943 roku na stypendia dla Polaków. of the world s most prestigious art collections Manhattan s usytuowanych przy 5-ej aleji na Manhattanie. Budynek w 400 rocznicę śmierci Mikołaja Kopernika Fundacja zorganizowała serię people that they did not know. Yet Mizwa did just Polish-Americans and Poles already in the United States. W 1959 roku Fundacja wydała słownik angielsko-polski, a po dwóch latach ukazał się drugi, polsko-angielski tom słownika. Przez Fundacji stwarzał idealne warunki do zaprezentowania 25-lecia Fundacji pragnął swoją wolę zrealizować jeszcze za życia. Cardinal Wojtyla, who two years later became Pope With the Kosciuszko Foundation s headquarters in the shadow journals to Polish students stationed with them. With Poland under fascist Prawnik S. Petery przygotował umowę powierniczą przekazując John Paul II, praised the work of The Kosciuszko Siedziba Fundacji mieści się sąsiedztwie słynnych kolekcji In 1925, The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc., was that. He bought a Corona portable typewriter and exchanges writing, There have been lights and shadows, but the shadows have begun to deepen. More scholarships were given to and communist occupation, the Foundation promoted Polish culture and Fundacji równowartość majątku swojego klienta. Kapitał majątku został Cardinal Karol Wojtyla at the Kosciuszko Foundation The Gallery of Polish Masters incorporated in New York to raise funds to grant used two fingers to peck out letters asking for money the late 1940s and 50s. Passports for Polish scholars to travel to the West were hard to come by, and Mizwa bemoaned the student Mizwa in the 1950s Słownik Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej wysyłkę podręczników i magazynów medycznych, z przeznaczeniem dla W 1950 Stanisław Petera, emerytowany pracownik korporacji General September 4, 1976 Kolekcja obrazów polskich mistrzów dzieł sztuki i wśród najsłynniejszych amerykańskich muzeów as the Books to Poland campaign to restore university libraries. The Communists made life difficult for Poland and the Foundation during amerykańscy polskiego pochodzenia i Polacy przebywający już na terenie Stanów Zjednoczonych. studentów polskich stacjonujących wraz z żołnierzami. Fundacja kontynuowała Electric postanowił testamentem przekazać Fundacji sumę $25,000 Kardynał Karol Wojtyła w Fundacji Kosciuśzkowskiej. to further their studies and to perform the works of various Polish composers. financial aid to deserving Polish students to study Jagiellońskiego. Mizwa wkrótce nawiązał kontakt Chopin Competition continues to się pogłębiają. Polscy naukowcy mieli trudności w otrzymywaniu paszportów, co skutkowało tym, że więcej stypendiów otrzymywali studenci was awarded with the Polonia Restituta medal by the w formie obligacji rządowych. W obliczu nadchodzących obchodów 4. września 1976 r. invasion of Normandy, Mizwa raised funds to send medical books and occupation and Communism, yet Mizwa kept alive the intellectual exchange between Poland and the United States through projects such rząd komunistyczny utrudniał kontakty. Mizwa bywały momenty światła i cieni, ale teraz cienie Polish Government); colonel cedric e. Fauntleroy, się do jego inicjatywy manifestując swoje wsparcie darowiznami na rzecz szczególnych czasach, w których musimy zdawać than 800 Polish soldiers and refugees were interned in Switzerland and them were: banker willis H. Booth, Vice-President of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York (who funduszu stypendialnego i programów kulturalnych Fundacji. sobie sprawę, że kultura kształtuje charakter narodowy When Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia attacked Poland in 1939, the wymianę naukową między Polską a Stanami Zjednoczonymi. W czasie wojny Mizwa przekazywał pomoc finansową do Polski drogą nieoficjalną. Kiedy 1955 Mizwa became second President of the Kosciuszko Foundation taking over from Prof. MacCraken. Poland was suffering under Russian książki dla Polski służącemu odbudowie polskich bibliotek uniwersyteckich. W latach encourage gifted young pianists do wykonywania dzieł The first group of Kosciuszko Foundation z dr. MacCraken i już wspólnie podjęli się projektu utworzenia Ian Hobson polskich kompozytorów. exchange scholars from Poland arrived in programu wymiany kulturalno-naukowej z Polską, a przede competition. Today the annual młodych pianistów Pierwsze grupa polskich naukowców mieszczący się w tym czasie przy 57. ulicy i Trzeciej Aleji, years, renowned musicians such as Van Cliburn, Ian Hobson and Murray Perahia have won the utalentowanych After serving as the visionary, backbone and chief executive officer for three decades, in znajdowała się trudnych warunkach okupacji sowieckiej, Mizwa był w stanie utrzymać intelektualną użalał się nad losem wymiany naukowej pisząc do dziś kontynuuje przybyła do USA w 1926 r. w ramach Komitetu. Vauclain sprzedawał Polsce lokomotywy w czasie i w efekcie tworzy naród. Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej World War II Murray Perahia was partly carried out. Over the misję promowania aby udostępnił w swym budynku pomieszczenie na biuro not tell me how to ask people for money for which kiedy premierem Polski był ignacy Jan Paderewski. Kosciuszko Foundation and told its members that Music. Mizwa proudly proclaimed that Koscisuzko s will of 1798 Fundacji. Mizwa as a young man dr. MacCraken oraz zamożnego amerykańskiego W 1976 roku, 4. września Kardynał Karol Wojtyła and Murray Perahia brali udział w konkursie. Mizwa becomes President Po latach wizjonerskich wysiłków w 1955 r. Mizwa został drugim w historii prezesem Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej zajmując pozycję po odchodzącym więź z krajem, między innymi dzięki programowi teacher at the Manhattan School of Konkurs Chopinowski There have been lights and shadows, but the shadows have begun to deepen. Mizwa zostaje prezesem Fundacji prof. MacCraken. Mimo, iż w tym czasie Polska later became a composer and Cliburn, Ian Hobson they would not receive anything in return except a Młody Mizwa W celu wzbudzenia pełnego zaufania dla swojego odwiedził siedzibę Fundacji w Nowym Jorku. Podczas W późniejszych latach renomowani artyści, tacy jak Van oraz zachęca muzyków Druga Wojna Światowa place at the Kosciuszko Foundation with Witold unanimous decision, the first winner was a 20-year old black student named Roy Eaton, who accompanied by their fathers and West Point Cadets or midshipmen from dokonują ojcowie. Debiutantki występują w eskorcie kadetów z West Point lub akademii marynarki handlowej Kings Point. Debiutanki prezentuje się Roy Eaton with Stephen Mizwa The inauguration took Małcużyński as guest artist. By skomentował zwycięstwo Eatona jako częściowe spełnienie życzenia zawartego w testamencie Tadeusza Kościuszki. promise that their donations would help some young MacCraken, w którym tenże uzyskaną za udział w Amerykańskiej Rewolucji, na cele tej wizyty podkreślił ogromną rolę Fundacji w tych Witold Małcużyński. Pierwszy konkurs przy całkowitej zgodności jury wygrał dwudziestoletni afroamerykanin, Roy Eaton, późniejszy kompozytor i wykładowca Manhattan School of Music. Mizwa z dumą to the luxurious Waldorf=Astoria in By 1941, debutantes were do luksusowego hotelu Waldorf=Astoria, a od 1941 roku na balu zaczęto prezentować debiutantki, młode kobiety w wieku od 16 do 25 mogące anniversary of the death of Frederic Chopin. Van Cliburn with Stephen Mizwa po powrocie z Europy dzielił się pozytywnymi obserwacjami Komitetu Stypendialnego. Wizyta Kardynała Karola Wojtyły w Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej Commodore Hotel to honor Paderewski, and by 1933, the Foundation tego wydarzenia od 1933 roku Fundacja corocznie urządzała bale dobroczynne na rzecz swojej działalności. Pierwszy taki bal odbył się w hotelu Pennsylvania persuaded Dr. MacCraken to become the first promoted Poland among American industrialists and przemysłowców i biznesmenów został odznaczony przez rząd polski medalem Polonia Restituta) oraz pułkownika cedrica im. Kościuszki w wojnie z bolszewikami w 1920 roku. Udało Doroczny Bankiet i Bal Debiutantek President of the Foundation, and Vauclain and other Americans to serve on the Board of Trustees. Among Radzie Dyrektorów. Mizwa zaprosił do niej także wiceprezesa Guaranty Trust Company of New York, willisa H. Booth mu się również przekonać polski konsulat w Nowym Jorku, Chopina. Inauguracja konkursu with the wrong idea, at the wrong time. Of the 800 nie był najlepszy gdyż tylko jedna osoba odpowiedziała na apel Mizwy. Mizwa later recalled: All the principles of Economics, Commodore, New York City, May 16, 1928 leaders responded that Mizwa was the wrong man, w nieodpowiednim czasie. Odzew duchowieństwa też Money and Banking courses that I was teaching did the auspieces of The Kosciuszko Foundation, Hotel the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Seeing the With the 150th anniversary of Kosciuzko s arrival in 800 duchownych oraz do wielu polsko-amerykańskich zorganizowane przez Fundację Kościuszkowską w Hotelu Commodore w Nowym Jorku, 16. maja 1928 r. Piano Competition was established in 1949, in honor of the hundredth odbyła się w Fundacji, a jej America approaching, Mizwa sought to create a organizacji. Utworzony fundusz miałby pomagać następnym The Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin w ramach obchodów setnej rocznicy śmierci Fryderyka gościem honorowym był impact of his work, Mizwa gave up his own doctoral Kościuszki do Ameryki Mizwa postanowił ufundować Kościuszce żywy pomnik, którym miała być Fundacja dysponująca funduszem pochodzącym z darowizn. O pomoc Testimonial Dinner for Ignace Jan Paderewski under Columbia, and to send an American professor to studies at Harvard and his professorship to focus on W obliczu nadchodzącej rocznicy 150-lecia przyjazdu The Chopin Competition 1949 Pierwszy Konkurs Chopinowski Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej został zorganizowany w1949 roku Uroczyste przyjęcie ku czci Ignacego Jana Paderewskiego na temat środowiska akademickiego Uniwersytetu się na artykuł rektora Vassar College dr. henry noble Po pierwszej wojnie światowej, po odzyskaniu przez Kilim PolsKich herbów, ręcznie wykonany, przedstawiający historię herbów wybranych polskich miast. Prezentowany w polskim pawilonie podczas Targów Światowych w 1939 r. Podarowany Fundacji w 1956 r. przez Helen Paryski-Rosiński, upamiętniający jej ojca Antoniego Paryskiego. raised money to bring nine students from Poland Zachęcony takim obrotem