Iwona Korga Explained

Iwona Drąg-Korga
Office:President of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America
Alma Mater:Pedagogical University of Cracow
Queens College (CUNY)
Nationality:Polish
Awards:40px|Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland 40px|Medal of the Centennial of Regained Independence 40px|Medal of the National Education Commission
Termstart:2016

Iwona Drąg-Korga (born July, 1967) is a Polish-American historian, archivist, educator, and the current President and Executive Director of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America.[1]

Life

Iwona Drąg-Korga has lived in New York City since 1991.

She has been associated with the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America since 1995, first as a librarian and archivist, subsequently as deputy director, from 2005 as executive director, and since 2016 as president.

In 1991 she received a degree in history from the Pedagogical University of Kraków, and in 2004 a doctorate in humanities.

In 2008 she obtained a master's degree in information science and library science from Queens College, City University of New York.

Korga serves on the board of directors of the Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union.[2]

Works

In 2011 Korga published Poland Is Fighting!, a book discussing the World War II propaganda policies of the Polish Government-in-Exile toward American society.

Honors

In 2018 Korga received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland from the President of Poland during a special ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw.[3]

She was also awarded the Medal of the Centennial of Regained Independence and the Medal of the National Education Commission.

See also

References

  1. Web site: Iwona Drąg-Korga. www.mabpz.org. Permanent Conference of Polish Museums, Archives and Libraries in the West. pl-pl. 2019-12-03.
  2. Web site: Leadership PSFCU. en.psfcu.com. 2019-12-03.
  3. Web site: Dr Iwona Korga, prezes Instytutu Józefa Piłsudskiego w Nowym Jorku, odznaczona przez Prezydenta RP. 2018-05-03. Radio RAMPA (Polish). en-US. 2019-12-03.

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