An American Center for Polish Culture Does Scholarship Matter?

Does Scholarship Matter?

Ko s c i u s z Ko F o u n dat i o nAn American Center for Polish Culture

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2006 annual RepoRt

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2 MessagefromtheChairmanandthePresident

6 Education Programs

U.S.andPolishAcademicAdvisoryCommittee

8 Exchange Fellowships and grants for Polish citizens

9 GRantee pRoFile–AnnaFerens:Filling Gaps in the History of Polish Cinema

11 ScholarshipsintheHumanities

12 GRantee pRoFile–JoannaPodolska:A Life of Rebellion and Observation

17 PolishStudiesScholars

18 GRantee pRoFile–Prof.MagdalenaSzelc-Mays:Pride in your Roots

20 GRantee pRoFile–Prof.MalgorzataDabrowska:Illuminating Poland for America

22 ScholarshipsintheSciences

23 GRantee pRoFile–AnnaBlonska:What’s in a Genome?

25 ScholarshipsinLawandBusiness

26 domestic scholarship Programs

DomesticTuitionScholarships

27 GRantee pRoFile–AnnaNesser:Shaping People’s Experiences

32 GRantee pRoFile–GregorHanuschak:Pushing Out the Edges of the Universe

36 GRantee pRoFile–BartlomiejSzewczyk:An International Perspective

40 TheYearAbroadProgram:PolishLanguage,HistoryandCultureStudies

41 Graduate/PostgraduateStudiesandResearchinPolandProgram

42 SummerStudyAbroadProgram

43 WysockiScholarshipsforSummerStudiesatTheJagiellonianUniversity

44 special and travel grants

50 teaching English in Poland Program

52 CulturalandSpecialPrograms

55 TheAnnualDinnerandBall

58 ArtandArchivesCollection

60 AffiliateGroups

62 FinancialStatements

74 PresidentsoftheKosciuszkoFoundationChapters;StaffoftheKosciuszkoFoundation

75 TrusteesandOfficersoftheKosciuszkoFoundation;NationalAdvisoryCouncilMembers


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2006 annual RepoRt

K o s c i u s z K o F o u n d a t i o n a n n u a l R e p o R t 2 0 0 6

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Thingschangewithtime.WhenStephenMizwafoundedthePolish

AmericanScholarshipCommitteein1923,whichledtotheformation

oftheKosciuszkoFoundationin1925,Polandhadjustre-emergedasa

sovereignnationonthemapofEurope.Itlackedmanyoftheresourc-

esthatWesterncountriestypicallytakeforgranted.BeforeProfessor

Mizwa’sefforts,exchangeprogramsthatpermittedPolishscholarsto

studyintheUnitedStatesdidnotexist.

But thatwas1925.At the timeof theKosciuszkoFoundation’s2006

fiscalyear,Polandwasandremainsadifferentcountry.Thestandard

oflivingforPoleshasimproved.ItisnowamemberoftheEuropean

UnionandNATO.Polishscholarshavemanymoreopportunitiesthan

theydidin1925.AlloftheuniversitiesoftheE.U.memberstatesare

opentothem,andalloftheE.U.countriesareobviouslymuchcloserto

PolandthanistheUnitedStates.

Ontopofthat,inaworldofincreasinglyrapid,inexpensivecommu-

nicationsandthegreateravailabilityofelectronicmediatotheaverage

Polishcitizen,itappearsthatincreasingmaterialwealthandcomfort

seemstobeattheforefrontofPolishsociety’sattention,leavingsome

towonderwhetherscholarshipplaystheprominentroleitoncedidin

Poland.

“ i believe literature to

be the most valuable

hoard that humanity

has gathered in its

quest to understand

itself. societies, tribes,

and peoples grow

more intelligent,

richer, and more

advanced as they

pay attention to the

troubled words of

their authors...”

oRhan pamuK 2006 nobel

A messAge from the ChAirmAn And the Pres ident

the KosciuszKo Foundation in an incReasinGlY modeRn WoRld

m e s s a G e F R o m t h e c h a i R m a n a n d t h e p R e s i d e n t

Witold s. sulimiRsKiChairman, Board of Trustees

Joseph e. GoRe, esq.President and Executive Director


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So,inanefforttounderstandthedirectiontheFoundationmusttake

inthefuture,weaskedourselvesaprovocativequestion:HastheKos-

ciuszkoFoundation,asaneducationalfoundation,outliveditsuseful-

ness?

WhiletheFoundationwillfacemanynewchallengesasitsolicitsschol-

arsfromPoland,wearehappytosaythattheanswertothatquestionis

anunequivocal,“no.”Thewordsof2006NobellaureateOrhanPamuk

(whohailsfromTurkey,alandenjoyingseveralconnectionswithPo-

land), ring truenot just for literaturebutalso forallof thehumani-

ties.Asweproceedfullspeedintothe21stcentury,thereisstillmuch

importantworkfortheKosciuszkoFoundationtodo,andtheUnited

Statesstillremainsanimportantdestinationforthatscholarlyactivity.

Accordingtomanymeasures,theUnitedStatesuniversitysystemcur-

rentlyhasmanyadvantagesforPolishscholarsovertheEuropeanuni-

versities.AccordingtoanarticleintheSeptember10,2005editionof

theBritishweeklymagazinetheEconomist,theUnitedStateshas17of

thetop20universitiesintheworld.Americanuniversitiesemploy70%

oftheworld’sNobelPrizewinners,generate30%oftheworld’soutput

ofarticlesinscienceandengineering,and44%ofthemostfrequently

citedarticles.Thatwasn’talwaysthecase.Europewasoncethecenter

oflearningintheworld,butsinceWorldWarII,theUnitedStateshas

takenovertoppositionandcanbeexpectedtostaythereforthefore-

seeablefuture.

AsEuropebecomesmoreandmoreofaknowledge-basedeconomy,

improvement of any country’s well being shall be increasingly real-

ized through scholarship. The Kosciuszko Foundation stands well

positioned to continue the mission of its founder, Stephen Mizwa to

broadentheunderstandingandknowledgeofscholarsfromboththe

UnitedStatesandPoland,andplayitsroleinhelpingPolishscholars

studyintheUnitedStates.

ManychallengesfacetheFoundation.DespitethefactthattheFoun-

dation’s cost of administration are in line with the best practices for

not-for-profitmanagement(fully76%ofexpendituresinthisfiscalyear

in an effort to

understand the

direction the

Foundation must

take in the future,

we asked ourselves a

provocative question:

has the Kosciuszko

Foundation, as

an educational

foundation, outlived

its usefulness?

according to many

measures, the united

states university

system currently has

many advantages

for polish scholars

over the european

universities.



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wereusedforprogramservices),theFoundationmustachieveitsan-

nualmissioninthefaceofrapidlyrisingcostsintheheartofNewYork

City. Maintenance and operation of the Foundation’s headquarters

onEast 65thStreet inuptownManhattanpress on theFoundation’s

income,asdosalariesandemployeebenefits (suchasretirementand

healthbenefits).

AmaterialportionoftheKosciuszkoFoundation’seducationalendow-

mentcarriesrestrictionsonuse,whichprohibitsitfrombeingusedfor

generalexpenses.

Because it is hard to predict how much is generously gifted or be-

queathedtotheFoundationinanygivenyear,andwhichofthosefunds

willcarryrestrictions,someyearsposegreaterfinancialchallengesthan

others.

Inthisrespect,fiscalyear2006wasatimeofregroupingandretrench-

ment,financiallyspeaking.

Aswemoveforwardinthe21stcentury,wewishtoletallofourfriends

andbenefactorsknowthatdespitethesechallenges, theTrusteesand

Officersremainfullycommittedtodoalltheycantomaintainavigor-

ousandeffectivemanagementstructureattheFoundation.Thisway,

wecanproperlymaintainnotonlythesameintensityofoureducational

scholarshipactivities,butalsotheconditionofourheadquartersloca-

tion,whichhasbecomeanintegralpartoftheKosciuszkoFoundation

initsongoingmissiontosupportandinformonPolishart,literature,

andtraditions.

inside this report, you

will meet scholars who

are researching the

careers of poles who,

despite achievements

in the areas of music,

cinema, and literature,

are generally unknown

in poland. You will

also meet young

people, poles and

polish americans alike,

who have great plans.

they are all preparing

themselves to make

profound contributions

to society at large.



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AsPolandmovesforwardintothefutureasafreeanddemocraticsoci-

ety,thereismuchforPolestouncoverthatwasoncehiddenfromview.

Asyouleafthroughthepagesofthisyear’sreport,youwillfindshort

profilesofasamplingoftheKosciuszkoFoundation’sfiscalyear2006

Polishexchangescholars.Youwillmeetscholarswhoareresearching

thecareersofPoleswho,despiteachievements intheareasofmusic,

cinema,andliterature,aregenerallyunknowninPolandbecausethey

realizedtheirachievementsoutsideofPolandduringthedifficulttime

followingWorldWarII.

You will also meet young people, Poles and Polish Americans alike,

whohavegreatplansintheareaofinternationalrelations,spaceaero-

nautics,andthemysteriesofgeneticresearch.Theyareallpreparing

themselvestomakeprofoundcontributionstosocietyatlarge.

Whilespacelimitspreventusfromprofilingallofthenearly320in-

dividuals who received grants or otherwise directly benefited from

KosciuszkoFoundationsupportduringfiscalyear2006,wehopethat

thisrepresentativegroupofscholarswillgiveafeelingforthetypeand

qualityofworkthoseKosciuszkoFoundationscholarsdo.

Wethankallofyou,membersandbenefactors,foryoursupport.We

hopethisannualreportwillgiveyouanideaonnotjusthowtheFoun-

dation performed financially, but also how its funds are used to the

ongoingsupportofscholarshipforthebenefitofnotjustPoland,but

thePolishAmericancommunityintheUnitedStates.



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The 2006 U.S. Academic Committee is composed of:

Prof.ThomasE.Bird QueensCollege,NewYork

Prof.MieczyslawB.Biskupski CentralConnecticutState

University

Prof.HenryBokuniewicz MarineScienceResearchCenter,

StateUniversityofNewYorkat

StonyBrook

Prof.ThaddeusV.Gromada ExecutiveDirector,ThePolish

InstituteofArtsandSciencesof

America,NewYork

Prof.HaroldB.Segel ProfessorEmeritusSlavic

LanguagesandLiteratures,

ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork

Dr.JohnMicgiel DirectoroftheEastCentral

EuropeanCenter,Columbia

University,NewYork

Dr.KeithW.Jones BrookhavenNational

Laboratory,Upton,NewYork

Dr.ChristopherLange SUNY,HealthScienceCenter,

Brooklyn,NewYork

EwaRadwanska,M.D.Ph.D. Rush-Presbyterian-St.Luke’s

MedicalCenterinChicago.

U.s. And Polish ACAdemiC Advisory Committee

the Foundation

would like to take

this opportunity to

express its sincere

appreciation to the

members of the u.s.

and polish academic

advisory committees,

whose members

review and interview

all of the applicants for

the Fellowships and

Grants scholarship

programs.

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Members of the 2006 Polish Academic Advisory Committee include:

Prof.dr.hab.JacekHolowka DepartmentofPhilosophy,

UniversityofWarsaw,

Warsaw,Poland

Prof.dr.hab.HubertIzdebski DepartmentofLawand

Administration,University

ofWarsaw,Warsaw,Poland

Prof.dr.hab.EllinaLunarska InstituteofPhysicalChemistry,

PolishAcademyofSciences,

Warsaw,Poland

Prof.DorotaPraszalowicz InstituteofAmericanStudies

andPolishDiaspora,Jagiellonian

University,Krakow,Poland

Prof.ElzbietaOleksy DepartmentofAmericanStudies

andMassMedia,University

ofLodz,Lodz,Poland

Prof.EdmundWnuk-Lipinski ProfessorofSociology,Honorary

PresidentandChair,Sociology

CollegiumCivitas,Institute

ofPoliticalSciences,Polish

AcademyofScienceinWarsaw,

Warsaw,Poland

Prof.MalgorzataKomorowska F.ChopinAcademyofMusicin

Warsaw,Poland.

a c a d e m i c a d v i s o R Y c o m m i t t e e


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eXChAnge felloWshiPs And grAnts for Polish Cit iZens

KosciusZKo Foundation FELLoWsHiPs and grants

areawardedannuallytoPolishcitizensforadvancedstudy/researchand

teachingatuniversities,institutionsofhigherlearningandscientific/

medicalcentersintheUnitedStates.

Under the program, The Foundation awards Fellowships to

postgraduate scholars, professionals or artists with doctoral degrees.

Grants are awarded to those without doctoral degrees. Fellowships

andgrantsareawardedfor3,6,or10monthperiods,dependingon

thenatureandscopeoftheresearchproject,therecommendationsof

theAmericaninstitutionofhigher learning,andtheU.S.andPolish

AcademicAdvisoryCommittees.

During fiscal year 2006, 32 Polish scholars and scientists successfully

completed their scholarly and scientific projects, receiving nearly

$500,000 insupport fromtheFoundation.TheFellowsandgrantees

hadbeencarefullychosenfortheprograminahighlyselectiveprocess

ofscreening,includingpersonalinterviewsinWarsaw.

AmongthemweresevenTeachingFellowshipsaspartofcontinuous

supportforPolishStudiesprogramsatvariousAmericanuniversities

since1992.

Duringthe2005/06academicyeartheFoundationsponsoredteaching

Fellowships at Columbia University; University of Connecticut at

Storrs; SUNY at Buffalo; University of Indiana at Bloomington;

University of Illinois at Chicago; Rice University, Houston, Texas;

University of Massachusetts at Amherst; and Hunter College, City

UniversityofNewYork.

In addition tofinancial support, theFoundationprovides support to

theFellowsandGranteespriortotheirarrivalandduringtheirstay

intheUnitedStates.Everyeffortismadetohelptheparticipantsand

their families with travel, housing, medical insurance, visa and U.S.

homeland security procedures. Foundation staff contacts scholars

and grantees frequently throughout their stay in the United States.

Whenever feasible, Foundation staff conducted exit interviews and

eachparticipantsubmitsafinalwrittenactivitiesreport.

e X c h a n G e F e l l o W s h i p s a n d G R a n t s F o R p o l i s h c i t i z e n s


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f ill ing gAPs in the h istory of Polish CinemAKosciuszko Foundation Grantee Anna Ferens uncovers the trail of 1940’s era Hollywood film score composer Bronislaw Kaper

Poleswhoachievedsuccessabroadinthe20thcenturywerestruckfrom

Polishhistoryrecords.Poland’scommunistgovernmentwasnotkeen

toadvertisethesuccessesofPolesintheWest.Yetlittleisstillknown

inPolandaboutmanysuccessfulPolesabroad,evensixteenyearsafter

politicalandeconomicreforms.

FreelancewriteranddocumentaryfilmmakerAnnaFerenswassur-

prisedwhenshecameacrossthenameofBronislawKaperwhilework-

ingasaresearcheronafilmaboutanotherPolishcomposer,Krzysztof

Komeda.Shehadneverseenthenamebefore.

Hercuriosityaroused,shestartedsearchinginPolisharchivesformen-

tionofKaper,andfoundlittle.Furtherinvestigationrevealedthathe

wasthefirstPoleevertowinanOscar.Thatfact,takentogetherwith

thetotallackofinformationonthismysterycomposer,initiatedaquest

byMs.FerenstoproduceadocumentaryfilmonKaper’slife.

“Hisprofessionalcareerissoimpressive,thatthatwasenoughforme

totrytodosomethingsothatthispersonwouldbecomebetterknown,”

notesMs.Ferens.

The more she learned, the more achievements she uncovered. Mr.

Kapercomposedthefilmscoresto150Hollywoodfilms,mostofthem

When ms. Ferens

mentioned the name

of the film “lili,” not

only did the woman on

the bus know the film,

she started singing the

entire title song, which

was penned by Kaper,

and for which he won

his oscar.

G R a n t e e p R o F i l e

AnnaFerens


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wellknowninAmerica.Thosemelodiesstilllingerinthememoriesof

Americans.

FerenstellsthestoryofabusrideinNewYorkonherwaytoLincoln

CenterwhileshewasintheUnitedStatesonherKosciuszkoFounda-

tiongranttoconductherresearchonKaper.Shewasn’tsurewhereto

getoff.Awomanonthebustoldhershewasgettingoffatthatsame

stopandwouldletMs.Ferensknow.

Theystruckupaconversation,andthewomanaskedMs.Ferenswhat

shewaslookingforintheLincolnCenterlibrary.Whenshetoldthe

briefstoryofKaper,thewomandidnotrecognizethename.However,

whenMs.Ferensmentionedthenameofthefilm“Lili,”notonlydid

thewomanonthebusknowthefilm,shestartedsingingtheentiretitle

song,whichwaspennedbyKaper,andforwhichhewonhisOscar.

“HereIwasonabusinNewYork,itwasinMarch,anditwassnow-

ing, raining, theweatherwas terrible,andallofa sudden theatmo-

sphereinthebuscamealive.”Shewasstunnedthatawomanshemet

bychanceonabusinNewYorkknewoneofKaper’smelodies.Itwas

anunmistakablesignofhisinfluence.

Ms.FerenswasabletointerviewnumerouspeoplewhoknewKaper,

including the 94-year-old Martha Eggerth, who appeared with hus-

bandJanKiepurainthe1947productionoftheonlyBroadwaymusical

thatKapercomposed.Shewasimpressednotonlywiththeresourcesat

herdisposalbutthegenerosityofpeoplehelpingher.

“TheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniahasaPolishMusicCenter. I

hadanenormousamountofhelp from thedirector,Mr.Zebrowski.

Theyevenletmeusetheirfacilitiestoscandocuments.Theygaveme

some tips and suggestions on how to find certain information I was

lookingforinLosAngeles,”shesays.

Shenowisputtingtogether thebudget forherfilmandseekingout

financing.SheisalsoconsideringwritingabookaboutKaper.Shehas

unequivocalwordsfortheKosciuszkoFoundationgrantthatenabled

hertodothenecessaryresearchonKaper’slife.“Itwaspriceless,”she

says.


Anna Ferenscontinued


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sCholArshiP in the hUmAnit iesGRantee/position subJect oF ReseaRch/studY amount Fund

belKa, anna m. Archivist, The State

Archive of Wroclaw

Fivemonthgranttoconductresearchatthearchivesofthe

RadioFreeEuropeCollectionofthePilsudskiInstituteof

AmericainNewYorkCity.