spraw Mizwa zrezygnował ze studiów doktoranckich na Harvardzie i porzucił pracę wykładowcy uniwersyteckiego po to, aby całkowicie opublikowany w prasie polonijnej lecz przywódcy Polonii Konkurs Chopinowski The idea paid off and Polish immigrants in 21 states amerykańskiego profesora na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim. emigranci, znajomi rodziców, pomogli mu znaleźć pierwszą Założona w 1925 roku Fundacja Kościuszkowska ma na celu pogłębianie więzi między Polską i Stanami Zjednoczonymi poprzez programy edukacyjne oraz wymianę kulturalno-naukową. Na stypendia i granty dla polskich i amerykańskich studentów, naukowców, profesjonalistów i artystów oraz promocję kultury polskiej w Ameryce, Fundacja przeznacza około 1 miliona dolarów rocznie. Przyznając stypendia stwarza pole do działalności dla tych Polaków, którzy mogą mieć wpływ na bieg historii. Bywały momenty światła i cieni, ale teraz cienie się pogłębiają. a Living Memorial to tadeusz Kosciuszko Pomysł Mizwy zaczynał się sprawdzać i odnosić sukcesy. Na początek 21 polskich emigrantów zgromadziło fundusze W 2003 r. J. E. Gore i ówczesny Prezes Rady Zarządu, Witold Sulimirski rozpoczęli rozmowy dotyczące utworzenia Katedry Studiów Polskich na Uniwersytecie Columbia w Nowym Jorku. Joseph E. Gore wraz z Przewodniczącym Rady Zarządu, Witoldem Sulimirskim przekazują Medal Uznania Fundacji, byłemu polskiemu ambasadorowi Polish-Jewish relations during World War II. Bartoszewski was a soldier in the AK, the Polish underground, and co-founder of Zegota, the Council for Aid to Jews. He also organized assistance for the participants of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising of April 1943 and invited Jan Karski to speak at the Foundation. In 1973, the Kosciuszko Foundation commissioned Henryk Górecki to compose the Copernican Symphony Number 2 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Copernicus. The symphony premiered at Carnegie Hall. prof. Władysław Bartoszewski Jan Karski Sławy polskiego środowiska filmowego w Fundacji Kościuszkowskiej podczas przyjęcia z okazji rozpoczęcia festiwalu Revelation and Camouflage: polskie kino od 1930 r. do teraźniejszości. The leaders of Poland s film making community gathered for a reception at the Kosciuszko Foundation celebrating the opening of Revelation and Camouflage: Polish Cinema from 1930 to the Present. From left to right: KF Chairman Michael G. Sendzimir; Prof. Maria Kornatowska; Joseph E. Gore; Monika Olszer Jasinska; Juliusz Machulski; Krzysztof Zanussi; Agnieszka Holland; Edward Klosinski; Maciej Karpinski; Krystyna Janda; Boleslaw Michalek; Andrzej Wajda; Krystyna Zachwatowicz; and Tadeusz Scibor-Rylski, President of the Polish State Cinematography Committee

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

7 The Board of Trustees of The Kosciuszko Foundation Cordially Invites You to Attend the Kosciuszko Foundation 76 th Annual Dinner & Ball Saturday, April 30th, 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 coach, Mike Krzyzewski, will receive this year s Medal of Recognition. His four NCAA Championships and 2008 Gold Medal for the U.S. basketball team in Beijing have made him a hero to Poles and Americans alike. For tickets call

8 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 entertainment they go out. On Friday, December , a large group of them headed to the Kosciuszko Foundation for the opening of an exhibition of works by Krystyna Brzechwa, a painter from Warsaw. Krystyna Brzechwa studied at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts and got her degree in the atelier of Eugeniusz Eibisch. Since 1956, when she participated in the nation-wide exhibition of young Polish artists in Warsaw s Arsenal, she has shown her paintings on numerous occasions in Poland and abroad. In addition to Europe, her paintings can be found in collections in Canada and in the United States, where they are at the Chicago Polish Museum and Society of Arts, the Schermerhorn Gallery of Columbia University in New York, at the Clark University Art Gallery in Massachusetts and in many private collections. This was not Ms Brzechwa s first visit to New York. In 1993 she had a similar show at the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences. The painting Clown with Drum, which was on the invitation for the earlier exhibit, appears again at the Kosciuszko Foundation, while two drawings depicting a pair of New Yorkers and Halloween in New York are mementos of her first visit to our city. Friends from years past came to see Ms Brzechwa and her paintings again. It turns out that T h e K o s c i u s z k o f o u n d a t i o n many Polish Americans, and not only Poles, remember the earlier exhibit and even have paintings purchased at that time in their homes. The current exhibit has been organized precisely through the initiative and assistance of collectors of Krystyna Brzechwa s paintings Dr. and Mrs. Jonas, Professor Alex Alexander, Mr. and Mrs. David and Donna Pylyp and others who lent their paintings to the Kosciuszko Foundation. The honorary curator of the exhibit was Dr. Stanislaw Jonas; twelve of his paintings were on display in the exhibit, not counting the beautiful portrait of his daughter, which belongs to her. Magda Mazurek-Nuovo, the director of Cultural Programs at the Kosciuszko Foundation and the organizer of this exhibit says that due to space limitations, many other beautiful paintings had to be cut from the show. Additionally, Ms Brzechwa arrived from Poland the day before the opening and brought with her several new works, which were included in the exhibition. In total, more than twenty works were on exhibit at the Kosciuszko Foundation. They were large oils as well as ink drawings and pastels. A few of them (a total of nine) were available for sale, among them a large oil painting of newlyweds against a background of a flowering garden, a black haired maiden listening to the devil s insinuations and some recently arrived color and black and white drawings.

