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Does Scholarship Matter?
Ko s c i u s z Ko F o u n dat i o nAn American Center for Polish Culture
the
2006 annual RepoRt
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
Ko s c i u s z Ko F o u n dat i o nAn American Center for Polish Culture
the
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
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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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.
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
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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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.
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
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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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.
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
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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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.
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
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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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.
G R a n t e e p R o F i l e
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.
$11,710 TheStanislas
ChylinskiFund
s c h o l a R s h i p s : h u m a n i t i e s
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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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
G R a n t e e p R o F i l e
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.
G R a n t e e p R o F i l e
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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.
$14,100 TheStanislas
ChylinskiFund
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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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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,
Jagiellonian University
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.
$ 3,000 TheWandaRoehr
Fund
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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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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.
$ 3,000 TheWandaRoehr
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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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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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
$30,500 TheStanislas
ChylinskiFund
heRzoG, tomaszAssistant Professor,
Adam Mickiewicz
University in Poznan
TenmonthfellowshiptoteachcoursesinthePolishStudies
ProgramattheUniversityatBuffalo.
$30,500 TheStanislas
ChylinskiFund
szelc-maYs, maGdalenaSenior Lecturer,
Department of Polish
as a Foreign Language,
Institute of Polish
Language and Culture
in the World
TenmonthfellowshiptoteachcoursesinthePolishStudies
ProgramattheUniversityofConnecticutatStorrs.
$30,500 TheStanislas
ChylinskiFund
dabRoWsKa, malGoRzataProfessor, Department
of Byzantine Studies,
University of Lodz
TenmonthfellowshiptoteachinthePolishStudiesProgram
atRiceUniversity,Houston,Texas.
$30,500 TheStanislas
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,
Jagiellonian University
TenmonthfellowshiptoteachcoursesinthePolishStudies
ProgramattheUniversityofMassachusettsatAmherst
andtoconductresearchonthecontemporarytheoryof
performanceintheUnitedStatesattheUniversityof
Massachusetts.
$30,500 TheStanislas
ChylinskiFund
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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.
$11,710 TheStanislas
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)
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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
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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
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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
G R a n t e e p R o F i l e
continued
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
2 9
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.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
biezYchudeK, KataRzYna of Carol Stream, IL
FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinBusinessAdministration,
HarvardBusinessSchool,Boston,MA.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
bittencouRt, elzbieta of Woodside, NY
SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinCreativeWriting,
ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
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.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
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
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
3 0
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
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.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
despeRaK, anna of Garfield, NJ
SecondyearofundergraduatestudiesinNursing,Fairleigh
DickinsonUniversity,Teaneck,NJ.
$1,100 PolishAmerican
ClubofNorthJersey
Fund
dmochoWsKa, KaRolina of Erie, PA
ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicineUniversityof
Chicago,Chicago,IL.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
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.
$4,000 TheJosephineWall
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.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
GedzioR, Joanna of Syracuse, NY
ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicine,SUNYUpstate
MedicalUniversity,Syracuse,NY.
$3,000 TheEmilyZielinski
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
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
3 1
name puRpose amount Fund
heRRinGton, Jessicaof Washington, DC
SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinLaw,CatholicUniversity
ofAmerica,Washington,DC.
$4,000 TheJosephineWall
andIgnatiusWall
ScholarshipFund
JanisieWicz, aGnieszKaof Norwood, NJ
SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicine,Harvard
University,Boston,MA.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
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.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
KasnicKi Johnof Garden City, NY
SecondyearofundergraduatestudiesinGovernment,
HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA
$2,000 PolishNational
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.
$1,300 PolishAmerican
ClubofNorthJersey
Fund
Kocol, KataRzYnaof Elmhurst, IL
ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinOsteopathicMedicine,
DesMoinesUniversity,DesMoines,IA.
$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
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
3 2
G R a n t e e p R o F i l e
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.
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
3 3
G R a n t e e p R o F i l e
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.”
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
3 4
name puRpose amount Fund
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.
$4,000 TheMichalinaand
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.
$3,000 FloydandIrene
McKain/John
andHelenGenza
ScholarshipFund
lin, tonYof Cypress, CA
FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinCentralEuropeanStudies,
JagiellonianUniversity,Krakow,Poland.
$3,000 VictoriaKokernak
ScholarshipFund
lis, Kamilaof Glen Cove, NY
FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinEnglishLiterature,
UniversityofVirginia,Charlottesville,VA.
$4,000 TheJosephineWall
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.
$4,000 TheMichalinaand
HermanZimber
ScholarshipFund
maRKeleWicz, RobeRtof Cranston, RI
ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinMedicineBrown
University,Providence,RI.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
maRuseK, saRahof New York, NY
ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinInternationalStudies,
NewSchoolUniversity,NewYork,NY.
$5,000 EdwardC.Smith
ScholarshipFund
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
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
3 5
name puRpose amount Fund
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.