$11,710 TheAdolfand

StephanieBauer

EducationalFund

bReWinsKa, maRia iWona

Curator, Department

of International

Exhibitions,

Zacheta Gallery,

Warsaw, Poland

Threemonthgranttoconductresearchinpreparationfor

anexhibitionofcontemporaryAfrican-AmericanArtin

ZachetaGalleryJanuary-February2007withConnieH.

Butler,TheMuseumofContemporaryArt,LosAngeles;

HamzaWalker,AssociateCurator,TheRenaissance

SocietyattheUniversityofChicago;HelenaReckitt,

SeniorDirector,AtlantaContemporaryArtCenter.

$ 7,650 TheStanislas

ChylinskiFund

capiK, beata

Librarian/

Bibliographer,

Department of Foreign

Polonica, The National

Library in Warsaw,

Bibliographic Institute

FivemonthgranttoconductresearchonPolonicaatthe

librariesandarchivesofthemajorPoloniaNewYork

institutions,includingtheKosciuszkoFoundationin

NewYorkCity.

$11,710 TheStanislas

ChylinskiFund

ciseK, Janusz

Professor, Department

of International and

Political Studies,

Jagiellonian University

Aspecialgranttoconductresearchontheprimarysourcesof

American-PolishRelationsDuringthe1920Polish-Bolshevik

WarattheNationalArchives,Washington,D.C.;Hoover

InstitutionforWarandPeace,Stanford,Californiawith

Dr.MaciejSiekierskiandMr.ZbigniewStanczyk;

UnitedStatesArmyMilitaryInstitute,CarlisleBarracks,

PennsylvaniaandtheNewYorkPublicLibrary.

$ 3,000 TheWandaRoehr

Fund

FeRens, anna

Free-lance journalist

and documentary film

director

Threemonthgranttoconductresearchforadocumentary

filmprojectonthelifeofBronislawKaper,adistinguished

HollywoodmotionpicturecomposerandOscarwinner

attheNewYorkPublicLibrary,MGMarchivesin

LosAngelesandatPolishMusicCenter,Universityof

SouthernCalifornia,LosAngeles.

$ 7,650 TheAlbert

SpieznyJournalism

ScholarshipFund

GRzYboWsKi, iReneusz

Archivist, The State

Archives in Zielona

Gora

Fivemonthgranttoconductresearchontheattitudeof

thePolishAmericancommunitytowardspoliticalchanges

duringPrimeMinisterGierek’sregimeandthecrisesofthe

1980’satthearchivesofThePolishInstituteofArtsand

SciencesofAmericainNewYorkwithProfessorThaddeus

V.Gromada.


ChylinskiFund

s c h o l a R s h i p s : h u m a n i t i e s


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A l ife of rebell ion And observAt ionJoanna Podolska delves into the life of Polish émigré writer Andrzej Bobkowski

Polish writer Andrzej Bobkowski first captivated Gazeta Wyborcza

journalistandliteratureenthusiastJoannaPodolskawhen,asastudent,

she read his published journals, Szkice Piórkiem (Sketches With A

FountainPen)coveringtheperiodofhislifeinoccupiedFrance,from

1940–1944.Shewassocaptivated,thatshewrotehermastersthesison

thejournals.

Several years later, the discovery of correspondence between Jerzy

GiedroycandBobkowskiinspiredMs.Podolskatoreturntothestudy

ofthismostenigmaticandcharismaticof20thcenturyPolishwriters.

ThedifficultyrestedinthefactthatBobkowskispentthelastyearsof

hisshortlifeinGuatemala;mostofhisdocumentsweredonatedtoThe

PolishInstituteofArtsandSciencesofAmericainNewYorkafterhis

death. After digging up as much as she could about him in Poland,

Ms. Podolska applied for and received a grant from the Kosciuszko

FoundationtotraveltoNewYorkandGuatemalaandcompleteher

research.

In addition to his writings, and particularly his observations about

FranceastheNazisclosedinonParis,Ms.Podolskawasattractedto

theadventurerinBobkowski.“Hislifewaslikeafilmscript.Itisthe

storyofapersonwhoisconstantlysearching,constantlyinopposition

tosomething,”saysPodolska.

JoannaPodolska


ms. podolska was

attracted to the

adventurer in

bobkowski. “his

life was like a film

script. it is the

story of a person

who is constantly

searching, constantly

in opposition to

something.”


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ShealsopointedtothemanymysteriessurroundingMr.Bobkowski’s

life. “Whydidhefindhimself inFrance justbefore theoutbreakof

World War II,” asks Ms. Podolska. “Why didn’t he travel to South

America sooner than he did, when he always had a plan to travel

there…?”AlltheseandotherquestionsdrewMs.Podolskatoresearch

further.

Ms.PodolskadescribesBobkowskiasa“trueEuropean”wholeftthe

continentforLatinAmericabecausethewarchangedEurope.“Hewas

raisedinEurope,raisedonthemythofEurope,buthebelievedthatthe

Europetowhichhebelongednolongerexisted,”notesPodolska.

Since he could not write for a living in Guatemala, he established a

hobbyshoptherearoundhishobby,modelairplanes.Hetaughtmany

youngboysinGuatemalahowtobuildandflythem.Intheresearcher’s

equivalentofstrikinggold,shewasabletomeetseveralofBobkowski’s

“students”duringhervisit.Nowpastseventy,theystillparticipatein

model airplane competitions and speak of Bobkowski with tears in

theireyes.

Ms.PodolskaalsofindsthesenseoftragedyinBobkowski’slifefasci-

nating.HavingbeenfascinatedwithJosephConradasaliteraryfigure,

hediedofabraintumoratage48,neverrealizinghisdreamofwriting

anovelonthescaleof“LordJim”or“Nostromo.”“Hewasmoreofa

potentialwriter,notcompletely fulfilledas such,”explainsPodolska.

“Ontheotherhand,hewasintwoworlds,becausehewasfascinated

withtheworldofliterature,buthewasthetypeofpersonwholived

lifeintensely.”

Sheseesseveralapplicationsforherresearchapartfromthedoctorate

sheispursuring.Sheenvisionsatleasttwobooksfromherexperiences:

AbookaboutBobkowski’slife,andabookdescribingtheadventureof

discoverywhenresearchingthedetailsofhislife.

Thankstothisdeterminedjournalist,anotherpartof20thPolishliter-

aryhistory isbeingdocumentedanduncoveredwith thehelpof the

KosciuszkoFoundation.



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GRantee/position subJect oF ReseaRch/studY amount Fund

JaGiello, dominiKa

Specialist, Laboratory

for International

Cultural Cooperation,

The National Library

in Warsaw

Fivemonthgranttoconductresearchontheproject

entitledFromOtherPointofView:PolonicaintheUSA,

DocumentationofthePIASALibraryinNewYorkCityat

ThePolishInstituteofArtsandSciencesinAmericawith

ProfessorThaddeusV.Gromada.

$11,710 TheAdolfand

StephanieBauer

EducationalFund

JanecKa, Joanna

PhD candidate in

Cognitive Linguistics,

Institute of English

Studies, Warsaw

University

Threemonthgranttoconductresearchtowardsherdoctoral

dissertationonhistoricallinguisticsconcernedwiththerise

anddevelopmentofperiphrasticcomparisonofEnglish

adjectivesatTowsonUniversity,Towson,Marylandwith

ProfessorsEdwinDuncanandChrisCain.

$ 7,650 TheBasistaFund

JanuszczYK, KataRzYnaSecond year student

of voice at State

University of New

York at Binghamton,

Binghamton, New

York

Specialgrantforvocaltraininginthemezzo-soprano

repertoireatTri-CityOperaandStateUniversityof

NewYorkBinghamton.

$ 5,000 TheIreneFrees

Fund

JaRzabeK, Wanda b

Researcher,

Department of German

Studies, Institute of

Political Studies, Polish

Academy of Science

FivemonthfellowshiptoconductresearchonPolandand

Detente-AStudyinForeignPolicyMakingofDependent

Country1966-1980attheInstituteofEuropean,Russian

andEurasianStudies,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,

Washington,D.C.;NationalArchivesandRecord

Administration,Washington,D.C.;NationalSecurity

Archives,Washington,D.C.withProfessorsJames

Goldgeier,VojtechMastnyandMalcomByrne.


ChylinskiFund



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KlosoWicz, RobeRt JanuszAssistant Professor,

Department of

Diplomatic History

and International

Policy, Jagiellonian

University

FivemonthfellowshiptoconductresearchontheUSMarine

CorpsasanInstrumentofAmericanForeignPolicyand

PolesintheUSMarineCorpsfromitsbeginningtothe

presenttimeattheLibraryofCongress;NationalArchives

andRecordsAdministrationandtheHistoryandMuseum

DivisionHeadquarters,USMarineCorpsHistoricalCenter

inWashington,D.C.NavyYard.

$14,100 TheAdolfand

StephanieBauer

EducationalFund

KomineK, maRia m

M.A. student in Music/

Violin, F. Chopin

Academy of Music in

Warsaw

AspecialgranttostudyintheM.A.programattheChicago

CollegeofPerformingArts/RooseveltUniversitywithProf.

ShmuelAshkenasi.

$5,000 TheIreneFrees

Fund

moJsa, JustYna, KataRzYna

Ph.D. candidate

in Psychology,


Threemonthgranttoconductresearchtowardsher

Ph.D.thesisonEmotionalIntelligence,Personalityand

StressPerceivedfromthePrismofCulturalVariabilityat

YaleUniversitywithProfessorPeterSolovey.

$ 7,650 TheTadeusz

SendzimirFund

ozieWicz, maReK c.

Assistant Professor,

Institute of English

Studies, University of

Wroclaw

AspecialgranttoconductresearchonInSearchofaNew

MythologyoftheUnifiedEarthFromTheAmerican

MythopoeticFantasyofLloydAlexander,SusanCooper,

MadeleineL’EngleandUrsulaLeGuinatAsburyCollege,

EnglishDepartment,Wilmore,KentuckywithDrs.Devin

BrownandRayWhiteman.


Fund



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podolsKa - plocKa, Joanna Ph.D. candidate,

University of Lodz

and a journalist for the

daily Gazeta Wyborcza

(Agora) in Lodz

Threemonthgranttoconductresearchtowardsherdoctoral

dissertationonAndrzejBobkowski,anemigrePolishwriter

atthePolishInstituteofArtsandSciencesinAmericawith

ProfessorThaddeusV.Gromada.

$ 7,650 TheJohnandMollie

PiekarskiScholarship

FundinJournalism

szubKa, tadeusz Assistant Professor,

Department of

Philosophy, Szczecin

University

Threemonthfellowshiptoconductresearchontheepistemic

conceptionsoftruthwithProfessorNeilTennantattheOhio

StateUniversity.

$ 9,970 TheJanPaulZaleski

Fund

taRGonsKa, edYtaPhD candidate in

History, History of

Polish Political System,

Catholic University of

Lublin

FivemonthgranttoconductresearchonEmigrationfrom

theLublinregiontotheUnitedStatesintheyears1918-1939

atthePolishMuseumofAmericainChicago.

$11,710 TheAdolfand

StephanieBauer

EducationalFund

WaliszeWsKi, tomasz Assistant Professor,

Department of Near

Eastern Archeology,

Institute of Archeology,

Warsaw University

Aspecialgranttoconductresearchontheagricultural

productioninTransjordanduringtheRomanandByzantine

PeriodattheCenterforOldWorldArcheologyandArt,

BrownUniversitywithProfessorKatharinaGalor.


Fund

WielGosz, andRzeJ Professor of

Architecture and Vice-

Rector, Academy of

Fine Arts in Poznan

TwomonthfellowshiptovisittheFloridaStateUniversity,

CollegeofVisualArtsandDance,DepartmentofArt

andpresentlecturesonhisartworkandtheresultsofhis

architecturalandgraphicdesignresearch.

$ 3,000 TheWilliam&

MildredZelosky

ScholarshipFund



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Polish stUdies sCholArsGRantee/position subJect oF ReseaRch/studY amount Fund

GRaboWsKi, aRtuRAssistant Professor,

Department of

Twentieth Century

Literature, Jagiellonian

University, Krakow,

Poland

TenmonthfellowshiptoteachcoursesinthePolishStudies

ProgramattheUniversityofIllinois,Chicago,Illinois


ChylinskiFund

heRzoG, tomaszAssistant Professor,

Adam Mickiewicz

University in Poznan


ProgramattheUniversityatBuffalo.


ChylinskiFund

szelc-maYs, maGdalenaSenior Lecturer,

Department of Polish

as a Foreign Language,

Institute of Polish

Language and Culture

in the World


ProgramattheUniversityofConnecticutatStorrs.


ChylinskiFund

dabRoWsKa, malGoRzataProfessor, Department

of Byzantine Studies,

University of Lodz

TenmonthfellowshiptoteachinthePolishStudiesProgram

atRiceUniversity,Houston,Texas.


ChylinskiFund

bilczeWsKi, tomaszPh.D. candidate,

Institute of Polish

Studies, Jagiellonian

University

TenmonthfellowshiptoteachinthePolishStudiesProgram

atIndianaUniversity,Bloomington,Indiana.

$30,500 TheWilliamand

MildredZelosky

ScholarshipFund

plesniaRoWicz, KRzYsztoF JeRzY Professor, Department

of Contemporary

Culture, Institute

of Public Affairs,



ProgramattheUniversityofMassachusettsatAmherst

andtoconductresearchonthecontemporarytheoryof

performanceintheUnitedStatesattheUniversityof

Massachusetts.


ChylinskiFund

s c h o l a R s h i p s : p o l i s h s t u d i e s


1 8

Pride in yoUr rootsProfessor Magdalena Szelc-Mays teaches young Polish-Americans the language of their heritage by also teaching them about its heros

MagdalenaSzelc-MayshasbeenteachingPolishasaforeignlanguage

since1980,forwhatisnowknownastheInstituteforPolishLanguage

andCultureintheWorld,affiliatedwiththeJagiellonianUniversityin

Krakow, thatInstitutehas longspecialized inoffering lecturerswho

specialize in the instructionofPolishasa foreign language,andalso

developingcoursematerialsandothersupportivetools.

Now in her third and last year of teaching various Polish language

coursesatthePolishLanguagestudiesdepartmentattheUniversityof

ConnecticutatStorrs,sheoftenusesamulti-mediaapproachtoteach-

ing the language. For example, when teaching Polish literature, she

usesfilmversionsofcertainworks,pickingone fromeachperiodof

Polishhistory,togetstudentsinvolvedandgivethemavisualanchor

fortheworktheyarestudying.

Thisyear,shecameupontheideaoforganizinganinformal“book”on

famousPolish-AmericansaspartofherSpecialTopicsClass.Eachstu-

dentrandomlydrewanameofafamousPolishAmericanimmigrant

from19thor20thcenturyhistory,andthenhadtoconductresearchon

theinternetfortheirhistoricalfigure,prepareapresentationandshort

narrativeinPolishandinEnglish,andpresentittotheclass.

After the presentations, Professor Szelc-Mays compiled all of the

presentation into a small book, entitled “From Poland to America”

Prof. Magdalena

Szelc-Mays

professor szelc-mays

was surprised to

find that few of her

students knew the

details of their own

polish roots.



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(“ZPolskidoAmeryki”).Shehadthirtycopiesofthebookprintedon

acomputerprinterandboundfortheentireclass.“Theyweresimply

delighted,”notesProfessorSczelc-Mays.Theprojectwassosuccessful

thatitledtoasecondbook,“OurPeopleinHollywood,”aboutPoles

whomadecareersforthemselvesinAmericanfilm.

Aspartoftheprojectsheaskedeachstudenttotellabitoffamilyhis-

torytiedtoPoland,andwassurprisedtofindthatfewofthemknew

thedetailsof theirownPolishroots. “Theyknewthat their families

werefromPolandbuttheydidn’tknowwhatcityortown,whattheir

grandparentsorotherancestorsdidforaliving,”sherecalls.

Sosheaskedeachofthemtogototheirfamilies,getsomeinformation

abouttheirfamilyhistories,andwritesomethingaboutit.“Thisway,

theycouldseeandunderstandthattheywerealsoimmigrants,justas

thosewhomtheyhadresearched,whohadrealizedsomuchsuccess.”

Theresultsofthatresearchwereperhapsasfascinatingastheresearch

onfamousPolishimmigrants.“Theybecameveryinterested.Theyun-

coveredsomefascinatingbitsoffamilyhistory.Inonecase,astudent’s

greatgrandfatherusedtogohuntingwiththeCzar.Theylearnedall

typesofthings.Itwasaverypleasantexperienceforallofus,”notes

ProfessorSzelc-Mays.

ShewasalsoabitsurprisedtolearnthatmanyofthePolesinherclass

didnotknoweachotherthatwell.“Now,theyaresocializingtogether,

whichisverynice,”saysProfessorSzelc-Mays.“Isensedinthemade-

siretomeetasagroupandidentifythemselvesasPolish.Thesecourses

gavethemanopportunitytodothat.”

ShehasseenAmericanPoloniachangeconsiderablyovertheyears.A

society once dominated by working class families has, through hard

workandeducation,transformedintoabonafidemiddleclasssociety.

Sheisveryproudofherstudentsandtheworkshehasdonehereatthe

UniversityofConnecticut,“Iamveryfortunatetohavesuchgoodstu-

dents.Thishasbeenabeautifulexperience.Ithasbeenaverysuccessful

experienceinmylife.”



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i llUminAt ing PolAnd for AmeriCAWho in Texas would be interested in Polish studies? More than Professor Malgorzata Dabrowska imagined

“Polishstudies”arenot thefirstwordsthatcometomindwhenone

thinksoftheStateofTexas.AlthoughyoucanmostlikelyfindAmeri-

cansofPolishdescentineveryStateintheUnion,manypeopleexpect

to find well-attended university programs in Polish studies in those

stateswherePolishAmericansareplentiful, suchas the states in the

GreatLakesregionandNortheasternUnitedStates.

So you can imagine Kosciuszko Foundation Polish studies professor

Malgorzata Dabrowska’s surprise when 80 people signed up for her

PolishcinemaclassatRiceUniversityinHouston.