9 Krystyna Brzechwa s paintings depict solitary figures (even when they are in pairs) as though from this or another world. The artist has a unique style of presenting her subjects. In her paintings they appear surrounded by flowers, in the company of cats and birds, as well as devils, angels, fauns and other fantastic creatures. The cheerful colors of the paintings contrast with the tragic human figures. Their huge eyes overflow with sadness, as though they want to tell us something about their suffering. Their elongated and twisted figures betray pain and inner turmoil. Other times the static figures bring to mind actors in classical poses or figures from a puppet theater. During the opening evening I had the pleasure of speaking briefly with Ms Brzechwa about her artistic tastes and inspirations, as well as about other matters not necessarily dealing directly with the exhibit. Asked whether family traditions influenced her art, the artist categorically denied the influence of her father, Jan Brzechwa, author of the widely known poems and fairy tales for children. However, half in jest, she admitted that there might be some kind of genetic artistic bond between her and her ancestors. As a child, she read the books of her uncle, the great poet, Boleslaw Lesmian, who gave her his books as gifts. Without a doubt they roused the imagination of the future painter as they did that of other young readers of The Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor or Sesame Tales. Ms Brzechwa stressed that these may be totally subconscious connections. She 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 demonstrated by Boy with Flower. During the opening at the Foundation, I was intrigued by the reactions of the viewers and their overheard opinions. They studied the paintings closely, returning to some many times, obviously trying to decipher their hidden meanings, judge their unusual form and maybe guess at the painter s message. The varied works elicited dramatically different reactions. One lady, entering the Foundation s vestibule, exclaimed: Oh, how cheerful these paintings are! I surmise that she was reacting to the bright, intense colors of the works. Other viewers expressed the opposite opinions. They saw tragedy, anxiety and fear even in the eyes of the newlyweds situated in the cherry orchard. Of particular interest for the viewers were The Cage inside which lay the curled up figure of a woman, and The Judgment giving the verdict to two half-human, half-devilish, sinful creatures. The viewers were fascinated by the hidden subtext of the paintings, in which they found the expression of their own sorrows, fears and hopes. Ms Brzechwa is a very modest, natural and direct person. She doesn t interpret her paintings, leaving that to the viewers. In answer to the question about what inspired her, posed by a visitor to the exhibit, who had just purchased one of the pastels, she answered simply: I bought some new paint, so I painted it. Wedding / Slub Oil on canvas. 27½ x 39½ From collection of Dr. Stanislaw and Mrs. Alicja Jonas Krystyna S. Olszer (trans. by Monika Olszer Jasinska) Photo: Katarzyna Koziol

10 K o s c i u s z k o F o u n d a t 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 10 Every year, during its Semi-Annual Meeting, the Board of Trustees of the Kosciuszko Foundation approves funding for the Exchange Program with Poland for the next academic year. Last April, the Board allocated $290,470 for 21 scholars and scientists from Poland to receive the Fellowships and Grants for the 2010/2011 academic year. The decision of the Foundation s Board was based on the results of a very careful selection process, including personal interviews, conducted by the members of the U.S. Academic Advisory Committee in the US and Polish Academic Commission in March at the Foundation s Warsaw Office. The U.S. Academic Advisory Committee is composed of the following members: 1. Prof. M.B. Biskupski, Department of History, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT. 2. Dr. Ronald J. Hagadus, Chairman of the Kosciuszko Foundation Scholarship Committee 3. Dr. Ewa Radwanska, M.D. Ph.D., Rush University Medical Center in Chicago 4. Prof. Bozena Shallcross, Department of Slavic Languages, University of Chicago The work of the US Committee was assisted during the personal interview sessions at the Foundation s office in Warsaw by the members of the Polish Academic Commission which included a number of former Fellows of the Kosciuszko Foundation: 1. Prof. Agata Bielik-Robson, Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw. Former Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation (l-r) Mr. Joseph E. Gore, Esq. Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kosciuszko Foundation, Prof. Ewa Miklaszewska, Economic University of Krakow, Director of Banking Unit, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Prof. Bozena Shallcross, Department of Slavic Languages, University of Chicago, Ms. Maryla Janiak, Vice President of the Kosciuszko Foundation, Dr. Ronald J. Hagadus, M.D. Chairman of the Scholarship Committee of the Kosciuszko Foundation, Prof. M.B. Biskupski, Department of History, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT. T h e K o s c i u s z k o f o u n d a t i o n 2. Dr. Maria Ciemerych-Litwinienko, Department of Embryology, Institute of Zoology, Warsaw University. Former Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation 3. Dr. Andrzej Dakowski, Director of the Polish Fulbright Commission in Warsaw. 4. Prof. Slawomir Jozefowicz, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Journalism and Political Science Institute of Political Science, Warsaw University. Former Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation 5. Dr. Jaroslaw Kusmierczyk, Assistant Professor, Clinic of Ophthalomology Center for Medical Training Prof. W. Orlowski Hospital, Warsaw, Poland. Former Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation 6. Prof. Zbigniew Lasocik, LL.D. Dean, Law Department, The Lazarski School of Commerce and Law in Warsaw. Former Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation 7. Prof. Ewa Miklaszewska, Economic University of Krakow, Director of Banking Unit, Department of Finance, Faculty of Finance, Department of Economics and Management, Faculty of Management and Social Communication, Jagiellonian University. Former Fellow of the Kosciuszko Foundation Dr. Ronald Hagadus, Chairman of the Kosciuszko Foundation Scholarship Committee, along with Joseph E. Gore, Esq, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kosciuszko Foundation and Ms. Maryla Janiak, Vice President/Educational Programs presided over the personal interviews which were conducted in the English language, thereby evaluating the English proficiency of the candidates. Each interview lasted approximately 30 minutes, including 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 2010/2011 all applications were reviewed by the New York Office and subsequently prepared and presented for evaluation by the two Committees. Of the 40 applicants who were interviewed 21 were selected for funding. Maryla Z. Janiak Vice President/Educational Programs

11 K o s c i u s z k o F o u n d a t i o n S c h o l a r s h i p s HUMANITIES 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 Sklodowska University: Three month Fellowship to conduct research on most recent advances in second language reading development for her textbook for foreign language teachers at the English Language Center, The Center for Language Education and Research, The Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, Michigan State University, East Lansing with Professor Susan Gass. JAROSZ, Ewelina Ph.D. candidate in Art History, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan: Three month Grant to conduct research for her doctoral dissertation entitled Figures of Unrepresentational: (Inter)Relations of Time and Art in Painting of Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman and Clyford Still at the University of Texas at Austin with Professor Richard Shiff. KACZMARCZYK, Michal Ph.D. in Sociology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun: Three month Fellowship to teach courses in Polish Studies Program at the University at Buffalo and to conduct research on Solidarity versus Religion and Secularism. MANCEWICZ, Aneta Assistant Professor, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz: Three month Fellowship to conduct (l-r) Dr. Andrzej Dakowski, Director of the Polish Fulbright Commission in Warsaw, Prof. Bozena 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 Foundation, Dr. Ronald J. Hagadus, M.D. Chairman of the Scholarship Committee of the Kosciuszko Foundation, Prof. M.B. Biskupski, Department of History, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT. research on contemporary adaptations of Shakespeare which could be considered examples of post-dramatic theater at City University of New York with Professor Daniel Geruld. NOWOZYCKI, Bartosz Archivist, Central Archives of Modern Records in Warsaw: Five month Grant to conduct research on the role of PIASA during the cold war period in supporting the independent thought and culture in the United States at the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America in New York City with Professor Thaddeus V. Gromada. OLEKSY, Elzbieta Full Professor and Chair, Department of Transatlantic and Media Studies: Three month Fellowship to conduct research on her project entitled Visual Citizenship. Audience Analysis of Intersectional Film and TV Series at University of California, Berkeley with Professor Mary Elizabeth Berry. SENDYKA, Roma Assistant Professor, Department of Polish Philology, Jagiellonian University: Three month Fellowship to