Henryk Korab-Janiewicz Explained

Henryk Korab-Janiewicz
Office:Fifth President of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America
Term Start:1955
Term End:1961
Predecessor:Ignacy Nurkiewicz
Successor:Władysław Bortnowski
Office2:Seventh President of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America
Term Start2:1962
Term End2:1965
Predecessor2:Władysław Bortnowski
Successor2:Ignacy Nurkiewicz
Office3:Ninth President of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America
Term Start3:1966
Term End3:1969
Predecessor3:Ignacy Nurkiewicz
Successor3:Wiesław Domaniewski
Birth Date:January 16, 1897
Birth Place:Warsaw, Congress Poland
Death Place:Short Hills, New Jersey, United States
Nationality:Polish-American

Henryk Korab-Janiewicz (January 16, 1897  - August 11, 1971) was a Polish-American businessman, historian, social activist and three-time president of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America.

Life and activity

He was born on January 16, 1897, in Warsaw. In 1911, he became active in scouting and in the Riflemen's Association. In 1915, he was arrested by the Russians and transported deep east into Russia. Returned to Poland in 1919 and received a recommendation to enroll in a military trade school. Next, Korab-Janiewicz finished the Wyższa Szkoła Handlowa in Warsaw and worked as the chairman of the International Association of Trade and Consignment "Metokko" as well as in the Polish State Loan Agency.

In 1924 he moved to Paris, where he studied and worked as one of secretaries general for the Association for Protection of Polish Immigrants in France. In 1928 he moved to the United States and settled in the state of New Jersey, where he launched the Ampol Film Co. and worked for the editing staff of the daily "Dziennik dla Wszystkich". In 1935, Korab-Janiewicz established a factory of meat products called "Pasco" and initiated the creation of a Buffalo branch of the Polish Maritime and Colonial League.

In 1940 he was elected as the president of the American Polonia Council in New Jersey. In 1947 he became a member of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America and between 1955 and 1969 he served as its president, with two short breaks. On September 26, 1962, he was granted honorary membership of the Institute. Korab-Janiewicz died in Short Hills, New Jersey on August 11, 1971.

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