ProfessorDabrowska,teachingunderaten-monthfellowshipatRice

University’sPolishStudiesprogramthankstoagrantfromtheKos-

ciuszkoFoundation’sStanislasChylinskiFund,waspositivelyamazed

atthelevelofinterestinhercourses.Itseemedtocounteractthecliché

thatAmericansingeneralarenotparticularlyinterestedinthedetails

ofEuropeanhistoryandculture,aclichéthatonemightmorereadily

applytocitizensinthedeepSouththanotherStates,givenitsproximity

toMexicoandLatinAmerica.

Althoughshedidnotconductanysurveysofstudentmotivations,she

agreeswiththepostulatethatthevariousmultilateralmilitaryactions

Prof. Malgorzata

Dabrowskaprof. dabrowska

found her students

enthusiastic, if not

always well informed

about points like

central european

geography. “many

things for them are

a revelation,” says

professor dabrowska.

“…they really didn’t

know the map of

central europe that

well. but they all

prepared for the

class well, and they

all listened carefully.

and that is very

important.”



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ofthe1990’sandearlierthisdecadehaveunderscoredtheimportance

ofunderstandingworldhistorybetter.

Shefoundherstudentsenthusiastic,ifnotalwayswellinformedabout

points likeCentralEuropeangeography. “Many things for themare

a revelation,” says Professor Dabrowska. “ I taught a class on Slavic

cultures,fromPolandandRussiadowntoBosnia.Theyreallydidn’t

knowthemapofCentralEuropethatwell.Buttheyallpreparedfor

theclasswell,andtheyalllistenedcarefully.Andthatisveryimpor-

tant.”

She feels compelled toemphasizegreaterdetailsof theSovietdomi-

nationofPolandandotherCentralEuropeancountries,tocounteract

whatsheseesasapredominantstudentviewofWorldWarIIfocused

ontheriseandfallofNaziGermany,withlittleawarenessofthecon-

ductoftheSovietUnionduringthistimeperiod.

ShepointsoutparticularlyhowthedefactopartitionofEuropeatthe

YaltaconferencesnegativelyaffectedCentralandEasternEurope.She

isfondoftakingbooksfromtheuniversity’slibrarycollectionthatde-

scribehistoricaleventsinpost-warPolandandotherSovietdominated

countries,revealingthetragedythosecountriesexperienced.

“’Here,”shetellsthem.“’Readthisforyourself,andseewhatitsays,”

presentinggraphicdetailsoftheoppressionofthosetimes.

ShealsosensesthatherAmericanstudentsneedtobetterunderstand

the events of European history in the greater perspective of time.

“Withoutthatperspective,theywillbeunabletoseesomeimportant

relationshipsofeventsinvariouscountriesatvarioustimes[inCentral

Europeanhistory],”shesays.

ProfessorDabrowskaattributesperhapspartofhersuccesstoheren-

ergeticandengagingteachingstyle.Whilesomeofhercolleaguescon-

ducttheirlecturesbyreadingoffPowerPointslides,“Ifyouspeakto

yourstudentswithemotion,ifyoureallyspeaktothem,andnotjust

readfromacard,thentheyengageintensely,”sheobserves.



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sCholArshiP in the sCienCesGRantee/position subJect oF ReseaRch/studY amount Fund

blonsKa, anna m. Ph.D. student,

Department of

Pathophysiology and

Genetics, University of

Medicine in Wroclaw

Fivemonthgranttoconductresearchontheroleofgenetic

factorsinVelo-Cardio-FacialSyndrome(VCFS)atthe

DepartmentofMolecularGeneticsattheAlbertEinstein

CollegeofMedicineattheYeshivaUniversityinNewYork.


ChylinskiFund

Kudla, maReKAssistant Professor,

Department of

Obstetrics and

Gynecology Silesian

Medical University,

Central University

Hospital in Katowice

Threemonthfellowshiptoconductresearchonthree

dimensionalultrasounddefinitionofovarianand

endometrialvascularitywithspecialemphasison3D

ultrasoundangiographyofovarianandendometrialcancer

atNewYorkUniversitySchoolofMedicinewithProfessor

OlanE.Timor.

$ 9,970 TheWilliamand

MildredZelosky

ScholarshipFund

maRecKi, piotR a.Assistant Professor,

Department of

Computer Science,

Higher School of

Informatics and

Management, Bielsko-

Biala

FivemonthfellowshiptoconductresearchontheQFTon

ExternalElectromagneticandGravitationalBackgrounds:

energy-momentumandChargeDensitiesofGroundStates

withProfessorPawelO.Mazur,DepartmentofPhysicsand

Astronomy,UniversityofSouthCarolina.

$14,100 ($9,000fromThe

SendzimirFund

and$5,000fromThe

AlfredTarskiFund)

solecKa, JoannaPh.D. candidate in

Clinical Analytics,

Medical University of

Warsaw, Faculty of

Pharmacy

FivemonthGranttoconductresearchtowardsher

Ph.D.thesisonanalysisofgenerearrangementoccurring

pre-natallyandafterexposuretochemotherapywith

topoisomeraseIIinhibitorsatInstituteforCancerGenetics,

ColumbiaUniversitywithDr.JolantaLibura.

$11,710 ($5,710fromThe

IreneFreesFund

and$6,000fromThe

StanislasChylinski

Fund)

s c h o l a R s h i p s : s c i e n c e s


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WhAt ’s in A genome? Kosciuszko Foundation Scholar Anna Blonska searches for the key to unlocking a genetic mystery of a common, but not completely understood genetic disorder

Thesyndromeknownas22q11.2deletionsyndromeisabitofapuzzle

formedicalresearchers.Thesyndrome,thesufferersofwhichhavea

partofchromosome22missing,canexpressawidelydifferingseverity

of symptoms, themostcommonofwhicharecleftpalate,congenital

heartdefects,typicalfacialfeatures(whicharethesourceofitsother

name,Velo-Cardio-FacialSyndromeorVCFS),butalsoimmunedefi-

ciency,growthhormonedeficiency,speechproblems,learningdisabili-

ties.

Somepatientsdieatarelativelyyoungage,butforsomedisorderhave

verylittleimpactontheirlives,dependingontheseverityofthesymp-

toms.

Accuratelypredictingtheseverityofsymptomsearlycouldhelpdoc-

torsprovideatreatmentplantooptimizethepatient’squalityoflife.

Thedefect in thechromosome,knownasa“deletion”,canbeeither

largeorsmall.Researcherscandeterminewhetherapatienthasalarge

orasmalldeletion.Thetroubleis,somepeoplewithasmalldeletion

haveseveresymptoms,andsomepatientswithlargedeletionscanhave

verymildsymptoms;doctorshavenowayofpredictingtheseverityof

symptoms,basedonthesizeofthedeletion.

dr. blonska sees this

research as helping her

considerably in her

specialty. “Genetics

is so important for

ophthalmology….

i think i learned a

lot about molecular

genetics here.”

AnnaBlonska



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Kosciuszko Foundation Scholar Anna Blonska is working on a re-

searchprojectintheDepartmentofMolecularGeneticsoftheAlbert

EinsteinCollegeofMedicineattheYeshivaUniversityinNewYork

tryingtodetermineifthereareotheridentifiablepatternsinapatient’s

DNAwhichhelppredicttheseverityofsymptoms.

ForDr.Blonska,amedicaldoctorinPoland,thisopportunitytostudy

intheUnitedStatessatisfiesarich,almostunsatiableappetiteforsci-

entificknowledge.Sheexpressedaninterestinthesciencesearlyinher

life,readingpopularsciencemagazineswheninelementaryandhigh

schools.Shebecameadoctorbecause forher, itwas thebestofboth

worlds.“Icouldalwaysbeascientistbeingadoctor,whileIcan’tbea

doctorjuststudyingscience,”sheobserves.

Whenitcomestomedicine,sheisarenaissancesoul.“Beingaphysician

ingeneral,youshouldbeinterestedineverything,evenifyouspecialize

injustonedirection”shereflects.Althoughshespecializesinophthal-

mology,shebecameinterestedingeneticswhenlisteningtooneofher

professors, Prof. Maria Sasiadek from Wroclaw Medical University,

giveagenetics lectureonneurologicaldisorders.Achanceconversa-

tionledtoanassignmenttohelptheprofessorwriteafewchaptersofa

bookshewaspreparing.

Inquiryonsomescientificliteratureauthoredbyherpresentboss,Pro-

fessorBerniceMorrow,attheAlbertEinsteinCollegeofMedicinewho

isleadingtheresearchonVCFS,ledtoaninvitationtocomeassistin

theresearch.HerabilitytodosoisthankstoherKosciuszkoFounda-

tiongrant.

ShesaysthatProfessorMorrowappreciateshavingaclinicianonthe

research staff. She finds her boss’s enthusiasm for her work “conta-

gious.”

Sheseesthisresearchashelpingherconsiderablyinherspecialty.“Ge-

neticsissoimportantforophthalmology….IthinkIlearnedalotabout

moleculargeneticshere.”

“IamreallygratefultotheKosciuszkoFoundationforenablingmeto

comeheretostartthis,becauseitwouldhaveneverhappenedother-

wise.”

Anna Blonska


continued


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sCholArshiPs in lAW And bUs inessGRantee/position subJect oF ReseaRch/studY amount Fund

heJmeJ, luKaszPh.D. candidate at

Warsaw University

Law School. Associate

in Commercial

Litigation, CMS

Cameron McKenna

(Warsaw Office)

ThreemonthGranttoparticipateintheLLMProgram

andtoconductresearchonInternationalandComparative

Law,includingInternationalArbitration,Transnational

Litigation,aswellasontheAlternativeDisputesResolution

atColumbiaUniversitySchoolofLawwithProfessorCarol

B.Liebman.

$ 7,650 TheJanPaulZaleski

Fund

oRzechoWsKi, RadoslaW

Ph.D. candidate at

Polish Academy of

Science in Warsaw.

Assistant Professor,

Department of

Law, the Institute of

Law Studies, Polish

Academy of Science

ThreemonthGranttoconductresearchonInternational

FinanceandSwapcontractsattheCenterforLawand

EconomicsattheUniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley,with

ProfessorJohnCoffee.

$ 7,650 TheTamara

PuslowskiFund

baRnaK, JozeFAssistant Professor,

Department of

Management and

Marketing, The Higher

School of Business,

National Louis

University in Nowy

Sacz

ThreemonthFellowshiptoconductcomparativestudies

oftheorganizationandfunctioningofmarketingsystems

foragriculturalandfoodproductsintheUnitedStates

andinPoland.Also,tostudythemethodologyofteaching

marketingandmanagementcoursesandhowtoimprovethe

methodologyforteachingintheEnglishlanguage.

$ 9,970 TheWojtkowski

Fund

s c h o l a R s h i p s : l a W a n d b u s i n e s s


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the domest iC sCholArshiP ProgrAms

t h e d o m e s t i c s c h o l a R s h i p p R o G R a m s

domest iC tU it ion sCholArshiPsTheKosciuszkoFoundationawardsDomesticTuitionScholarshipsto

PolishAmericans,AmericansstudyingPolishsubjects,andPoleswho

arepermanentresidentsoftheUnitedStatestopursuegraduatestudies

intheUnitedStates.

TheTuitionScholarshipsaregrantedonacompetitivebasistofulltime

studentsataccreditedAmericanuniversitieswhohaveanexcellentaca-

demicrecordandwhoareabletodemonstrateastrongsenseofidenti-

ficationwiththePolishAmericancommunityandwithPolishculture

ingeneral.

Thoughthemajorityofscholarshipsaredesignatedforgraduatestudy,

a limited number are available for undergraduate study. In order to

achieveafairandreasonablediversityamongstgrantees,indetermining

awards,considerationisgiventoanumberoffactors,includingtheage,

scholarlyaffiliation,geographicregionandgenderoftheapplicants.

For the2005-2006academicyear82undergraduateandgraduate stu-

dentsreceived$273,300inTuitionScholarships.

Ofthistotal,14studentsreceived$22,500inscholarshipsfromtheMas-

sachusetts Federation of Polish Women’s Clubs, the Polish American

Club of North Jersey, and the Polish National Alliance of Brooklyn,

USA,Inc.,whosescholarshipsareadministeredbytheFoundationand

areofferedtoundergraduatestudentswhoareaffiliatedwiththeseor-

ganizations.

scholarships to

americans and polish

americans, known

informally as the

“domestic” programs,

form an integral part

of the Kosciuszko

Foundation’s

educational programs.

Four separate

programs comprise

the domestic

scholarship program:

• the domestic

tuition scholarship

program for

Graduate studies

• the Graduate

and post-graduate

study and Research

program for

americans in poland

• the Year abroad

program in poland,

and

• the summer study

abroad program


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shAPing PeoPle ’s eXPerienCesA visit to a modern museum gives Kosciuszko Foundation Scholar Anna Nesser inspiration for a career

Anna Nesser can trace her interest in architecture back to a visit to

theGettyMuseuminLosAngeles.“Iendedupspendingmoretime

walking around and looking at the building than at the art inside,”

saysMs.Nesser.“Ithoughtitwasfascinatingthatpeoplecoulddesign

somethingthatwasthatmagical.”

Thatmomentofinspirationwouldleadtoalifedecisiontostudyar-

chitecture. She describes architecture as something she always liked,

withoutknowingaboutit,untilhermomentattheGettymuseum.

Shebelievesthatarchitecturecanbeusedbygovernmentsandinstitu-

tionstoinfluencepeople’sbehavior.“Ialwaysthinkthatgovernments

haveusedbuildingtypeandarchitecturetosortofget theirmessage

across.IfyougointoanoldGothiccathedral,youfeelsmallandpower-

less….”Sheseesherfutureprofessionasonethathelpsshapepeople’s

experiences,justthewayhervisittotheGettyMuseumshapedhers.

She isnowoneof75 students studying foramasters inarchitecture

at theUniversityofPennsylvaniaSchoolofDesign, forwhich she is

using her Kosciuszko Foundation scholarship. Some of the topics in

thecurriculumcanbesurprising.Forexamplesheexplainsthatsheis

studyingbiology.“Welookathowscientificprocessescanbeusedin

“ i call architecture

frozen music”

Johann WolFGanG von Goethe

AnnaNesser



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architecture….Notnecessarilyintermsofthewaytheylook,butinthe

waytheyfunction,”sheclarifies.

Annaseesmanyinnovationsinarchitecturethatwillhaveaprofound

influenceonhowsheexpressesherselfthroughdesign,suchascomput-

ertechnologyandnewmaterials.SheagreesthatbuildingslikeFrank

Gheary’sGuggenheimMuseuminBilbao,Spaincouldnothavebeen

builtfiftyyearsago,becausethematerialsanddesignmethodsdidnot

exist.

Shehails froma familyofdoctorsand lawyers,butnoarchitects, so

architecture represents a new profession in her family, but mentions

thatagreatgrandfatherinPolandwasanarchitect.Shegetsa lotof

strengthfromthePolishsideofherfamily.

“Myparentsandmyauntsanduncleshaveaverystrongsenseofwant-

ingtheirchildrentosucceed,andsotheyhavebeenverysupportive,”

she says. “It’s alsobeenunderstoodmywhole life thatdoingwell in

schoolandthosethingsisnotreallyanoption,”shesayswhilelaughing,

butisquicktoadd“notinabadway.I’veneverfeltpressured.”

SheseesherselfasworkingforalargefirmineitherNewYorkorSan

Francisco,andperhapsonedayowningherownfirm.

Nodoubts:SheseesherKosciuszkoFoundationscholarshipas“atre-

mendoushelp.”

Anna Nesser


continued


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domest iC tU it ion sCholArshiPsname puRpose amount Fund

andRezYK, KatheRine of Braintree, MA

ThirdyearofundergraduatestudiesinCommunications,

EmmanuelCollege,Boston,MA.

$1,250 Massachusetts

FederationofPolish

Women’sClubsFund

andRzeJczaK, olivia of Hackensack, NJ

ThirdyearofundergraduatestudiesinInternational

Relations,PrincetonUniversity,PrincetonNJ.

$1,400 PolishAmerican

ClubofNorthJersey

Fund

babiaRz, luKasz of Glen Cove, NY

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicine/Master

ofBusinessAdministration,HarvardMedicalSchool,

Boston,MA.

$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski

ScholarshipFund

banas, baRbaRa of Lakewood, CO

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinInternationalRelations/

InternationalBusiness,UniversityofDenver,Denver,CO.


ScholarshipFund

biezYchudeK, KataRzYna of Carol Stream, IL

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinBusinessAdministration,

HarvardBusinessSchool,Boston,MA.


ScholarshipFund

bittencouRt, elzbieta of Woodside, NY

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinCreativeWriting,

ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.


ScholarshipFund

bRozYna, Jessica of Buffalo, NY

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinRussian,EastEuropeana

ndCentralAsianAreaStudies,HarvardUniversity,

Cambridge,MA.

$4,000 TheJosephineWall

andIgnatiusWall

ScholarshipFund

chlipala, anita of Chicago, IL

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinMarriageandFamily

Therapy,UniversityofSanDiego,SanDiego,CA.


ScholarshipFund

choi, dahmof Irvine, CA

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinCentralandEastern

EuropeanStudies,JagiellonianUniversity,Krakow,Poland.

$3,000 VictoriaKokernak

ScholarshipFund

ciesluK, sYlvia of Merrimack, NH

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinInternationalEconomicsand

Trade,TuftsUniversity,Medford,MA.

$3,000 TheStellaPinska-

KeeneScholarship

Fund

coRcoRan, William of Winston-Salem, NC

FourthyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicine,WakeForest

UniversitySchoolofMedicine,Winston-Salem,NC.

$4,000 TheDr.Edward

andMariaNowicki

MemorialScholarship

Fund

d o m e s t i c t u i t i o n s c h o l a R s h i p s


3 0


name puRpose amount Fund

czaplinsKi, anna of Brooklyn, NY

FinalyearofundergraduatestudiesinEastEuropean

RegionalStudies,BarnardCollege,ColumbiaUniversity,

NewYork,NY.

$2,000 PolishNational

AllianceofBrooklyn,

USA,Inc.Fund

dembinsKi, KaRolina of Clearwater, FL

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinOsteopathicMedicine,

UniversityofNewEngland,Biddeford,ME.


ScholarshipFund

despeRaK, anna of Garfield, NJ

SecondyearofundergraduatestudiesinNursing,Fairleigh

DickinsonUniversity,Teaneck,NJ.


ClubofNorthJersey

Fund

dmochoWsKa, KaRolina of Erie, PA

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicineUniversityof

Chicago,Chicago,IL.