conduct research on the impact of the recent literary theories of art, art criticism and the history of art at the University of Chicago with Professor Bozena Shallcross. ROGOWSKA- STANGRET, Monika Ph.D. candidate in Philosophy, Graduate School for Social Research, Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw: Three month Grant to conduct research towards her doctoral dissertation on The Body as a Philosophical Category and its Normative Implications at the Women s and Gender Studies Department, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University with Professors Joanna Regulska and Elisabeth Grosz. STOBIECKI, Rafal Professor, Chair of the History of Historiography - University of Lodz: Three month Fellowship to conduct research on Polish historiography in exile after 1945 at the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America in New York with Professor Tadeusz V. Gromada, Professor Piotr S. Wandycz, Yale University, Prof. Mieczyslaw B. Biskupski, Central Connecticut State University, Professor Anna Cienciala, Kasas University, Dr. John Micgiel, Columbia University. 11

12 K o s c i u s z k o F o u n d a t i o n S c h o l a r s h i p s WAGNER, Izabela Associate Professor in Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Warsaw: Five month Fellowship to conduct research on the process of transitional professionals in life science research environment at Harvard University, Department of Sociology with Professor Michele Lamont. WASKIEWICZ, Andrzej Assistant Professor, Institute of Sociology, University of Warsaw: Three month Fellowship to conduct research towards his book on his project: The Idea of Representation and its Paradoxes at Boston College with Professor Mark O Connor. POLISH STUDIES DEMBOWSKA- WOSIK, Iwona Assistant Professor, Department of Applied and Cultural Linguistics: Ten month Teaching Fellowship to conduct comparative research for her doctoral thesis on certificate exams of Polish as a foreign language and to teach Polish language (elementary/ intermediate and advanced intermediate) at Indiana University Polish Studies Program. KOLBUSZEWSKA, Zofia Assistant Professor, Department of American Literature and Culture: Ten month Teaching Fellowship to teach courses in Polish Studies Program at the University at Buffalo. Invited by Professor Janian Brutt-Griffler, Director of Polish Studies Program. PAMULA, SALOMEA Assistant Professor, Center of the Polish Language and Culture of the World, Jagiellonian University: Ten month Teaching Fellowship to teach courses in the Polish Studies Program at the University of Connecticut at Storrs. SCIENCES CAPINSKI, Maciej Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow: Four month Fellowship to conduct research on Instability of Trajectories in Space Mission Design to Investigate the Rate of Diffusion of Energy for Missions Based on Elliptic Jupiter-Sun-System at the University of Texas at Austin, Department of Mathematics with Professor Rafael de la Llave. HARCIAREK, Michal Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Gdansk: Three month Fellowship to conduct research on emotional experience in patients with early to moderate Alzheimer s Disease at the Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida with Professor Kenneth M. Heiman. KOZLOWSKA- MARKOWSKA, Anna Assistant Professor, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Department of Tumor Immunology: Five month Fellowship to conduct research on myeloma cell at the City of Hope Beckman Research Institute, Department of Cancer Immunotherapeutics & Tumor Immunology with Professor Hua (Eleanor) Yu. PLOCH, Izabela Assistant Professor, Geological Museum, Polish Geological Institute National Research Institute: Four month Fellowship to conduct comparative study of Ammonites Fauna of the United States Western Interior and Polish Lowland at the American Museum of Natural History in New York with Mr. Neil H. Landman, Curator-in-Charge. WIERZBOWSKA, Izabela Senior Lecturer, Department of Conservation Biology and Ecology Education, Jagiellonian University: Five month Fellowship to teach wildlife biology, conservation and management at the Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservative Biology, Colorado State University and to conduct research on trophic relations of urban carnivore communities with Professor Kenneth R. Wilson. LAW SOBOWSKA, Barbara Last year Law School student, Jagiellonian University: a supplementary grant to study towards LLM at Harvard Law School, New York University Law School, Stanford Law School or Berkeley School of Law. 12 T h e K o s c i u s z k o f o u n d a t i o n

