- Jacek Jędruch
Jacek Jędruch (
Warsaw ,Poland , 1927 –Athens ,Greece , 1995) was a Polish-Americannuclear engineer andhistorian of Polishrepresentative government .During
World War II he participated in the Polish Resistance movement. After the war, sought by communist security forces, he escaped to the West, found himself inEngland , and from there emigrated to theUnited States .He earned degrees from
Northwestern University and theMassachusetts Institute of Technology , and aPh.D. fromPennsylvania State University .While his vocation was
nuclear technology , hisavocation was the study of representative governments, the evolution of government policy in relation to public needs, and political developments inCentral Europe . This combination of interests prompted him to write a guide to Polish parliamentary history (first edition 1982, second edition 1997).He was at work on the second edition when in March 1995, while traveling in
Greece with his wifeEwa , achemical engineer , he suffered a fatal accident on theAcropolis inAthens .Working from his notes, Mrs. Jędruch completed the second edition of his book.Books by Jacek Jędruch
*"Constitutions, Elections, and Legislatures of Poland, 1493-1977: a Guide to Their History", University Press of America, 1982.
*"Nuclear Engineering Data Bases, Standards, and Numerical Analysis", Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985.
*"Constitutions, Elections, and Legislatures of Poland, 1493-1993: a Guide to Their History", Summit, NJ, EJJ Books, distributed by Hippocrene Books, 1997.References
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