ScholarshipFund

domitRz, boGumila of Brooklyn, NY

SenioryearofundergraduatestudiesinAccounting,Hunter

College,NewYork,NY.

$3,000 EdwardC.Smith

ScholarshipFund

enGRaFF, elizabeth of San Juan Capistrano, CA

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinRussian,EastEuropeanand

EurasianStudies,StanfordUniversity,PaloAlto,CA.


andIgnatiusWall

ScholarshipFund

GaRdneR, lauRa of North Royalton, OH

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinSocialWork,Columbia

University,NewYork,NY.

$4,000 E.J.ScottScholarship

Fund

Geca, malGoRzata of Garfield, NJ

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinFinancialManagement,

PaceUniversity,NewYork,NY.


ScholarshipFund

GedzioR, Joanna of Syracuse, NY

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicine,SUNYUpstate

MedicalUniversity,Syracuse,NY.


ScholarshipFund

GliniansKa, anna of Glen Cove, NY

UndergraduateprograminPre-DentalStudies,State

UniversityofNewYork,StonyBrook,NY.

$4,000 E.J.ScottScholarship

Fund

hanuschaK, GReGoR of Ardmore, PA

ThirdyearofdoctoralstudiesinAeronautics&Astronautics,

StanfordUniversity,Stanford,CA.

$4,000 StanLesny

ScholarshipFund

haRzeWsKi, stephanie of Staten Island, NY

FifthyearofdoctoralstudiesinEnglishLiterature,

UniversityofPennsylvania,Philadelphia,PA.

$3,000 TheWalter

JarzembskiFund


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heRRinGton, Jessicaof Washington, DC

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinLaw,CatholicUniversity

ofAmerica,Washington,DC.


andIgnatiusWall

ScholarshipFund

JanisieWicz, aGnieszKaof Norwood, NJ

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicine,Harvard

University,Boston,MA.


ScholarshipFund

JaRmusz, eRiKof Chicago, IL

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinLaw,DePaulUniversity,

Chicago,IL.

$3,000 Michalina,

Kazimierz,Jozef&

HenryW.Rokicki

ScholarshipFund

JedYnaK, JaKub of Ann Arbor, MI

FourthyearofdoctoralstudiesinNeuroscience,University

ofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI.

$4,000 StanLesny

ScholarshipFund

JuReWicz, aleKsandRa of Pittsburgh, PA

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesLaw,UniversityofPittsburgh,

Pittsburgh,PA.

$3,000 FloydandIrene

McKain/John

andHelenGenza

ScholarshipFund

KaRWoWsKi, mateuszof Louisville, KY

FourthyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicine,OregonHealth

andScienceUniversity,Portland,OR.


ScholarshipFund

KasnicKi Johnof Garden City, NY

SecondyearofundergraduatestudiesinGovernment,

HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA


AllianceofBrooklyn,

USA,Inc.Fund

KelloGG-sYRotiaK, boGuslaWaof El Segundo, CA

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinOccupationalTherapy,

CaliforniaStateUniversity,DominiguezHills,Carson,CA.

$3,000 RichardSobieraj

ScholarshipFund

KiJeWsKa, maGdalenaof Bayside, NY

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinLaw,NewYorkUniversity

LawSchool,NewYork,NY.

$3,000 TheMichalinaand

HermanZimber

ScholarshipFund

Klapacz, alicJaof Wallington, NJ

FourthyearofundergraduatestudiesinCriminalJustice,

RamapoCollege,Mahwah,NJ.


ClubofNorthJersey

Fund

Kocol, KataRzYnaof Elmhurst, IL

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinOsteopathicMedicine,

DesMoinesUniversity,DesMoines,IA.

$4,000 TheDr.Edward

andMariaNowicki

MemorialScholarship

Fund



3 2


PUshing oUt the edges of the UniverseSpace is once again the newest frontier. Kosciuszko Foundation grantee Gregor Hanuschak wants to be one of its new pioneers

Forthosereadersworryingaboutthedeclineininterestinthescienc-

esbyyoungerpeople,readaboutfourthgenerationPolishAmerican

GregorHanuschak.Heseemstobemakingupforthatgapbyengag-

inginenoughsciencestudiesforthreestudents.

WhentheKosciuszkoFoundationfirstmetMr.Hanuschakitseemed

asthoughhehadalreadyachievedagooddeal,withstudiesatHarvard

inComputerEngineeringandMathematics.Atthetimehewasseek-

ingscholarshipfundstoobtainhisMastersinAerospaceEngineering.

Believeitornot,forfunandchallenge,hewasbuildingandentering

robotsinastudentrobotcompetitionontheside.

Sincereceivinghisfundsandgettinghismastersdegrees(inAerospace

engineeringandMusicTechnology)hehasshiftedgearsslightly.Atthe

timeofhisapplication,hewashopingtobeanaerospaceengineerfor

NASA.However,thefieldofprivatespaceflighthasgrownsomuchin

thattime,henowwishestoworkintheprivatesector.

HeisstudyingforanMBAtohelphimdojustthat.Thelatestcom-

petition he has entered tracks that private sector focus. He has sub-

mittedabusinessplaninanationalcompetitionsponsoredbyventure

GregorHanuschak

mr. hanuschak is

a semi-finalist in a

nationwide business

plan competition

to start a company

offering more cost

effective satellite

placement in higher

orbits using a space

tether. not bad for a

young man who just

turned 28.


3 3


GregorHanuschak

capitalists.Mr.Hanuschakwasoneoftensemi-finalists.Theplancalls

foracompanythatwillflingasatellitefromalowertoahigherorbit

wheninspace,usingthesameactionasasling.

Thisspacetetherwillsavesatelliteownersmillionsofdollarsinlaunch

fees,byavoidingamuchcostlierlaunchtoahigherorbit.Heishoping

togetcontactsandperhapsfundingforhisplan.Heplanstopresent

theplantoagroupofventurecapitalistsinmid-Mayof2007,aspartof

thecompetition.

Incidentally, the reference to a degree in Music Technology was not

atypographicalerror.Inadditiontoallhisengineeringpursuits,Mr.

Hanuschakisanavidmusician,composinghisownmusicandrecord-

inghisownCD’s.

Notbadforayoungmanwhojustturned28.

TherewereneveranydoubtsforMr.Hanuschakaboutwhathewould

bewhenhegrewup.Hehasbeeninterestedinflyingthroughspaceas

longashecanremember,andwasalwaysanavidreaderofsciencefic-

tion.Heseesparallelsinhisadventurouspioneeringspiritandthepio-

neeringspiritofhisgreatgrandparentswhoimmigratedtotheUnited

Statestomakeabetterlifeforthemselves.Healsohumblyrecognizes

thesacrificeshisparentsmadeinorderforhimtopursuehisstudies.

Mr.HanuschakfoundthescholarshipfromtheKosciuszkoFounda-

tionanenormoushelp.“Itmeansagreatdealtomethattheyhelped

meachievemygoals,”saysMr.Hanuschak.“I’mverygratefulforthe

scholarshipthatwasawardedtome.Itwasdefinitelyamajorthing.”


3 4


Kopacz, dominiKaof Granger, IN

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicine,Jagiellonian

UniversitySchoolofMedicine,Krakow,Poland.

$3,000 TedandWalter

WysockiScholarship

Fund

Kos, moniKaof Flagstaff, AZ

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinSchoolPsychology,

NorthernArizonaUniversity,Flagstaff,AZ.

$3,000 TheWalter

JarzembskiFund

KozeK, maRKof Columbia, SC

FirstyearofdoctoralstudiesinMathematics,Universityof

SouthCarolina,Columbia,SC.


HermanZimber

ScholarshipFund

Koziol-dube, KataRzYnaof Unionville, CT

FirstyearofdoctoralstudiesinMedicine,Universityof

Connecticut,Farmington,CT.

$3,500 Dr.Marie

ZakrzewskaMedical

Scholarship

labazevitch, maRtinof New York, NY

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinPianoPerformance,

ManhattanSchoolofMusic,NewYork,NY.


McKain/John

andHelenGenza

ScholarshipFund

lin, tonYof Cypress, CA

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinCentralEuropeanStudies,

JagiellonianUniversity,Krakow,Poland.


ScholarshipFund

lis, Kamilaof Glen Cove, NY

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinEnglishLiterature,

UniversityofVirginia,Charlottesville,VA.


andIgnatiusWall

ScholarshipFund

loRence, michaelof Ewa Beach, HI

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinBusinessAdministration,

UniversityofVirginia,Charlottesville,VA.

$3,000 TheArthurand

GenevieveRoth

ScholarshipFund

maJdansKi, thomasof Princeton, NJ

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinHistory,Princeton

University,Princeton,NJ.

$4,000 JohnE.Kierzkowski

ScholarshipFund

maRciniaK, seanof Berkeley, CA

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinLaw,Universityof

California,Berkeley,Berkeley,CA.


HermanZimber

ScholarshipFund

maRKeleWicz, RobeRtof Cranston, RI

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicineBrown

University,Providence,RI.


ScholarshipFund

maRuseK, saRahof New York, NY

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinInternationalStudies,

NewSchoolUniversity,NewYork,NY.

$5,000 EdwardC.Smith

ScholarshipFund



3 5


mc quillen, colleenof Pelham, MA

SeventhyearofdoctoralstudiesinSlavicLanguagesand

Literatures,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.

$4,000 CasimirV.

Kierzkowski

MemorialScholarship

Fund

mulleR, aRleneof Brooklyn, NY

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinCinematography,Polish

NationalFilmSchool,Lodz,Poland.

$4,000 SophiaGrodzicka

ScholarshipFund

naczYnsKi, dominiKofWallington,NJ

FourthyearofundergraduatestudiesinChemical

Engineering,CornellUniversity,Ithaca,NY.


ClubofNorthJersey

Fund

nesseR, annaof Woodland Hills, CA

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinArchitecture,Universityof

Pennsylvania,Philadelphia,PA.


ScholarshipFund

niziol, meGanof Wayne, NJ

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicine,Universityof

Maryland,Baltimore,MD.

$4,000 EdwinL.

Harasimowicz

ScholarshipTrust

Fund

noWicKi eWaof Pembroke, MA

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinCentralandEastern

EuropeanStudies,JagiellonianUniversity,Krakow,Poland.

$4,000 SophiaGrodzicka

ScholarshipFund

opalKa, susanof Las Vegas, NV

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinElementaryEducation,

UniversityofPhoenix,LasVegas,NV.


ScholarshipFund

paKulsKi, Jillof New York, NY

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinNutritionandEducation,

TeachersCollege,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.

$3,000 RichardSobieraj

ScholarshipFund

paRadoWsKi, chRistinaof Coral Springs, FL

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinLaw,UniversityofFlorida,

Gainesville,FL.


ScholarshipFund

petRYniaK, olGaof Washington, DC

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinInternational

Development,JohnsHopkinsUniversity,Washington,DC.


ScholarshipFund

pienczYKoWsKa, moniKaof Brooklyn, NY

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinInternationalLaw,Chicago-

KentCollegeofLaw,Chicago,IL.


ScholarshipFund

plateR-zYbeRK, helenaof New York, NY

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinInternationalBusiness

andFinance,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.


ScholarshipFund



3 6


Kosciuszko Foundation scholar Bartlomiej Szewczyk overcomes an obstacle or two in his life in pursuit of an interest in International Affairs

BartSzewczykwasprobablylikeallothertenyearoldsintheNewJer-

seyelementaryschoolsystem,exceptforthefact thathehardlyspoke

anyEnglish.BorninPolandin1980,hearrivedasanimmigrantwithhis

parentsin1990,andimmediatelyenteredtheAmericanschoolsystem.

“Youdon’tknowwhatpeoplearesayingyoudon’tknowhowtocom-

municatewithpeople,and the initial fewyearswerequitechalleng-

ing,”recallsMr.Szewczyk.Butafterregularhabitualstudyoftwoor

threehoursofEnglishvocabularyanight,heovercamethatchallenge

afterthefirstyear.Afterthesecondyear,“itwasn’taproblem.”

Theapparentlyseamless success inconqueringtheEnglish language

was only the first of many achievements for this 26-year-old Law

Schoolgraduate.HavingcompletedhisstudiesatYalewiththehelp

ofhisKosciuszkoFoundationScholarship,Mr.Szewczykisnowafirst

yearlawyerattheWilmerCutlerPickeringHale&Dorrlawfirmin

NewYork.

Mr.Szewczykhasfollowedaroadofdiscoveryintheareaofpolitics

andinternationalaffairsthatanystudentwithinternationalambitions

BartlomiejSzewczyk

the Yale law school

graduate and first

year new York

lawyer entered the

new Jersey school

system at age ten, not

knowing a word of

english

An internAt ionAl PersPeCtive


3 7

would envy. Having started out studying economics with an eye to

becominganinvestmentbanker,heeventually,finishedtheWharton

Schoolayearearlytopursueaone-yearmastersprogramininterna-

tionalrelationsatCambridgeinstead.

Whilethere,hedidaone-monthinternshipinWarsawatthePolish

government’soffice in chargeofaccession into theEuropeanUnion.

Inthecourseofhisstudies,heexaminedlawschoolasoneoption,al-

thoughnotinitiallykeenonthepracticeoflaw,thinkingthatitwould

beagoodbackgroundforthetypesofsubjectshewantedtopursue.

Despitesomeinitialreluctance,hefoundhimselftakingreadilytothe

professionof law.“Ireallyenjoyedthedebateswewerehavingwith

studentsandthefaculty,bothinsidetheclassroomandoutside,”says

Mr.Szewczyk.

Thatsoundslikealot,buthewasn’tfinishedyet.Tokeepcurrenton

international affairs, he decided to concurrently pursue a masters in

publicaffairsatPrincetonUniversity.Justtofillinallthatsparetimein

betweendegrees,hedidaninternshipattheInternationalWarCrimes

Tribunal for Yugoslavia and the Pentagon’s Office of European &

NATOPolicywhilestillstudyingatYaleandPrinceton.

HeseeshisPolishrootsasasourceofenergyandinterest.

“Myinterestinhistoryandininternationalpoliticsstemstoalargeex-

tentfrommychildhoodbackgroundandPoland,justgrowingupwith

asenseofhistoryandthechallengesthatPolandwasgoingthroughin

the1980s”saysMr.Szewczyk.“Ithink,thenalsoasanimmigrantin

anycountryandparticularlyintheUSyouarequitefortunatebecause

ontheonehandyouhaveadifferentperspective thanmanyofyour

peersormanyofthepeoplearoundyoujustbecauseofyourdifferent

background,”headds.

Atsomepointheseeshimselfworkingingovernmentonforeignpolicy

issueseitherattheWhiteHouse,theStateDepartment,orsomewhere

else.Givenhistrackrecordsofar,don’tbesurprisedtoseehimsome-

daycommentingoninternationalaffairson“MeetthePress.”



3 8


polanoWsKi, paWelof Clifton, NJ

FourthyearofundergraduatestudiesinMechanical

Engineering,StevensInstituteofTechnology,Hoboken,NJ.


ClubofNorthJersey

Fund

pRoKopoWicz, lidiaof Yonkers, NY

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicine,Karol

MarcinkowskiUniversityofMedicalSciences,Poznan,

Poland.

$3,000 TedandWalter

WysockiScholarship

Fund

pRzYbYlsKi, piotRof Warsaw, IN

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinGeology,Purdue

University,WestLafayette,IN.

$3,000 StanLesny

ScholarshipFund

RanGel victoRiaof Riverside, CA

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinPublicRelation/

Journalism,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,LosAngeles,

CA.

$7,000 AlbertSpiezny

Journalism

ScholarshipFund

Rives, saRahof Hobson, TX

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinLaw,UniversityofTexas,

SchoolofLaw,Austin,TX.


McKain/John

andHelenGenza

ScholarshipFund

saden, ReGinaof Clinton, NY

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinPharmacologyand

InternalMedicine,SUNYUpstateMedicalUniversity,

Syracuse,NY.


ScholarshipFund

siedlinsKa, malWinaof Brooklyn, NY

ThirdyearofundergraduatestudiesinPoliticalEconomics

andFrench,BarnardCollege,ColumbiaUniversity,

NewYork,NY.


AllianceofBrooklyn,

USA,Inc.Fund

silveR, emilYof Ferndale, CA

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinFineArt/Painting,

SanFranciscoArtInstitute,SanFrancisco,CA.


McKain/John

andHelenGenza

ScholarshipFund

sKeRett, GabRielleof Fair Lawn, NJ

ThirdyearofundergraduatestudiesinBiology,TheCollege

ofSaintElizabeth,Morristown,NJ.


ClubofNorthJersey

Fund

sKladnoWsKi, JenniFeRof Buffalo, NY

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinSocialWork,Universityat

Buffalo,Buffalo,NY.

$3,000 TheJosephNowak

ScholarshipFund

slutsKY, caRolYnof Marion Station, PA

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinJournalismColumbia

University,NewYork,NY.

$7,000 AlbertSpiezny

Journalism

ScholarshipFund

sobol, uRszulaof Prospect, IL

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicine,Loyola

University,StritchSchoolofMedicine,Maywood,IL.


ScholarshipFund



3 9


sopielniKoW, milenaof Wallington, NJ

SecondyearofundergraduatestudiesinPublicRelations,

UniversityofConnecticut,Storrs,CT.

$500 PolishAmerican

ClubofNorthJersey

Fund

spanGenbeRG, malGoRzataof Seattle, WA

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinLaw,Universityof

Washington,Seattle,WA.


ScholarshipFund

stabRoWsKi, Filipof Pasadena, CA

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinGeography,Universityof

California,Berkeley,Berkeley,CA.


ScholarshipFund

szeWczYK, baRtlomieJof North Bergen, NJ

FourthyearofgraduatestudiesinPublicAffairsandLaw,

PrincetonUniversity,Princeton,NJandYaleUniversity,

NewHaven,CT.


ScholarshipFund

szosKa, miKolaJof Bronx, NY

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinArchitecture,

CranbrookAcademyofArt,BloomfieldHills,MI.


ScholarshipFund

taRczYnsKi, mateuszof New York, NY

FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinArchitecture,

ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.


ScholarshipFund

tomczaK, adamof River Vale, NJ

FirstyearofundergraduatestudiesinAstrophysics,

RutgersUniversity,Piscataway,NJ.


ClubofNorthJersey

Fund

tYlman, Joannaof Gurnee, IL

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinDentistry,Universityof

Illinois,Chicago,IL.