13 K o s c i u s z k o F o u n d a t i o n S c h o l a r s h i p s SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS FOR AMERICANS We are now in the midst of the spring semester. The better portion of academic year is already behind us and Kosciuszko Foundation s scholarships are currently supporting the students whose names are listed below. The listing represents an allocation by the Kosciuszko Foundation Board of Trustees of $215,880 in scholarships to Americans of Polish descent for a period that encompasses Summer 2010 through June Of this amount $151,000 is awarded as Tuition Scholarships to 54 Americans of Polish descent towards their graduate studies in the United States. An additional $10,700 is awarded to 9 students through the Polish American Club of North Jersey, the Polish National Alliance of Brooklyn, USA Inc. and the Massachusetts Federation of Polish Women s scholarships. These scholarships support undergraduate students who are affiliated with the Polish American Club of North Jersey, the Polish National Alliance of Brooklyn, USA Inc. and undergraduate students who live in Massachusetts. This year 10 students are attending programs in Poland through the Kosciuszko Foundation s exchange program with the Polish Ministry of National Education to study Polish language and culture as part of the Foundation s Year Abroad program at the Jagiellonian University s Center of Polish Language and Culture in the World. The Polish Ministry provides scholarship recipients with a tuition waiver, dormitory housing and funding for living expenses. Each student receives additional funding from the Foundation, in aggregate amounting to $12,150. The Foundation s exchange program is also supporting a student for a research project in Poland. Funding is provided through the Foundation s Graduate Studies and Research in Poland program in cooperation with the Polish Ministry of National Education. The Polish Ministry provides dormitory housing, funding for living expenses, use of academic facilities and access to archives. In addition, the Kosciuszko Foundation awards $2,250 in additional support which is used for living expenses during the research period. Lastly, in addition to the funding for the year long program, the Foundation awarded $39,780 in Tomaszkiewicz-Florio Scholarships to 17 American students to attend the 2010 Summer language programs at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Each scholarship recipient received $2,340. The grants and scholarships for Americans were made possible through the funds listed below. We are pleased to present the scholarship recipients for the 2010 Summer programs and the academic year. Addy Tymczyszyn Scholarship and Grants Officer for Americans TUITION SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS THE KAZIMIERA ADRIAN ADRIANOWSKA SCHOLARSHIP FUND PIERCE, SHELLEY of Bath, NY for first year of graduate studies in Management, Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY. Scholarship: $3,000 ($2,000 from Sobieraj Fund) SOPHIA GRODZICKA SCHOLARSHIP FUND FRYDEL, TOMASZ of Woodlynne NJ - for first year of graduate studies in Polish-Jewish History, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. Scholarship: $4,000 GALAZYN, MAGDALENA of Edison, NJ - for second year of graduate studies in Psychology, City University of New York, New York, NY. Scholarship: $2,000 HOWARD, BARBARA of Albuquerque, NM - for doctoral studies in Clinical Psychology, Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA. Scholarship: $2,000 ($1,000 from Nowak Fund) OLCON, KATARZYNA of Burbank, IL - for second year of graduate studies in Social Work, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL. Scholarship: $2,000 WILLIAMS, KINGA of Amityville, NY - for first year of graduate studies as a Physician s Assistant, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. Scholarship: $2,000 EDWIN L. HARASIMOWICZ SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FUND BLASZKIEWICZ, JACEK of Staten Island, NY - for first year of graduate studies in Music History, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. Scholarship: $2,000 PLASKON, PAULINA of Wallington, NJ - for first year of graduate studies in Clinical Laboratory Science, University of Medicine and 13

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

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

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

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

18 K o s c i u s z k o F o u n d a t i o n S c h o l a r s h i p s TOMASZKIEWICZ-FLORIO SCHOLARSHIPS for summer studies at the jagiellonian university, Kr akow SUMMER 2010 Baney, Olivia of Los Altos, CA - high school senior at Mountain View High School, Mountain View, CA. Bogacki, Natalia of Kenmore, NY - undergraduate freshman majoring in International Business at Canisius College, Buffalo, NY. Brouard, Beata of Springfield, OH - undergraduate freshman majoring in Art at Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH. Dankowski, Magdalena of Longtree, CO - undergraduate freshman majoring in Biology at University of Denver, Denver, CO. Drabek, Anna of Croton-on-Hudson, NY - undergraduate freshman majoring in French Linguistics at Georgetown University, Washington. DC. Dydynski, Michael of North East, MD - undergraduate senior majoring in History and Exercise Science at Towson University, Towson, MD. Dyrcz, Marisa of Seattle, WA - undergraduate senior majoring in International Studies at University of Washington, Seattle, WA. Grzybowski, Gabriela of Parlin, NJ - undergraduate sophomore majoring in Economics at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ. Hrynkiewicz, Edyta of Westhersfield, CT - undergraduate sophomore majoring in Patho-biology and Veterinary Science at University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Mienko, Julita of New York, NY - undergraduate