$1,000 PolishAmerican
ClubofNorthJersey
Fund
nesseR, annaof Woodland Hills, CA
FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinArchitecture,Universityof
Pennsylvania,Philadelphia,PA.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
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.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
paKulsKi, Jillof New York, NY
SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinNutritionandEducation,
TeachersCollege,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.
$3,000 RichardSobieraj
ScholarshipFund
paRadoWsKi, chRistinaof Coral Springs, FL
FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinLaw,UniversityofFlorida,
Gainesville,FL.
$3,000 VictoriaKokernak
ScholarshipFund
petRYniaK, olGaof Washington, DC
SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinInternational
Development,JohnsHopkinsUniversity,Washington,DC.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
pienczYKoWsKa, moniKaof Brooklyn, NY
FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinInternationalLaw,Chicago-
KentCollegeofLaw,Chicago,IL.
$3,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
plateR-zYbeRK, helenaof New York, NY
SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinInternationalBusiness
andFinance,ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
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
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
3 6
G R a n t e e p R o F i l e
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
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
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.”
G R a n t e e p R o F i l e
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
3 8
name puRpose amount Fund
polanoWsKi, paWelof Clifton, NJ
FourthyearofundergraduatestudiesinMechanical
Engineering,StevensInstituteofTechnology,Hoboken,NJ.
$1,500 PolishAmerican
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.
$3,000 FloydandIrene
McKain/John
andHelenGenza
ScholarshipFund
saden, ReGinaof Clinton, NY
SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinPharmacologyand
InternalMedicine,SUNYUpstateMedicalUniversity,
Syracuse,NY.
$3,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
siedlinsKa, malWinaof Brooklyn, NY
ThirdyearofundergraduatestudiesinPoliticalEconomics
andFrench,BarnardCollege,ColumbiaUniversity,
NewYork,NY.
$2,000 PolishNational
AllianceofBrooklyn,
USA,Inc.Fund
silveR, emilYof Ferndale, CA
SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinFineArt/Painting,
SanFranciscoArtInstitute,SanFrancisco,CA.
$4,000 FloydandIrene
McKain/John
andHelenGenza
ScholarshipFund
sKeRett, GabRielleof Fair Lawn, NJ
ThirdyearofundergraduatestudiesinBiology,TheCollege
ofSaintElizabeth,Morristown,NJ.
$1,200 PolishAmerican
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.
$3,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
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
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
3 9
name puRpose amount Fund
sopielniKoW, milenaof Wallington, NJ
SecondyearofundergraduatestudiesinPublicRelations,
UniversityofConnecticut,Storrs,CT.
$500 PolishAmerican
ClubofNorthJersey
Fund
spanGenbeRG, malGoRzataof Seattle, WA
SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinLaw,Universityof
Washington,Seattle,WA.
$3,000 VictoriaKokernak
ScholarshipFund
stabRoWsKi, Filipof Pasadena, CA
ThirdyearofgraduatestudiesinGeography,Universityof
California,Berkeley,Berkeley,CA.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
szeWczYK, baRtlomieJof North Bergen, NJ
FourthyearofgraduatestudiesinPublicAffairsandLaw,
PrincetonUniversity,Princeton,NJandYaleUniversity,
NewHaven,CT.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
szosKa, miKolaJof Bronx, NY
SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinArchitecture,
CranbrookAcademyofArt,BloomfieldHills,MI.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
taRczYnsKi, mateuszof New York, NY
FirstyearofgraduatestudiesinArchitecture,
ColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.
$4,000 TheEmilyZielinski
ScholarshipFund
tomczaK, adamof River Vale, NJ
FirstyearofundergraduatestudiesinAstrophysics,
RutgersUniversity,Piscataway,NJ.
$2,000 PolishAmerican
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.
$1,750 PolishAmerican
ClubofNorthJersey
Fund
zubeK, Johnof Haslett, MI
SecondyearofgraduatestudiesinPhysicalTherapy,Central
MichiganUniversity,MountPleasant,MI.
$3,000 TheJosephNowak
ScholarshipFund
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
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
4 0
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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
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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
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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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
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
4 3
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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
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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
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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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.
s p e c i a l a n d t R a v e l G R a n t s
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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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.
s p e c i a l a n d t R a v e l G R a n t s
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.
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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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.
s p e c i a l a n d t R a v e l G R a n t s
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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amount souRce puRpose oF GRant
$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.
s p e c i a l a n d t R a v e l G R a n t s
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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amount souRce puRpose oF GRant
$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.
s p e c i a l a n d t R a v e l G R a n t s
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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amount souRce puRpose oF GRant
$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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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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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.
chambeR music seRies
c u lt u R a l s p e c i a l p R o G R a m s
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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.
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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
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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
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collection
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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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F i n a n c i a l s tat e m e n t s
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
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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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
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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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
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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
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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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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