$3,000 TheDr.Edward

andMariaNowicki

MemorialScholarship

Fund

WYRembaK, paulineof Stony Brook, NY

ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinOrganicChemistry,

YaleUniversity,NewHaven,CT.

$4,000 JeromeandMary

StrakaScholarship

Fund$2,000and

theE.Zielinski

ScholarshipFund

$2,000

zoch, michaelof Hackensack, NJ

FourthyearofundergraduatestudiesFinance/Accounting,

GeorgetownUniversity,Washington,DC.


ClubofNorthJersey

Fund

zubeK, Johnof Haslett, MI

SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinPhysicalTherapy,Central

MichiganUniversity,MountPleasant,MI.

$3,000 TheJosephNowak

ScholarshipFund



4 0

the yeAr AbroAd ProgrAmPolish lAngUAge, h istory And CUltUre stUdiesCenter of the Polish language and Culture in the World – 2005/2006

Provided by the Ted and Walter Wysocki Scholarship Fund

Recipient puRpose amount

bRzezinsKi, bianca of Matawan, NJ

UndergraduatesophomoremajoringinSocialWorkatWestVirginia

University,Morgantown,WV.

$1,350

czaJKoWsKi, aleKsandRa

of Parsippany, NJ

UndergraduateseniormajoringinInternationalRelations,BostonUniversity,

Boston,MA.

$1,350

hamilton, mattheW of Cypress, TX

UndergraduateseniormajoringinHistoryandInternationalRelations,Rice

University,Houston,TX.

$1,350

JuRKa, michael of Los Altos, CA

UndergraduateseniormajoringinElectricalEngineering&ComputerScience,

UniversityofCalifornia,Berkeley,CA.

$1,350

mattheWs, paul of Homewood, IL

M.A.inSocialScience,UniversityofChicago,Chicago,IL. $1,350

pitas, Jeannine of Cheektowaga, NY

UndergraduateseniormajoringinLiteratureandPhilosophy,SarahLawrence

College,Bronxville,NY.

$ 675

saundeRs-scott, mollY of Okemos, MI

UndergraduatejuniormajoringinEconomics,UniversityofMichigan,

AnnArbor,MI.

$ 675

Y e a R a b R o a d p R o G R a m


4 1

grAdUAte/PostgrAdUAte stUdies And reseArCh in PolAnd ProgrAm 2005/2006Provided by the Ted and Walter Wysocki Scholarship Fund

GRantee puRpose amount

bRYzGel, amY of Kensington, CT

ToresearchContemporaryArtandSocialChangeinPost-CommunistPolandat

theUniversityofWarsawunderthedirectionofProf.WaldemarBaraniewski.

AdditionalresearchattheWarsawCenterforContemporaryArtatUjazdowski

PalaceandZachetaNationalGalleryofContemporaryArt.

$1,250

demasteRs, KathRYn

of Madison, WI

ToconductresearchattheInstituteofSociology,JagiellonianUniversitywith

Prof.KrzysztofGorlachforapaperentitled,InterrogatingtheUnification

Dream:PolishAgricultureinTransition.

$2,000

GRochoWsKa, KataRzYna of Chicago, IL

ToresearchPolishandEasternEuropeanmedievalmusicfocusingonthe

intersectionofRoman,LatinandByzantineOrthodoxcivilizationsandtheir

reflectioninmusicinapaperentitled,MusicLifeoftheConventofSt.Clareat

StarySacz1280-1450withProf.PiotrPozniakatthedepartmentofEarlyMusic,

JagiellonianUniversity,withProf.JozefScibor,MusicDepartment,Catholic

UniversityofLublinandwithProf.MiroslawPerz,WarsawUniversity.

$2,250

ozGa, Kasia of Willamette, IL

TocontinuestudiesinSculptureatJanMatejkoAcademyofFineArts,

Krakow,PolandunderthedirectionofProf.BoguszSalwinski,Directorofthe

DepartmentofSculpture.

$2,250

illaKoWicz, KRYstYna of New York, NY

ToconductresearchonZofiaNalkowska’swritingsspecificallyfromthe

Women’sConventionin1907,subsequentconventionsforPolishwomenand

theirresponsesattheNationalLibraryinWarsaw,theJagiellonianUniversity

Library,theMuseumofLiteratureinWarsawandtheInstituteofLiterary

ResearchinWarsawwithProf.JerzyJarzebski,DepartmentofPolish,

JagiellonianUniversityandProf.MalgorzataRadkiwicz,DepartmentofGender

Studies,JagiellonianUniversity.

$ 750

s t u d i e s a n d R e s e a R c h i n p o l a n d


4 2

sUmmer stUdy AbroAd ProgrAm 2006The Tomaszkiewicz-Florio Scholarships for Studies at The Jagiellonian University, Krakow and The Institute of Christian Culture, Rome

s u m m e R s t u d Y a b R o a d

name status scholaRship

buRzYnsKa-heRnandez, olivia

of Fairbanks, AK

HighSchoolsenioratWestValleyHighSchool,Fairbanks,AK $1,704

cYRan, maRK

of Rochester, NY

UndergraduatesophomoremajoringinappliedMathematicsat

RochesterInstituteofTechnology,Rochester,NY

$1,704

czaplinsKi, maRY of Brooklyn, NY

UndergraduatefreshmanatFordhamUniversity,theBronx,NY $1,394

deGhetto, KaitlYn of Jacksonville, FL

UndergraduatejuniormajoringinBusiness,UniversityofFlorida,

Gainesville,FL

$1,950

dudneY, anna of Salinas, CA

UndergraduatefreshmanmajoringinBusiness,LoyolaMarymount

University,LosAngeles,CA.

$1,394

edWaRds, Jane of Desert Hot Springs, CA

HighschoolsenioratCathedralCityHighSchool $1,704

emans, patRicK of Atlantic Beach, FL

UndergraduateseniormajoringinFinance,UniversityofFlorida,

Gainesville,FL.Scholarship

$1,475

FeRtala, KataRzYna of Voorhees, NJ

UndergraduatesophomoremajoringinBiology,CornellUniversity,

Ithaca,NY

$1,704

haGan, chRistina of Atlanta, GA

UndergraduatesophomoremajoringinHistoryandEconomics,

EmoryUniversity,Atlanta,GA

$1,704

haRtoWicz, veRonica of New York, NY

UndergraduatejuniormajoringinPhotography,FashionInstituteof

Technology,NewYork,NY

$1,704

JanczYK, KRYsta of Littleton, CO

UndergraduatefreshmanmajoringinCounselingPsychology,

UniversityofNebraska,Kearney,NE

$1,764

Kalemba, diana of Clifton, NJ

UndergraduatejuniormajoringinGraphicDesign,SchoolofVisual

Arts,NewYork,NY

$1,764


4 3

name status scholaRship

KoRdYleWsKa, maRia of Chicago, IL

UndergraduatesophomoremajoringinPsychology,McGillUniversity,

Montreal,Quebec,Canada

$2,164

maKoWsKi, anthonY of Highlands Ranch, CO

UndergraduateseniormajoringinEconomics/Business.

ColoradoSchoolofMines,Golden,CO

$1,704

m aRciniaK, anna of Bryn Mawr, PA

UndergraduateseniormajoringinEnglishandTheater,BrynMawr

College,BrynMawr,PA

$1,764

nemeRGut, Jessica of Bridgeport, CT

UndergraduateseniormajoringinIllustration,UniversityofHartford,

Hartford,CT

$1,764

RaineR, aleXandeR of Binghamton, NY

UndergraduatefreshmanatStateUniversityofNewYork,

Binghamton,NY

$1,394

RoszczenKo, piotR of Harrisburg, PA

UndergraduatejuniormajoringinEcologyandPhilosophy,University

ofPittsburgh,Pittsburgh,PA

$2,164

schouse, JeFFReY of Bonner Springs, KS

UndergraduateseniormajoringinSlavicLanguages,Universityof

Kansas,Lawrence,KS

$2,164

sWinconis, maRia of Northern Cambria, PA

UndergraduatesophomoremajoringinBusiness,Duquesne

University,Pittsburgh,PA

$1,394

szaleWicz, moniKa of Newark, DE

UndergraduatefreshmanmajoringinInternationalRelations,

JohnsHopkinsUniversity,Baltimore,MD

$1,704

zaWadzKa, anna of Chicago, IL

UndergraduatejuniormajoringinHistory,UniversityofChicago,

Chicago,IL

$2,164

WysoCKi sCholArshiPs for

sUmmer stUdies At the JAgielloniAn Univers ity KrAKoW, 2006

Ted and Walter Wysocki Scholarship Fund

Recipient status scholaRship

boland, patRicK of Sunderland, MA

StudentmajoringinMath,UniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,MA. $2,164

suRoWKa, stephanieof Binghamton, NY

StudentmajoringinCentralEasternEuropeanStudies,LaSalle

University,Philadelphia,PA.

$2,164

s u m m e R s t u d Y a b R o a d


4 4

sPeCiAl And trAvel grAntsin addition to its EXcHangE and domEstic Pro-

grams, the Kosciuszko Foundation awards numerous Special and

TravelGrantsforprojectsthatfulfillitsmissionofpromotingknowl-

edgeofPolishculture,historyandscholarship.

AsidefromstrictlyeducationalgrantstheFoundation,sponsorsproj-

ectsofhighvisibilityreachingacrosstheUnitedStates.Theseprojects

includeartexhibitions,musicalconcertsandtheatricalperformances,

aswellasliteraryconferencesandpublications.

Likewise,TravelGrantstoPolish-Americanscholarshelpthempar-

ticipate in international conferences and workshops, disseminating

knowledgeofPolishscholarshipthroughouttheUnitedStates.

Infiscalyear2006theFoundationawardednearly$273,000inSpecial

andTravelGrants.

Thelargestgrantswerecontinuationsofpastactivities.TheFoundation

offeredfinancialsupportfortheChairofPolishStudiesatColumbia

Universitybycontributingupto$50,000fromtheStanislasChylinski

FundforProfessorZdzislawKrasnodebski,DepartmentofSociology,

CardinalStefanWyszynskiUniversity,WarsawPolandandUniver-

sityofBremen,Germanytobethisyear’sVisitingProfessorinPolish

StudiesatColumbiaUniversity.

The Foundation also continued its financial support to the Depart-

ment of Environmental Sciences at the AGH University of Science

andTechnologyinKrakow.ThissupportdatesbacktoFebruary2000,

when the Foundation entered into agreements with both the Alfred

JurzykowskiFoundationofNewYorkandtheAGHUniversityofsci-

enceandTechnologytohelpestablishaDepartmentofEnvironmen-

talSciencesatAGH.Theschoolcriticallyneedssuchadepartmentin

ordertoextenditsfocusonthetheoryandpracticeofenvironmental

protection.

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ThetwoNewYork-basedfoundationsjointlycommitted$100,000an-

nuallyforaten-yearperiodtobeusedbyAGHforthepurchaseofsci-

entificequipmentandtechnicalengineeringbooks;supportoffaculty

andstudentexchangestoandfromUnitedStates;costsforattendance

byAGHfacultyandscientificconferencesandScholarshipsforPh.D.

students.

TheSophieWojciechowskiEndowmentFundforGiftedPolishYouth

awardedthreescholarships.Thisfundwascreatedtoestablishapro-

gramforPolishyouthwhomanifestexceptionalacademictalents.

TheFoundationselectsyoungpeople fromPolandbetweentheages

ofsixteenandtwentyandbringsthemtotheUnitedStatesforashort

and intensive educational enrichment program. This year the three

youngstudentsparticipatedinastructuredsix-weeksummerprogram

of intensiveEnglish languagecoursesat thePaceUniversityEnglish

LanguageInstitute,learningaboutculturaldifferencesandexperienc-

inglifeinAmericaandparticularly,NewYorkCity.

TheseSpecialandTravelGrants,betheylargeorsmall,demonstrate

the Foundation’s efforts to extend beyond scholarships and financial

aidtoindividuals.TheFoundationisproudoftheseprograms’impact

onmajoracademicinstitutionsonbothsidesoftheAtlanticOcean.


sPeCiAl And trAvel grAnts 2005/2006amount souRce puRpose oF GRant

$97,000 $72,000 grantfromthe alfred

Jurzykowski Foundation andan

additional $25,000 annualgrantfromthe

sendzimir Fund

AnnualsponsorshipoftheDepartmentofEnvironmentalSciencesat

AGHUniversityofScienceandTechnology,inKrakow,Polandforten

yearsasannualsupportforthecostoffacultyandstudentexchanges,

scientificconferencesandforpurchaseoftechnicalmaterialsand

equipment

$50,000 stanislas chylinski Fund ToProfessorZdzislawKrasnodebski,DepartmentofSociology,

CardinalStefanWyszynskiUniversity,WarsawPolandandUniversityof

Bremen,Germany,aVisitingProfessorofthePolishStudiesProgramat

ColumbiaUniversity.


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amount souRce puRpose oF GRant

$15,441 sophie Wojciechowski Endowment

Fund For gifted Polish High school

students

EwelinaSwiatoniowska,MarekPawluch,PawelDrzewiecki,towards

tuitionexpensesforattendingtheEnglishLanguageInstituteSummer

2006ProgramatPaceUniversityinNewYorkCity.

$27,231 stanislas chylinski Fund ForProfessorsKrystynaOlszer,ZenonKruszelnickiandGrazyna

DrabikforteachingPolishLiteratureandLanguagecoursesinthePolish

StudiesProgramatHunterCollege,CityUniversityofNewYork.

$8,050 t. sendzimir Fund Granttowardsthe2006doctoralscholarshipinEnvironmentalProtection

atAGHUniversityofScienceandTechnologyandforthelecture

programofProfessorNasrinKhalili,theIllinoisInstituteofTechnology

ofChicago.

$5,727 Wysocki Fund TravelgranttoMr.JosephCymerman,Mr.LukaszDerdaandMr.

KennethPeterson,cadetsattheUSMilitaryAcademyatWestPoint

towardstheirvisittoKosciuszko’sbirthplaceinBelarus,forthe

dedicationceremoniesoftherestoredbirthplaceinFebruary2006.

$5,530 t. sendzimir Fund GranttoProfessorsJanuszGolas,JanuszGoreckiandRyszard

TadeusiewiczofAGHUniversityofScienceandTechnologytowards

theirparticipationinthescientificconferenceinBordeaux,Franceand

Banff,CanadaandSaltLakeCityUtah.

$5,000 Zelosky Fund Granttothe2ndAnnualPolishFilmFestivalinNewYork,May5-12,

2006.

$5,000 stanislas chylinski Fund PublicationgranttoYaleUniversityPressinsupportofthefirstEnglish-

languagepublicationofTheWarsawGhetto,byPolishscholarsBarbara

EngelkingandJacekLeociak.

$4,000 Throughthegenerosityof dr. alina

szczesniak

ScholarshipgranttoDorotaSurmackatostudyBankingandFinanceat

theUniversityofLodz,Poland.

$3,750 Wysocki Fund TravelgranttoCeciliaCeleiro,KathleenReardonandJasonWapiennik

ofColumbusSchoolofLaw,CatholicUniversityofAmericatowards

theirparticipationinthe2006InternationalBusinessandTradeSummer

LawProgramattheJagellonianUniversityinKrakow,Poland

$3,300 Wysocki Fund GranttoAllenKosanovich,candidateforMasterofArtsandaCertificate

ofAdvancedStudyinArtConservationatBuffaloStateCollege,Buffalo,

NewYorktowardshisparticipationinatwomonthinternshipin

paintingconservationattheRoyalCastleinWarsaw,May29toJuly28,

2006.

$3,000 Wanda roehr Fund AspecialgranttoProf.GrazynaDrabik,TheCityCollegeoftheCity

UniversityofNewYork,DepartmentofEnglishtowardsthepublication

byParacletePressofhertranslationofAnnaKamienska’spoetry.

$3,000 slotkowski Fund PublishinggranttoDr.BillJohnstonofIndianaUniversityawarded

forthepublicationof“OdprawaPoslowGreckich”(DismissalofGreek

Envoys)intheEnglishLanguagebyKsiegarniaAkademickaSp.zo.o.



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$2,500 Wysocki Fund SpecialtravelgranttoPeterKuczynski,adualdegreestudentintwo

divisionsoftheNewSchoolUniversity:EugeneLangCollegeforLiberal

ArtsandtheParsonSchoolofDesigntoparticipateintheintensive

graduateseminar2006DemocracyandDiversitySummerInstitutein

Krakow,PolandorganizedbytheNewSchoolUniversityinNewYork

City.

$2,500 Wysocki Fund SpecialtravelgranttoMeronTesfamichael,aPh.D.studentinPolitical

SciencesattheNewSchoolUniversityforthepurposeofparticipating

inintensivegraduateseminars2006DemocracyandDiversitySummer

InstituteinKrakow,PolandorganizedbytheNewSchoolUniversityin

NewYorkCity.

$2,500 Zelosky Fund TravelgranttoRyszardKapuscinskitotheUnitedStatestodeliver

lecturesandtoacceptaMedalofRecognitionforhisoutstanding

accomplishmentsasawriterandjournalist,April2006.

$2,000 stanislas chylinski Fund Grantinsupportofthe6thAnnualPolishFilmFestivalinLosAngeles,

April27-May5,2006.

$2,000 stanislas chylinski Fund GranttothePolishTheaterInstituteinsupportofKulig/Old-Polish

SleighrideandMikolajPerformance,heldattheKosciuszkoFoundation

HouseSunday,December4th,2005.

$2,000 stanislas chylinski Fund Insupportofthe17th Polish Film Festival in AmericainChicago,Illinois,

November5-20,2005.

$2,000 Professor michal smalowski memorial

award Fund

2006ProfessorMichalSmialowskiAwardtoDr.MartaHomaof

theKrakowPolytechnic,DepartmentofEngineeringandChemical

Technologyforheroutstandingdoctoraldissertationinthefieldof

MaterialScience,dealingwiththeheatresistanceofsteelinconstruction

ofcatalyticconverters.

$1,800 Wysocki Fund GranttoMs.KatarzynaKimmeltocoverflightandlivingexpenses

towardsindependentresearchprojectconductedwithDr.Andrzej

SzsczeklikattheMedicalSchool,JagiellonianUniversity,Krakow,June

12-July8,2006.