sophomore majoring in Environmental Studies at Hunter College, New York, NY. Mikulski, Anna of Addison, IL - undergraduate sophomore majoring in West Slavic Languages and Literatures and English Language and Literature at University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Parzygnat, Arthur of Rchmond Hill, NY - undergraduate senior majoring in Physics and Math at Queens College, Flushing, NY. Petrus, Jacqueline of North Versailles, PA - high school senior at East Allegheny High School, North Versailles, PA. Houston, TX. Ithaca, NY. Bronx, NY. Priebe, Elizabeth of Houston, TX - high school senior at Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart, Skrabonja, Lydia of Fair Lawn, NJ - undergraduate freshman majoring in Engineering at Cornell University, Stec, Kinga of Bronx, NY - undergraduate senior majoring in Accounting at Fordham University, Witkowski, Anna of Florence, SC - undergraduate sophomore majoring in Fashion Merchandising Management at Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY. The KF congratulates its long time Member Frederick R. Dammont, D. Sc. on winning the March 2011 Gold Medal in Skiing Competition, Hunter Mountain, NY 18 T h e K o s c i u s z k o f o u n d a t i o n

19 I would like more information on making a planned gift to the Kosciuszko Foundation. Please contact me at my: address telephone number address Name Address City State Zip Telephone: ) Cut here and return in Envelope provided. Giving to the Kosciuszko Foundation: How to Fulfill Your Wishes through a Charitable Bequest Much of the financial strength of the Kosciuszko Foundation has come through the years from its members and friends who provided for the Foundation in their wills. It is easy to insert a charitable bequest into your will when it is written or as a revision. You may also add a bequest through a codicil - a separate document that provides an amendment to your existing will. Regardless of the size of your estate or of your bequest, the full value of your gift may be deductible for Federal estate tax purposes. Here are ways you can support the Kosciuszko Foundation through your will: A specific bequest is a gift of a specific dollar amount or a particular piece of property. For example, I bequeath [dollar amount or description of property] to The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc. A residuary bequest is a gift of all or part of the property remaining in your estate after debts, expenses and specific bequests have been paid. For example, I give, bequeath and devise [all, or % of] the rest, residue and remainder of the property, both real and personal, wherever situated, which I may own or be entitled to at my death, to The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc. The Kosciuszko Foundation encourages gifts by residuary bequest. If your gift is stated as a percentage, this method automatically adjusts the size of your bequest according to your current financial position. This gives you flexibility and peace of mind that your bequest will not be larger or smaller than you had intended, in the event of unexpected changes in the size of your estate. Residuary bequests are also beneficial for the Foundation. People are often surprised by how much their assets can grow over time and by how large an ultimate gift they are able to make to support the Foundation s mission. A contingent bequest is a gift that takes effect only if the primary beneficiary or beneficiaries of the bequest should predecease you. For example, If neither my husband nor any descendant of mine survive me, then I give, bequeath and devise all the rest, residue and remainder of the property, both real and personal, wherever situated, which I may own or be entitled to at my death, to The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc. Perhaps the most effective asset to bequeath is the reminder of your retirement plans, such as pension funds or IRAs. When left to someone other than your spouse, they can be subject to income and estate taxes both of which combined could erode over 80% of the remaining benefits! If bequeathed to the Foundation, these funds would escape both income and estate taxes, and reduce your taxable estate. How will the Kosciuszko Foundation use my gift? An unrestricted bequest is the simplest and most immediately beneficial kind of bequest to the Kosciuszko Foundation. The amount received through an unrestricted bequest can be used at the discretion of the Foundation s Trustees and administration for its most important needs, which may change from time to time. Your will may read, I give, bequeath and devise [dollar amount, description of property or portion of residuary estate] to The Kosciuszko Foundation, Inc. for its general purposes. A restricted bequest provides cash or property to be used by the Foundation for a specific Foundation program or named scholarship fund. If you are considering a restricted bequest, please call the Foundation s Development Office at and we will be happy to talk to you about your wishes and provide you with a personal outline of funding requirements and possibilities. Whichever method you choose, remember that your gifts may take many forms and serve many purposes, including honoring the memory of someone you love. 19