$1,600 t. sendzimir Fund ToMr.MichalSliwa,arecipientofthe2005doctoralscholarshipin

EnvironmentalProtectionawardedbytheAGHUniversityofScience

andTechnologyforhisPh.D.thesisonthechemicalchangesoccurringin

theregionofDobczycedrinkingwaterreservoir.

$1,500 Zelosky Fund TravelgranttoMr.DanielKaminskiadoctoratalstudentofpercussion

performanceattheUniversityofSouthernCaliforniainLosAngeles

towardshisparticipationintheInternationalMirambaCompetitionin

Linz,Austria,July2006.

$1,500 Wanda roehr Fund TravelgranttoMr.MichalParadowski,Ph.D.candidate,Instituteof

EnglishStudies,UniversityofWarsawtoenablehimtopresenthispaper

atthe40thAnnualTESOLConventionheldinTampa,FloridainMarch

2006.



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$1,500 Wanda roehr Fund SpecialgranttoMr.RichardAdams,anindependentdocumentary

filmmakerfortherestorationtoDVDofhis1967documentaryfilmof

theEnglishLanguageSummerInstituteatPoznanUniversityentitled

ExchangeofWords.ThefilmwasshotbyMr.Adamswhilehewas

onFulbrightgrantinPoland.Mr.Adamspresentsthefilmatvarious

educationaleventsincludingtheAnnualFulbrightConventioninthe

Fallof2005aswellasattheUniversityofPoznan.

$1,500 Zelosky Fund TravelgranttoMs.MagdalenaBator,aPh.D.candidate,Adam

MickiewiczUniversityinPoznantopresentapaperentitled

DisappearanceofWords of the Scandinavian origin in the Fifteenth Century

English attheInternationalCongressofMedievalStudiesinKalamazoo,

Michigan,May2006.

$1,500 Zelosky Fund TravelgranttoMs.JolaGola,ArtHistorianAcademyofFineArtsin

WarsawtoconductresearchontheprivatearchivesofthelateProfessor

JerzySoltan.

$1,500 Zelosky Fund GranttothePolishHeritageCenterinsupportfortheconcert“Polish

VoicesinNewYorkCity”onFebruary5th,2006attheWeillRecital

Hall.

$1,350 rodzinski Fund TravelgranttoProf.JonathanDawe,ProfessoratJuilliardSchoolof

Music,DepartmentofDance,DramaandMusicforthepurposeof

deliveringseminarsattheAcademyofMusic,Gdansk,PolandinMay

15-19,2006.

$1,085 stanislaw mrozowski scholarly Journal

Fund

GranttoProfessorJozefSzudyoftheInstituteofPhysics,Nicholas

CopernicusUniversityinTorunforthe2006membershipsubscriptionof

thescientificjournalsoftheOpticalSocietyofAmerica.

$1,000 stanislas chylinski Fund TravelgranttoDr.RafalBoryslawski,InstituteofBritishandAmerican

CultureandLiterature,UniversityofSilesia,Polandtoparticipatein

theInternationalCongressonMedievalStudies,WesternMichigan

University,KalamazooonMay4-7,2006.

$1,000 sendzimir Fund TravelgranttoProfessorAnnaBrzozowska-Krajka,Departmentof

PolishStudies,Maria-CurieSklodowskaUniversityinLublin,Poland

towardsherparticipationinthe37thAnnualAmericanAssociationof

theAdvancementofSlavicStudiesNationalConventioninSaltLake

City,UtahinNovemberof2005.ProfessorKrajkapresentedapaper

onFolkTheaterasaPassporttoPolishnessinthePolish-American

HighlanderCommunity.



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$1,000 irena spalutto-Bonczak Fund VoicescholarshipawardtoMs.MonikaKrajewska,anoperasinger

towardshervoiceeducationinpreparationforherperformanceatthe

RussianFestivalinWestHartford,CTaswellaspreparationforthe

2005/2006seasonwiththePalmBeachOperaCompany.

$300 chylinski Fund TravelgranttoDr.ArturGrabowski,JagiellonianUniversity,Krakow,

aKosciuszkoFoundationTeachingFellowattheUniversityofIllinois

atChicagotoenablehimtoparticipateandtopresentapaperIn Search

of (Creative) Diversity: New Perspective in Polish Literary and Cultural

StudiesabroadheldattheUniversityofToronto,departmentofSlavic

LanguagesandLiteraturesonFebruary2-5,2006.

$100 stanislaw mrozowski scholarly Journal

Fund

GranttotheFacultyofChemistry,N.CopernicusUniversityinTorun

fortheannualsubscriptionofthe2006PolymerPreprintsofAmerican

ChemicalSociety.

$100 stanislaw mrozowski scholarly Journal

Fund

GranttoProfessorLeszekJarecki,InstituteofFundamental

TechnologiesResearch,PolishAcademyofSciencesfortheannual

subscriptionofthe2006PolymerPreprintsoftheAmericanChemical

Society.



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teAChing english in PolAndFourhundredandthirtyPolishstudentsenjoyedtherareopportunity

tolearnEnglishfrom79volunteerAmericanteachersandteacher’sas-

sistantsthankstotheKosciuszkoFoundations’16thannualTeaching

EnglishinPolandProgram.

Theteachersandteacher’sassistants,hailingfrom15differentStates,

arrivedinPolandonJune29th,anddeliveredathreeweekprogram

whichincludedEnglishimmersionandAmericanculturalexperienc-

estothestudentgroupsatfourKosciuszkoFoundation–UNESCO

campslocatedthroughoutPoland.

ThePolishstudents,ranginginagefrom10to19,enhancedtheircon-

versationalskillsandlearnedvariousaspectsofthecultureandtradi-

tionsoftheUnitedStates,atthesametimelearningaboutimportant

principlesofthedemocraticprocess.Theyhavelearnedaboutthees-

sentialsofvolunteerismandentrepreneurshiptothatprocess,further-

ingtheProgram’soverallgoals.

Under the themeof thisyear’sprogram,communicating with con-

fidence,thePolishstudentsappliedtheirEnglishskillsinvariouslife

situationstheymightencounterastheypursuedtheireducationaland

careergoals.TheAmericanvolunteersalsolearnedaboutPolishhis-

torythankstoafive-daytourofculturalandhistoricalsitesprovided

bytheirPolishhosts.

Delivered through a joint effort of the Kosciuszko Foundation, the

Polish Ministry of National Education, and the Polish National

Commission for UNESCO, the Kosciuszko Foundation plays a key

roleinrecruiting,andsupervisingtheAmericanvolunteers,aswellas

theirtravellogisticstoandfromPoland.Since1991,theTEIPprogram

hasrecruitedover1,500volunteerswhohavetaughtover9,000Polish

students.

t e a c h i n G e n G l i s h i n p o l a n d

Fiscal Year 2006 TEIP Program

40 teachers

39 teaching assistants

1 program director

1 assistant

430 Polish students


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t e a c h i n G e n G l i s h i n p o l a n d

Gifts-in-kind of nearly 85% of the $118,458 total project costs made

theTEIPprogrampossiblethisyear.TheKosciuszkoFoundationpaid

fortheremaining$18,750,whichcoveredaccident/medicalinsurance

forallAmericanparticipants;certaintravelrelatedexpenses;printing

costs;andothersupportingservicesandsupplies.

TheKosciuszkoFoundationexpresses itsgratitude to thevolunteers

whomadetheTeachingEnglishinPolandprogrampossiblethisyear

foralltheirfineworkinorganizing,supervising,recruiting,andfund-

raising:

ChristineKuskowski Programdirector

AnnaUtecht AssistantDirector

Mrs.ThereseRivard WesternNewYorkChapterofthe

KosciuszkoFoundation;

TEIPRegionalCoordinator

Mrs.MaryKayPieski Formerparticipantandvolunteer

Ms.JaniceLynnSherry Formerparticipantandvolunteer

WARSAW

Tczow

Krakow

Limanowa

TEIP

TEIP

TEIP


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CUltUrAl sPeCiAl ProgrAms

TheKosciuszkoFoundation’s“flagship”musicalprogram,theCham-

berMusicSeries,madepossiblebygeneroussupportfromCynthiaand

ThomasRosicki,Esq.,celebrateditsseventeenthseasonthisyear.Itis

oneofthemostwidelyknownandrespectedprogramsinNewYork

City.Throughalong-timeassociation,WQXR-FM96.3broadcaststhe

recordedconcerts intheGreaterNewYorkareaandgloballyonthe

Internet.

Theseason’sopeninginOctoberfeaturedthePaderewskiTrio,three

youngmusiciansfromPolandcurrentlylivingandworkingintheUnit-

edStates.Theypremieredthepiece“Trio”byRomualdTwardowski.

TheNewYorkStateBaroqueOrchestra,basedinupstateNewYork,

offeredaholidayconcertfeaturing17thand18thcenturyworksfrom

Polandandherneighbors;thetraditionalreceptionandcarol-singing

brought2005toajoyousclose.

TheCassattStringQuartetofferedthemonumentalbutrarelyheard

Quintet in G Minor of Juliusz Zarebski in January. Pianist Roman

Markowicz joined them. The Verdehr Trio premiered the “Kurpa

Triptych” of Polish composer Grzegorz Duchnowski the following

month,basedonfolkmelodiesoftheMazowszeregion.

TheseasonclosedinMaywithalarge-scaleconcertbytheConnecti-

cutVirtuosiChamberOrchestraunderthedirectionofAdrianMack-

iewicz. The winner of the 2006 Chopin Piano Competition. Claire

Huangci(seebelow)wassoloistforChopin’sPianoConcertoNo.1in

Eminor.

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The57thKosciuszkoFoundationChopinPianoCompetitionwasheld

inApril,withajurymadeupofMiriamConti,JedDistler,andFrank

Levy.ThewinnerwasClaireHuangci,whoturned16-theminimum

age-justdaysbeforetheCompetition.Sheisanadvancedplacement

studentofEleanorSokoloffattheCurtisInstituteinPhiladelphia.

The Marcella Sembrich Voice Scholarship Competition was held in

March, with a jury consisting of Edyta Kulczak (a former Founda-

tion grantee now on the Metropolitan Opera roster), Fred Carama,

andRobertWhite.SopranoNicoleTaylor,agraduateofTheJuilliard

SchoolwontheCompetition.Inadditiontohercashprize,supported

bytheSembrichMemorialAssociationinBoltonLanding,NewYork,

Ms.TaylorwasinvitedtotheMoniuszkoInternationalVocalCompeti-

tioninWarsaw,inApril2007.

Additional musical programs featured soprano Monika Krajewska

(July2005);aMikolaj“Kulig”playwithmusic,directedbyNinaPo-

lanandco-sponsoredwiththePolishAmericanTeachersAssociation

(December4);andfoureveningsofperformanceandreadingssurvey-

ingthelongrelationofChopinandGeorgeSand,hostedbymusicolo-

gist/author/broadcaster/pianistDavidDubal(October29-November

18).

SupportfromtheTadeuszSolowijLiteraryFundhelpedcelebratePol-

ishliteraturewithatributetothefriendshipbetweenwriterJozefWit-

tlinandpianistMieczyslawHorszowskionSeptember25th.Theeve-

ning,hostedbyWittlin’sdaughterElizabethWittlinLipton,included

readings,rarelyheardcompositionsbyHorszowski,andaperformance

byMollyVivianHuang,oneofHorszowski’slaststudents.


chopin

competition

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pRoGRams

liteRatuRe

maRcella

sembRich voice

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Elizabeth Koszarska Skrabonja, Curator in Residence, organized a

gallery talkforyoungermembersof theFoundation,“Lady inBlue,

WhoAreYou?”inMarch.

CulturalprogramsoftheKosciuszkoFoundationaresupportedbythe

AnneFelicjaCierpikFund;theMaryF.CoonsCharitableTrust;Cyn-

thiaandThomasRosicki;theDr.JamesHagadusMemorialCultural

EndowmentFund;andindividualdonorsandpatrons.Toallofthem

theKosciuszkoFoundationextendsitsgratefulappreciation.

month peRFoRminG pieces

October ThePaderewskiTrio PremiereofaTriobyRomualdTwardowski;

worksofLaloandSmetana.

November ThePendereckiStringQuartet PiecesbySzymanowski,SchubertandDvorak

December TheNewYorkState

BaroqueOrchestra

Holidayconcertofmusicfrom17thand18th

centuryworksfromPolandandherneighbors;

traditionalreception;caroling.

January TheCassattStringQuartet BorodinandSmetana;QuintetinGMinorof

JuliuszZarebski(pianistRomanMarkowicz

accompanying).

February TheVerdehrTrio Premierofthe“KurpaTriptych(Polish

composerGrzegorzDuchnowski),basedon

folkmelodiesoftheMazowszeregion;works

ofMozart,BrightSheng,andGrieg

March TheSzymanowskiQuartet TheSzymanowskiQuartetNo.1;Haydnand

Schubert.

April TheSylvanWinds MusicofLutoslawski,Kilar,andPoldowski

May TheConnecticutVirtuosiChamber

Orchestraunderthedirectionof

AdrianMackiewicz

Chopin’sPianoConcertoNo.1inEminor,of.

ClaireHuangci(winner,2006ChopinPiano

Competition),soloist

otheR cultuRal

events – hiGhliGhts

the KosciuszKo Foundation 2005 – 2006 chambeR music seRies



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AnnUAl dinner And bAllFriends, patrons and benefactors of the Kosciuszko Foundation en-

joyedyetanothermemorableeveninginlateApril,2006,asthreere-

markablecontributorstotheworldofscholarship,musicandliterature

werehonored,andfourtalentedyoungdebutanteswereintroducedto

societyattheKosciuszkoFoundation’s71stAnnualDinnerandBall.

TheAnnualDinnerandBallfunctionsasanopportunityforfriends

andsupportersoftheKosciuszkoFoundationtogatherandhonorthose

whohavemadesignificantcontributionstothearts,sciences,history,

andliterature,aswellastohonorthoseyoungwomen,bright,talented

andambitious,whoseektowalkinthefootstepsofthosehonored.

Mr. Willam J. Nareski II, CEO Vice Chairman of Centorr Vacuum

Industries,ViceChairmanoftheBoardofTrustees,chairedthisyear’s

preeminent annual social event for Polish Americans together with

hiswifeNancy.Following tradition, theBall tookplaceat theWal-

dorf-AstoriaonSaturdayevening,April 22, 2006.SusanLacz,CEO

andPrincipalofRidgewell’sCaterersofWashingtonDCactedasthe

DebutantePatronessforthefouryoungwomenwhowereintroduced

thatnight.

Theguests inattendancethisyearwatchedasthemasterofceremo-

niesguidedtheBallthroughahostoftraditions,suchasthechorusof

trumpetersfromtheFanfareSquadronoftheU.S.MerchantMarine

Academy,andthesingingofboththePolishandtheUnitedStatesNa-

tionalAnthems,thisyearby1998SembrichVoiceScholarshipRecipi-

entWojciechBukalski.ThePolishAmericanFolkDanceCompany

performedtothemusicofFrederickChopin,andledtheguestsinthe

traditionalPolonaise.Theguestsenjoyedtheseandotherdancesteps

intotheearlymorning,tothemusicoftheAnthonyTabishOrchestra.

The debutantes presented that evening all demonstrated grace and

poise.Theybroughtwiththemrecordsofacademic,artistic,andath-

leticachievement.DebutanteMilaKirstieClarinKulsaisaNational

Honor Society student, accomplished vocalist, and passionate figure

skater.DebutanteBrittanyMruczekisanotherNationalHonorSociety

this year’s annual

dinner and ball

presented four young

women to society, and

honored three giants

in the areas of music,

literature, and history.

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studentfromNotreDameHighSchool,andastudentofmodernjazz,

ballet,andpiano.DebutanteMarisAlysePieski,a freshmanatKent

StateUniversity,istherecipientofseveralacademicscholarships.She

hasvolunteeredundertheteachingEnglishinPolandprogramforfive

consecutiveyears.DebutanteYvonneWroblewskiisatrackandfield

recordholderatArchbishopMolloyHighSchool,andhasranked11th

nationallyinthrowingtheweights.Sheisalsoanaccomplisheddancer,

andhasvolunteeredattheBriarwoodHomelessSheltersince2002,tu-

toringchildrenonavarietyofsubjects.

It was also a night of awards, with Witold Sulimirski, Chairman of

theKosciuszkoFoundation’sBoardofTrustees,andJosephE.Gore,

Esq., itsPresidentandExecutiveDirector,awarding theKosciuszko

Foundation Medal of Recognition to Messrs Van Cliburn, Edward

PinkowskiandthelateRyszardKapuscinski.

Mr.Cliburn,theinternationallyrenownedpianist,tooktheworldstage

whenhewontheFirstInternationalTchaikovskyPianoCompetition

inMoscowin1958,attheheightoftheColdWar.HiswinoftheKos-

ciuszkoFoundation’s1952ChopinPianoCompetitionhelpedlaunch

his incredible career. Since that time, he has performed for heads of

statearoundtheworld,andhasbeenbestowedwithmanyhonors,cul-

minatingintheU.S.’sHighestHonor,theMedalofFreedom,received

fromPresidentBushin2003,andtheOrderofFriendshipfromRus-

sianPresidentVladimirPutin.

Mr.EdwardPinkowski,FounderandpresidentofthePinkowskiIn-

stitute,hasenjoyedalongandvariedcareerasajournalist,freelance

writer,andchroniclerofthehistoryofPolonia.Hiscareerasajournal-

isthasincludedstintsasabookreviewerforthePhiladelphiaInquirer

andtheSt.LouisDispatch,amongstothernewspapers.Hehaswritten

severalbooks,including“TheGreatInfluxofPolishImmigrantsand

theIndustriestheyEntered:Pills,PenandPolitics.”

And last but by no means least, the Kosciuszko Foundation and its

manymemberswerehonoredtohavebestowedtheKosciuszkoFoun-

dationMedalofRecognitiononthelateMr.RyszardKapuscinski,who

passedawayonJanuary23,2007afteralongillness.Mr.Kapuscinski

wasaninternationallyadmiredandrecognizedwriterandchronicler

in an evening rich

in honors for

achievements in

the humanities and

arts, the Kosciuszko

Foundation medal

of Recognition was

awarded to van

cliburn, edward

pinkowski, and the late

Ryszard Kapuscinski.



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ofworldevents.Hewasasymbolofallthatisgoodincontemporary

Polishliteratureandthought.TheTrusteesoftheKosciuszkoFounda-

tionaregratefulfortheopportunitytohavebestowedtheFoundation’s

highesthonorononeof thegreatcontributors toPolishwritingand

literatureduringhislifetime.

TheBallsucceededinraising$204,350fortheFoundation, through

attendance,theraffleandthesouvenirjournal.TheFoundationwishes

tothankitsguestsforattending,andmanyofthesponsorswhohelped

makethisyear’sAnnualDinnerandBallpossible:thePolish&Slavic

Federal Credit Union, LOT Polish Airlines, Central Semiconductor

Corporation, Adamba International Imports, Inc.; and Charmer In-

dustries.

Wewishtospeciallythankthosewhosponsoredtablesof10ormore,

including:

table sponsors no. of tables

DrandMrs.AndrewBoral 1

Dr.andMrs.WalterChwals 1

Mr.andMrs.JohnALacz 1

Mr.EdwardT.Mohylowski 1

Mr.andMrs.WilliamJ.NareskiII 1

ThePatrasandKulsaFamily(honoringMilaKirstieClarinKulsa,Debutante) 1

Mr.andMrs.AndrewPieski(honoringMarisAlysePieski,Debutante) 1

Mr.andMrs.EdwardPinkowski 2

PolishandSlavicFederalCreditUnion 2

Mr.andMrs.WalterKuskowski 1

Mr.andMrs.AlexanderMcMullan(PolishNationalAllianceofBrooklyn,USA) 1

CynthiaandThomasRosicki,Esqs. 4

Mr.ThomasR.WarfieldandMs.IwonaZdunczak 1

Mr.andMrs.WalterWroblewski(honoringYwonneWroblewski,Debutante) 2

TheZawisnyFamily 1



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Art ColleCtion And ArChives

Over the years, the Kosciuszko Foundation has been entrusted with

variousworksofartandotheritemsofvaluethankstogenerousdo-

nationsbygiftorbequest.Thishashelped further theeffortsof the

FoundationtobuildacollectionofartbyPolishmastersthatisoneof

thelargestofitskindinNorthAmerica.OnpublicdisplayintheGal-

leryofPolishMastersaremasterpiecesbysuchfamousPolishartistsas

JanMatejko,JuliuszKossak,andJacekMalczewski.

TheKosciuszkoFoundationisgratefulforallthedonationsofartand

collectiblesthatmadeinpastyearsandinthisfiscalyear.

tHis YEar, tHE KosciusZKo Foundationwasbusynot

onlyinreceivingnewdonationstoit’salreadyimpressivecollectionof

art,butinalsotakingongoingstepstoimproveitsexhibition,aswellto

helppreserverareholdings.

Thisyear,KosciuszkoFoundationChairmanWitoldSulimirski’sdo-

nationofarare,extensivecollectionofbeautifullyboundandpreserved

English language books, all dating from the 17th to 19th centuries,

whichreferencePolandinsomeway,notonlyimmeasurablyenhance

theFoundation’sarchives,butalsoexpandtheknowledgetobegained

onPoland’sroleinEuropeancultureduringthistimeperiod.Thiscol-

lection, assembled during the Sulimirski family’s years in England,

providesuniqueinsightsonPolishinfluencesduringtheRenaissance

andEnlightenmentperiods.

TheKosciuszkoFoundationcontinuestouseitscollectionasameans

ofpromotinganddisseminatingtheuniqueaspectsofPolishartandart

historyandtheroleofPolishartistsinenrichingthecultural,literary

andartistictraditionsofPoland.

about the

KosciuszKo

Foundation

aRt and aRchives

collection

a R t c o l l e c t i o n a n d a R c h i v e s


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Duringthefiscalyear,ittookanimportantstepinimprovingitsper-

manent exhibition space by completing the professional signage for

displayed artwork. Thanks to considerable research, visitors to the

GalleryofPolishMastersontheFoundationHouse’ssecondfloorcan

nowlearnpertinentinformationaboutartistsondisplayinthegallery,

enhancingthevisitor’sknowledgeonPolishart.

TheFoundationthankstheProArteLeagueoftheKosciuszkoFoun-

dationforitsgenerousdonationtomakethetitledisplayspossible.

a R t c o l l e c t i o n a n d a R c h i v e s

additions to the art and archive collections during Fiscal Year 2006 – Highlights

Print,PaulI,Emperorofallthe

RussiansCondescendingto

VisitKosciuszkoinPrison,”

byThomasGaugain

Mr.MichaelPajak

Largeframedlithographof

KalwariaZabrzydowska

Mrs.BerniceSacher

ThompsonvilleKosciuszkoFoundation

bannerof1925

Mrs.SophieKrzys,

withtheassistanceof

WilliamNareskiII

PrintofKosciuszkofromthe

“Kosciuszko,heroofTwoWorlds”

seriesbyZygmuntAjdutkiewicz

Dr.EwaRadwanska

BronzebustofEdwardPinkowski ThePinkowski

Family

Rare,wellpreservedcollectionof

17th–19thcenturybooks,intheEnglish

language,whichreferencePoland

Mr.Witold

Sulimirski


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Affil iAte groUPsAFFILIATE GROUPS PLAY an important role in furthering the

Kosciuszko Foundation’s goals. They include the Foundation’s Na-

tionalAdvisryCouncilandthesevenregionalchapters,aswellasaf-

filiategroupsthatoperateindependently,withtheirownmembership

rostersandofficers,addressingspecificneedsand interests.Theyare

integraltotheFoundation.

TheNationalAdvisoryCounciladvisestheBoardofTrusteesandsup-

ports the Foundation’s programs. During the years the Council has

helpedstandardizeChapterrelationsandhelpedformtheKosciuszko

FoundationAlumniAssociation.

TheChaptersof theKosciuszkoFoundationhelp further theFoun-

dation’sgoals in theirrespectiveregions.Runbyvolunteers, they in-

formtheirregionsaboutFoundationprograms,helprecruitmembers,

organize local events, and support local members. Examples of local

eventsincludethePhiladephiaChapter’sholidayconcertfeaturingPol-

ishartists,theTexasandDenverChapters’concertfeaturingthewin-

nerof theFoundation’sChopinCompetition,and theWesternNew

YorkChapter’sfundingandsupportforthePBSdocumentaryPolonia:

Western New York’s Polish American Legacy.

Women members of the Kosciuszko Foundation organized the Pro

ArteLeaguein1970withamissiontobeautifyandpreservethepublic

roomsoftheKosciuszkoFoundationhouse.TheLeague’sfundraisers

havehelpedpurchaseitemssuchastableclothsandchina,floraldeco-

rations,newentrancedoorsandthereplicaoftheFoundationHouse’s

stairrailduringitsmajorrenovation.TheLeaguealsohelpsraisefunds

forpaintingrestorationandimprovementstothegallery.Thisyearfor

example,theLeagueraisedmoneytohelpprovidesignagefortheper-

manentexhibitionattheFoundation’sHouse’sgalleryofMasters,pro-

viding visitors with important historical and contextual information

forthevariousworksofartondisplay.

Itsseriesoffundraisingeventshasincludedfashionshowsinthepast.

In more recent times, the League has given young Polish-American

musicansanopportunitytoperformduringitsAnnualFallLuncheon.

TheLeaguemeetsfourtofivetimesayearattheFoundationHouse,

andwelcomesnewmembers.

the national

advisoRY council

chapteRs oF

the KosciuszKo

Foundation

the pRo aRte

leaGue

the fine work of the

Kosciuszko Foundation’s

affliate Groups are

integral to the work

of the Foundation

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A group of Polish American teachers formed the Polish American

Teachers Association (PATA) in 1973 in order to help accurately in-

formtheAmericanpublicaboutPolandandtheroleandcontributions

ofPolishAmericansinAmericansociety.PATA’srelationshipwiththe

KosciuszkoFoundationbeganshortlyafterformationinthe1970s.It

sponsorsarichscheduleofeventsandactivities,includingessayandvi-

sualartscompetitions,aPolishCulturalDay,astorytellingcompetition,

and various plays on Polish subjects. It holds an Annual Mikolajki/

St.NicholasDaycelebration.PATAhasbeenareliablesupporterofthe

Foundation’s Teaching English in Poland Program, through regular

cashcontributionsaswellasProgramvolunteers.

TheFoundationformedtheHolocaustStudiesCommitteein1982in

ordertoassurethateducatorsandothersourcesreportPolishChristian

experiencesintheHolocaustinafair,unbiasedandaccuratemanner.

The Committee maintains liaison with the United States Holocaust

MemorialMuseumandholdsaseatonthePolish-American-Jewish-

AmericanCouncil.Inthepast,ithasgainedrecognitionofthreePol-

ishChristiansas“RighteousAmongtheNations”byIsrael’sHolocaust

MemorialCenterYadVashemandhelpedproducethewidelyscreened

documentaryfilm “Zegota”, about the Polish Home Army’s aidand

assistancetotheJewsduringWorldWarII.

TheDebutanteCouncilpreparesyoungladiesforpresentationtothe

community and into society at the Kosciuszko Foundation’s Annual

Dinner and Ball. The Council is comprised of women of Polish de-

scentwhoalsohaveconnectionswiththeKosciuszkoFoundation.The

Councilinvitesyoungwomenbetweentheagesof16and23whohave

shown scholastic achievement and a record of community service to

participateasdebutantes.TheCouncilmemberspreparethemfortheir

appearancethroughmeetingsandaspecialluncheon.TheDebutante

presentation is a highlight of the Annual Dinner and Ball, instilling

youngwomenwithasenseoftraditionalvalues,educationandconduct

inasophisticatedsocialsetting.Itisanexcitingandelegantexperience,

creatingmemoriesthatlastalifetime.

the polish

ameRican

teacheRs

association

the debutante

council

the holocaust

studies

committee

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F i n a n c i a l s tat e m e n t s

f inAnCiAl stAtements

WehaveauditedtheaccompanyingbalancesheetsofTheKosciuszkoFoun-

dation, Inc. (the Foundation) as of June 30, 2006 and 2005, and the related

statementsofactivitiesandcashflowsfortheyearsthenended.Thesefinan-

cial statementsare the responsibilityof theFoundation’smanagement.Our

responsibilityistoexpressanopiniononthesefinancialstatementsbasedon

ouraudits.

Weconductedourauditsinaccordancewithauditingstandardsgenerallyac-

ceptedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica.Thosestandardsrequirethatweplan

andperformtheaudittoobtainreasonableassuranceaboutwhetherthefinan-

cialstatementsarefreeofmaterialmisstatement.Anauditincludesconsider-

ationofinternalcontroloverfinancialreportingasabasisfordesigningaudit

proceduresthatareappropriateinthecircumstances,butnotforthepurpose

ofexpressinganopinionontheeffectivenessoftheFoundation’sinternalcon-

troloverfinancialreporting. Accordingly,weexpressnosuchopinion. An

auditalsoincludesexamining,onatestbasis,evidencesupportingtheamounts

anddisclosuresinthefinancialstatements,assessingtheaccountingprinciples

usedandsignificantestimatesmadebymanagement,aswellasevaluatingthe

overallfinancialstatementpresentation.Webelievethatourauditsprovidea

reasonablebasisforouropinion.

Inouropinion,thefinancialstatementsreferredtoabovepresentfairly,inall

materialrespects,thefinancialpositionofTheKosciuszkoFoundation,Inc.as

ofJune30,2006and2005,andthechangesinitsnetassetsanditscashflows

fortheyearsthenendedinconformitywithU.S.generallyacceptedaccount-

ingprinciples.

Ourauditsweremadeforthepurposeofforminganopiniononthebasicfi-

nancialstatementstakenasawhole.Thesupplementaryinformationincluded

inschedulesIthroughIIIispresentedforpurposesofadditionalanalysisand

isnotarequiredpartofthebasicfinancialstatements.Suchinformationhas

been subjected to theauditingproceduresapplied in theauditsof thebasic

financialstatementsand,inouropinion,isfairlystatedinallmaterialrespects

inrelationtothebasicfinancialstatementstakenasawhole.

September29,2006

independent

auditoRs’ RepoRt

the board of trustees

the Kosciuszko

Foundation, inc.:


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assets 2006 2005

Cashandcashequivalents $ 76,587 22,432

Contributionsandotherreceivables 8,150 5,909

Prepaidexpensesandotherassets 38,672 50,701

Interestanddividendsreceivable 54,448 58,051

Investments(note3) 23,703,981 23,685,843

Property,plant,andequipment–netofaccumulateddepreciation(note4) 1,666,954 1,688,526

Artcollection(note2) 1,814,000 1,773,450

Investmentinpooledincomefund 134,657 136,851

Beneficialinterestinperpetualtrusts(notes7and10) 1,436,047 1,419,545

Totalassets $28,933,496 28,841,308

Liabilities and net assets

Liabilities:

Accountspayableandaccruedexpenses $ 113,947 88,408

Scholarshipsandgrantspayable 14,993 23,563

Fundsondeposit 115,888 135,182

Depositsheldincustodyforothers(note2) 216,000 288,000

Deferredrevenue–pooledincomefund 27,194 68,414

Totalliabilities 488,022 603,567

Netassets:

Unrestricted 3,649,797 4,001,592

Temporarilyrestricted(note6) 12,770,209 12,433,443

Permanentlyrestricted(note7) 12,025,468 11,802,706

Totalnetassets 28,445,474 28,237,741

total liabilities and net assets $28,933,496 28,841,308

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

balance sheets June 30, 2006 and 2005


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statement oF activitiesYeaR ended June 30, 2006 and 2005

2006

Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total

REVENUES,SUPPORT,ANDGAINS:

Contributions $ 217,634 98,901 206,260 522,795

DonatedArt 40,550 — — 40,550

Summerprogram 21,611 — — 21,611

Otherprogramsandfunctions 282,513 — — 282,513

Dictionary 33,761 — — 33,761

Membershipdues 223,569 — — 223,569

Rentalincome 207,909 — — 207,909

Dividendsandinterest(note3) 135,173 523,954 — 659,127

Otherincome 49,755 53,964 — 103,719

Netunrealizedandrealizedgainsoninvestments(note3) 25,492 935,055 — 960,547

Netunrealizedandrealizedgain/lossonpooledincomefundandbeneficialinterestinperpetualtrusts(note10) — (2,194) 16,502 14,308

Foreigncurrencygains — — — —

Netassetsreleasedfromrestrictions(note8) 1,272,914 (1,272,914) — —

Totalrevenues,support,andgains 2,510,881 336,766 222,762 3,070,409

EXPENSES:

Programservices:

Scholarshipsandgrants 1,445,078 — — 1,445,078

Culturalandeducationalprograms 605,651 — — 605,651

Shippingservice 80,854 — — 80,854

Warsawoffice 42,664 — — 42,664

Totalprogramservices 2,174,247 — — 2,174,247

Supportingservices:

Administrativeandgeneral 385,516 — — 385,516

Development 302,913 — — 302,913

Totalsupportingservices 688,429 — — 688,429

Totalexpenses 2,862,676 — — 2,862,676

Changeinnetassets (351,795) 336,766 222,762 207,733

Netassets,beginningofyear 4,001,592 12,433,443 11,802,706 28,237,741

Netassets,endofyear $ 3,649,797 12,770,209 12,025,468 28,445,474



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2005

Temporarily Permanently Unrestricted Restricted Restricted Total

REVENUES,SUPPORT,ANDGAINS:

Contributions $ 747,873 287,171 1,424,188 2,459,232

DonatedArt 140,300 — — 140,300

Summerprogram 20,870 — — 20,870

Otherprogramsandfunctions 279,184 — — 279,184

Dictionary 52,347 — — 52,347

Membershipdues 223,377 — — 223,377

Rentalincome 153,197 — — 153,197

Dividendsandinterest(note3) 148,922 548,527 — 697,449

Otherincome 33,725 13,322 — 47,047

Netunrealizedandrealizedgainsoninvestments(note3) 46,495 771,556 — 818,051

Netunrealizedandrealizedgain/lossonpooledincomefundandbeneficialinterestinperpetualtrusts(note10) — 1,450 62,949 64,399

Foreigncurrencygains — 414 — 414

Netassetsreleasedfromrestrictions(note8) 1,203,304 (1,203,304) — —

Totalrevenues,support,andgains 3,049,594 419,136 1,487,137 4,955,867

EXPENSES:

Programservices:

Scholarshipsandgrants 1,388,911 — — 1,388,911

Culturalandeducationalprograms 635,976 — — 635,976

Shippingservice 74,129 — — 74,129

Warsawoffice 46,839 — — 46,839

Totalprogramservices 2,145,855 — — 2,145,855

Supportingservices:

Administrativeandgeneral 366,824 — — 366,824

Development 211,331 — — 211,331

Totalsupportingservices 578,155 — — 578,155

Totalexpenses 2,724,010 — — 2,724,010

Changeinnetassets 325,584 419,136 1,487,137 2,231,857

Netassets,beginningofyear 3,676,008 12,014,307 10,315,569 26,005,884

Netassets,endofyear $ 4,001,592 12,433,443 11,802,706 28,237,741



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2006 2005

CASHFLOWSFROMOPERATINGACTIVITIES:

Increaseinnetassets $ 207,733 2,231,857

Adjustmentstoreconcilechangeinnetassetstonetcash(usedin)providedbyoperatingactivities:

Netunrealizedandrealizedgainsoninvestments (974,855) (882,450)

Depreciation 74,183 73,867

Contribution-in-kindofartcollection (40,550) (140,300)

Permanentlyrestrictedcontributions (206,260) (1,424,188)

Otherchangesinassetsandliabilities:

Contributionsandotherreceivables (2,241) 108,345

Prepaidexpensesandotherassets 12,029 (13,298)

Interestanddividendsreceivable 3,603 (8,730)

Accountspayable,accruedexpenses,anddeferredrevenue (15,681) 14,155

Scholarshipsandgrantspayable (8,570) 2,482

Fundsondeposit (19,294) 10,512

Depositsheldincustodyforothers (72,000) 288,000

Netcash(usedin)providedbyoperatingactivities (1,041,903) 260,252

CASHFLOWSFROMINVESTINGACTIVITIES:

Purchasesofsecurities (8,363,263) (8,416,674)

Proceedsfromsalesofsecurities 9,305,672 6,719,817

Purchasesofpropertyandbuildingimprovements (52,611) (23,683)

Netcashprovidedby(usedin)investingactivities 889,798 (1,720,540)

CASHFLOWSFROMFINANCINGACTIVITIES:

Permanentlyrestrictedcontributions 206,260 1,424,188

Netcashprovidedbyfinancingactivities 206,260 1,424,188

Netincrease(decrease)incashandcashequivalents 54,155 (36,100)

Cashandcashequivalentsatbeginningofyear 22,432 58,532

Cashandcashequivalentsatendofyear $ 76,587 22,432


statements oF cash FloWYeaR ended June 30, 2006 and 2005


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notes to Financial statementsJune 30, 2006 and 2005

1. organiZation

TheKosciuszkoFoundation,Inc.(theFoundation)wasincorporatedonDecember23,1925as

acharitablecorporationundertheprovisionsofthenotforprofitcorporationlawoftheState

ofNewYork.TheFoundationhasbeenestablishedforeducational,scholarship,andcultural

purposes.Itsobjectivesareto:

a.FosteramongtheAmericanpeopleknowledgeandappreciationofPolishculture,history,

andtraditions;

b.Strengthen understanding, goodwill, and friendship between the people of the United

StatesofAmericaandthepeopleofPolandbypromotingclosereducationalandcultural

relations;

c.Enhance knowledge of the Polish contribution to world civilization in general and to

Americainparticular;

d.EncourageandpromotethestudyofPolishculture,history,language,andtraditionsinthe

UnitedStates;and

e.FosteramongAmericansofPolishancestryadeeperunderstandingandappreciationof

theirculturalheritage,therebyenrichingthepluralisticcultureandtraditionsoftheUnited

StatesofAmerica.

TheFoundationconductsand/orsponsorsprograms,projects,andactivitiesdesignedtosupport

itspurposesandobjectives.

cHaPtErs

TherearesevenChaptersoftheFoundation:Philadelphia,Pittsburgh,WesternNewYork(Buffalo),

Chicago,RockyMountain(Denver),NewEngland(Springfield),andTexas(Houston).

2. summarY oF signiFicant accounting PoLiciEs

(a) Basis of Presentation

ThefinancialstatementsoftheFoundationhavebeenpreparedontheaccrualbasisandinac-

cordancewithU.S.generallyacceptedaccountingprinciplesapplicabletonotforprofitorgani-

zations.

TheFoundation’snetassetsandrevenues,expenses,gains,andlossesareclassifiedbasedonthe

existenceorabsenceofdonorimposedrestrictions.Accordingly,thenetassetsoftheFoundation

andchangesthereinareclassifiedandreportedasfollows:

unrestricted net assets–Netassetsthatarenotsubjecttodonorimposedstipulations.


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temporarily restricted net assets–Netassetssubjecttodonorimposedstipulationsthatwill

bemeteitherbyactionsoftheFoundationorfulfillmentsofdonors’stipulationsorthepas-

sageoftime.

Permanently restricted net assets–Netassetssubjecttodonorimposedstipulationsthatthey

bemaintainedpermanently.Generally,thedonorsoftheseassetspermittheuseofallorpart

oftheincomeearnedonrelatedinvestmentsforgeneralorspecificpurposes.

Revenuesarereportedasincreasesinunrestrictednetassetsunlesstheiruseislimitedbydonor

imposedrestrictions.Expensesare reportedasdecreases inunrestrictednetassets.Gainsand

lossesoninvestmentsandotherassetsorliabilitiesarereportedasincreasesordecreasesinunre-

strictednetassetsunlesstheiruseisrestrictedbyexplicitdonorstipulationorbylaw.Expirations

oftemporaryrestrictionsonnetassets(i.e.,thedonorstipulatedpurposeshavebeenfulfilledand/

orthestipulatedtimeperiodhaselapsed)arereportedasnetassetsreleasedfromretrictions.

(b) use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted account-

ingprinciplesrequiresmanagementtomakeestimatesandassumptionsthataffectthereported

amountsofassetsandliabilitiesatthedateofthefinancialstatementsandthereportedamounts

ofrevenuesandexpensesduringtheperiod.Actualresultscoulddifferfromthoseestimates.

(c) scholarships and grants

Scholarshipsandgrantsarereportedasaliabilityandexpensewhentherecipientshavesatisfied

allconditionsofacceptance.

(d) investments

Investmentsinequitysecuritieswithreadilydeterminablefairvalueandallinvestmentsindebt

securitiesarereportedatfairvaluebasedonquotedmarketvalueswithgainsandlossesreported

inthestatementsofactivities.Theweighted-average-costmethodisprimarilyusedincomput-

ingrealizedgainsandlossesonthesaleofinvestments.

(e) cash and cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include highly liquid debt instruments with a maturity of three

monthsor lessat the timeofpurchase, except for thoseamountsheldaspartofa long term

investmentstrategy.

(f) inventory

Inventory,whichconsistsprimarilyofbooksandpublications,isstatedatthelowerofcostornet

realizablevaluewithcostdeterminedonafirstin,firstoutbasis.


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(g) Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property,plant,andequipmentarestatedatcostlessaccumulateddepreciation,exceptfordo-

nated items, which are recorded at the fair value on the date of donation. Maintenance and

repairsarechargedtooperationsasincurred.Depreciationisprovidedovertheestimateduse-

fullivesoftheassetsusingthestraightlinemethod.Thenumberofyearsusedindetermining

depreciationisasfollows:

Years

Furniture,fixtures,andequipment 3-7

Buildingandimprovements 20-40

(h) income taxes

TheFoundation is exempt fromfederal income taxesunderSection501(c)(3)of the Internal

RevenueCode.

(i) Functional allocation of Expenses

Thecostsofprovidingthevariousprogramsandotheractivitieshavebeensummarizedona

functional basis in the statements of activities. Accordingly, certain costs have been allocated

amongtheprogramsandsupportingservicesbenefited.

(j) art collection

TheFoundationhasanextensivecollectionofartworkandotherartifacts,whicharetheresults

ofnumerousdonationsovertheyears.Donatedartworkorotherartifactsarecapitalizedattheir

appraisedorfairvalueontheaccessiondate.Ifcollectionitemsaresold,theproceedsfromthe

saleareusedtoacquireothercollectionitems.Gainsorlossesonthedeaccessionofcollection

itemsareclassifiedonthestatementsofactivitiesasunrestrictedortemporarilyrestrictedsup-

portdependingondonorrestrictions,ifany,atthetimeofaccession.

InNovember2004,theartcollectionwasappraised.AsofJune30,2006,thenewvalueofthe

Foundation’scollectionis$2,742,620.

(k) Pooled income Fund

TheFoundationmanagesapooledincomefundthatassignsunitstoeachdonor’scontribution.

Suchdonorreceivestheincomeearnedontheassignedunitsuntilthedonor’sdeath,atwhich

timethevalueoftheunitsispayabletotheFoundationforitsunrestricteduse.

(l) deposits Held in custody for others

TheFoundationiscustodianof$216,000receivedfromaresourceproviderwhichisremittedto

auniversityinPoland(i.e.,specifiedbeneficiary)forspecificeducationalprograms:suchamount

isincludedindepositsheldincustodyforothersintheaccompanyingbalancesheetatJune30,

2006.


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3. invEstmEnts

ThecostandfairvalueoftheFoundation’sinvestmentsatJune30,2006and2005areasfollows:

2006 2005

cost Fair value cost Fair value

U.S.Governmentand

agencyobligations $ 7,184,153 6,895,094 6,767,021 6,750,068

Moneymarket 8,876,522 8,876,522 2,929,517 2,929,517

CD's 216,000 214,232 288,000 286,454

Stocks 6,952,648 7,718,133 12,433,039 13,719,804

$23,229,323 23,703,981 22,417,577 23,685,843

Allinvestmentsareheldinthreeinvestmentpools.PoolAincludesthepermanentendowment

fund,theunappropriatednetappreciationfromthoseendowments,unrestrictedcontributions,

andtheappreciationonunrestrictedgifts.PoolBareTreasurynotesforpermanentlyrestricted

purposes (TheMichalinaandHermanZimberFund).PoolCareTreasurynotes forperma-

nentlyrestrictedpurposes(PolishAmericanClubofNorthJersey(PAC)).

Thefollowingprovidesarollforwardofinvestmentactivities:

Pool a Pool B Pool c total

InvestmentsatJune30,2004 $20,712,345 264,900 193,690 21,170,935

Receiptsavailableforinvestment 2,552,024 — — 2,552,024

Dividendsandinterest 684,597 6,822 6,030 697,449

Realizedandunrealizedgains(losses) 818,919 (147) (721) 818,051

Totalreturnoninvestment 1,503,516 6,675 5,309 1,515,500

Amountappropriatedfor

currentoperations (1,551,558) (1,031) (27) (1,552,616)

InvestmentsatJune30,2005 23,216,327 270,544 198,972 23,685,843

Receiptsavailableforinvestment 404,482 — — 404,482

Dividendsandinterest 642,203 8,183 8,741 659,127

Realizedandunrealizedgains 956,174 1,819 2,554 960,547

Totalreturnoninvestment 1,598,377 10,002 11,295 1,619,674

Amountappropriatedfor

currentoperations (1,962,149) (18,109) (25,760) (2,006,018)

InvestmentsatJune30,2006 $23,257,037 262,437 184,507 23,703,981


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TheparticipationinthepoolsandnetassetclassesoftheinvestmentsatJune30,2006and2005

areshowninthetablebelow:

2006

PoolA PoolB PoolC Total

Permanentlyrestricted $10,315,764 180,000 93,657 10,589,421

Temporarilyrestricted 12,437,136 82,437 90,850 12,610,423

Unrestricted 504,137 — — 504,137

$23,257,037 262,437 184,507 23,703,981

2005

PoolA PoolB PoolC Total

Permanentlyrestricted $10,109,504 180,000 93,657 10,383,161

Temporarilyrestricted 12,114,156 90,544 105,315 12,310,015

Unrestricted 992,667 — — 992,667

$23,216,327 270,544 198,972 23,685,843

Inaddition,theFoundationholds2,100sharesofcommonstockofacloselyheldcorporation

thatweregiftedin1992.InSeptember2006,thecloselyheldcorporationrepurchasedsaidshares

for$317,000cash.

4. ProPErtY, PLant, and EquiPmEnt

Property,plant,andequipmentconsistofthefollowingatJune30,2006and2005:

2006 2005

Land $ 22,811 22,811

Buildingandimprovements 2,489,440 2,444,209

Furnitureandfixtures 370,507 366,573

Equipment 236,961 233,515

3,119,719 3,067,108

Lessaccumulateddepreciation 1,452,765 1,378,582

$1,666,954 1,688,526


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5. commitmEnts

TheFoundationhastwooperatingleasesforapartmentsusedbygranteeswhileresidinginthe

UnitedStatesandaleaseonanofficeinWarsaw.RentexpensefortheyearsendedJune30,2006

and2005was$48,160and$49,414,respectively.Thefutureminimumrentalcommitmentunder

theseannualleasesisapproximately$43,000,andisrenewableannually.

TheFoundationleasesspaceinitsbuilding.Futureminimumrentalincomeis$81,795forthe

yearendingJune30,2007.

AtJune30,2006,theFoundationwascommitted,subjecttothesatisfactionofacceptancecondi-

tions,toawardscholarshipsandgrantsofapproximately$956,650forthe2006-2007academic

year(September2006-May2007).

6. tEmPorariLY rEstrictEd nEt assEts

TemporarilyrestrictednetassetsareavailableforthefollowingpurposesatJune30,2006and

2005:

2006 2005

Scholarshipsandgrants $ 979,063 994,9770

Originalgiftsheldlongtermfor

scholarshipsandgrants 2,348,464 2,348,464

Reinvestedappreciationonendowmentsfor

scholarshipsandgrants 9,442,682 9,090,002

$12,770,209 12,433,443

7. PErmanEntLY rEstrictEd nEt assEts

TheincomefrompermanentlyrestrictednetassetsatJune30,2006and2005isavailableforthe

followingpurposes:

2006 2005

Scholarships $10,315,764 10,109,504

Beneficialinterestinperpetualinterests:

Scholarships 424,369 428,057

Cultural 1,011,678 991,488

PoolBandCfundsforscholarships:

PAC 93,657 93,657

Zimber 180,000 180,000

$12,025,468 11,802,706


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8. nEt assEts rELEasEd From rEstrictions

Netassetswerereleasedfromdonorrestrictionsbyincurringexpensessatisfyingtherestricted

purposesorbytheoccurrenceofothereventsspecifiedbydonors:

2006 2005

Scholarshipsandgrants $ 1,035,262 1,002,921

Managementfees 141,716 132,018

Administrativefeess 95,936 68,3652

$1,272,914 1,203,304

9. rEtirEmEnt PLan

Substantiallyallemployeeswhohavecompletedoneyearofservicemayparticipateinthede-

finedcontributionplanunderwhichtheFoundationwillcontributeupto10%ofthepartici-

pant’ssalary.Therelatedexpenseswere$50,172and$40,070fortheyearsendedJune30,2006

and2005,respectively.

10. BEnEFiciaL intErEst in PErPEtuaL trusts

ThefairvalueoffundsthatareheldinperpetuitybythirdpartieswheretheFoundationisthe

incomebeneficiaryisincludedinthebalancesheets.Thefollowingisasummaryofsuchtrusts

atJune30,2006and2005:

2006 2005

Fairvalueof Investment Fairvalueof Investment

securities income securities income

heldby received heldby received

Trust thirdparties duringtheyear thirdparties during-theyear

StanleyW.Wasil $ 428,057 16,639 409,552 19,057

MaryR.Koons 991,488 29,615 947,044 39,153

$1,419,545 46,254 1,356,596 58,210


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Pres idents of the KosCiUsZKo foUndAt ion ChAPters

Pittsburgh,Pennsylvaniamr. John Bartus

RockyMountain(Littleton,Colorado)Prof. Jan Bialasiewicz

WesternNewYork(Buffalo,NewYork)William E. nowakowski, Esq.

Houston,TexasProf. Waldemar Priebe

Chicago,IllinoisProf. Lidia Filus

NewEnglandmrs. carolyn topor

Philadelphiams. teresa g. Wojcik

stAff of the KosCiUsZKo foUndAt ion

JosephE.Gore,Esq.President and Executive Director

Ms.MarylaJaniakVice President

Ms.MonikaOlszerJasinskaDirector of Development and

Assistant Corporate Secretary

Ms.ChristineB.KuskowskiDirector, Teaching English in Poland

Program

Mr.ThomasJ.PniewskiDirector of Cultural Affairs

Ms.ElaIngardenManager, Special Events and Rentals

Ms.JolantaKowalskaAccounting Manager

Ms.AgataBiedaKrutyszGrants Department Assistant

Mr.JosephHerterRepresentative, Warsaw Office

Ms.MagdalenaMazurek-NuovoExecutive Secretary and Assistant

Corporate Secretary

Ms.ElizabethKoszarska-Skrabonja

Curator-in-residence

Ms.DorotheaB.SteinsDevelopment Department Manager

Ms.JeanneGiovanos-WojcikTemporary Assistant, Development

Department

Ms.AddyTymczyszynProgram Officer, Scholarships and

Grants for Americans

Ms.AnnaUtechtReceptionist, Assistant Director,

Teaching English In Poland Program

Mr.RichardDijanicHouse Maintenance

Ms.ZofiaWardzynskaHousekeeper


7 5 List as of January 2007

chairmanWitold s. sulimirskiBronxville, New York

honorary chairmandr. michael g.

sendzimirWaterbury, Connecticut

vice chairmendr. thaddeus v.

gromadaJohns Island, South Carolina

mr. William J. nareski ii

Darien, Connecticut

mrs. christine m. mcmullan

Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey

mrs. Wanda senkoMuttontown, New York

president and executive directorJoseph E. gore, Esq.Clifton, New Jersey

vice presidentms. maryla JaniakMassapequa, New York

treasurer and corporate secretarymrs. Helen mary m.

tyszkaGarden City, New York

assistant corporate secretaryms. monika olszer

JasinskaNew York, New York

ms. magdalena mazurek-nuovo

Brooklyn, New York

membersadam m. BakBrooklyn, New York

maria J. HagadusBedford Hills, New York

susan LaczBethesda, Maryland

dr. stanislaw a. milewski

Manchester, Connecticut

Edward t. mohylowski

New York, New York

mark J. Peszko, Esq.Buffalo, New York

rick E. PierchalskiPittsburgh, Pennsylvania

dr. Ewa radwanskaChicago, Illinois

cynthia rosicki, Esq.Plainview, New York

mr. Wojciech uzdelewicz

New York, New York

Henry c. Walentowicz, Esq.

Clifton, New Jersey

ms. iwona ZdunczakNew York, New York

honorary trusteesdr. Zbigniew

BrzezinskiWashington, D.C.

Hilary Koprowski m.d.

Wynnewood, Pennsylvania

maestro Krzysztof Penderecki

Krakow, Poland

magdalena abakanowicz

Warsaw, Poland

Lt.gen. Edward L. rowny usa (ret)

Washington, D.C.

andrzej WajdaWarsaw, Poland

Jack radgowskiHauppauge, New York

trustees emeritiLt. gen. Leo J.

dulacki usmc (ret)

Sun City West, Arizona

Elaine H. dobrowskiMansfield, Massachusetts

dr. donald F. mushalko

McKeesport, Pennsylvania

Frank n. PiaseckiEssington, Pennslyvania

michael a. Wrotniak, Jr.

Glen Cove, New York

Eugene L. slotkowski, m.d.

Chicago, Illinois

Hon. ann t. mikollDepew, New York

national advisory councilProf. Jan BialasewiczLittleton, Colorado

John BartusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jadzia BarwickWyckoff, New Jersey

Philip W. cadieuxFarmingdale, New York

alicja danecka-chwals

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Prof. Lidia FilusChicago, Illinois

Frances X. gatesBrooklyn, New York

Prof. Peter gessnerWilliamsville, New York

Eugenia goreClifton, New Jersey

dr. Witold KaweckiPlainville, Connecticut

christine J. Kicinski, Esq.

New York, New York

christine B. Kuskowski

Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

ronald s. melnyk, Esq.

Astoria, New York

William nowakowski, Esq.

Buffalo, New York

mary Kay PieskiTalmadge, Ohio

dawn PolewacCarle Place, New York

Prof. Waldemar Priebe

Houston, Texas

charles P. PydychHaverford, Pennsylvania

Joanna rudnickaChicago, Illinois

carolyn toporSouth Hadley, Massachusetts

teresa WojcikBensalem, Pennsylvania

andre Zlotnicki, aia, aicP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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