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Janina Wójcicka Hoskins. Janina Wójcicka Hoskins (February 19, 1912 – October 19, 1996) [1] [2] was a Polish-American librarian. She worked at the Library of Congress from 1951 to 1989 and was responsible for assembling there the largest collection of Polish material in the United States. [3]
Janina Wójcicka Hoskins. Janina Wójcicka Hoskins (ur. 19 lutego 1912 w Kupowie, zm. 19 października 1996 w Menlo Park) – amerykańska bibliotekarka polskiego pochodzenia [1], dzięki jej pracy Biblioteka Kongresu w Waszyngtonie uzyskała największy zbiór polskich dzieł w całych Stanach Zjednoczonych [2] .
- amerykańsko-polska
- 19 października 1996, Menlo Park
- bibliotekarka
- 19 lutego 1912, Kupowo
Hoskins, a scholar who taught at American University, John Hopkins University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He was also a senior Specialist in Foreign Relations at the Library of Congress. In 1952, Dr. Janina Hoskins received a part-time position as Polish Consultant in the Slavic and East European Division at the Library of ...
Nov 29, 2011 · In this article the author provides a glimpse of the life and work of Janina Wójcicka Hoskins, an influential Slavic librarian, who worked at the Library of Congress (LC) from 1951 to 1989. She emigrated from Poland during World War II. Through her efforts, the Polish collections at LC became the largest in the United States.
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Wojcicki was born in Warsaw, Poland, the son of Janina Wanda Wójcicka (née Kozłowska), a bibliographer, and Franciszek Wójcicki, a lawyer. He and his brother fled from Poland to Sweden with his mother at the age of 12, when communists came to power.They eventually arrived in the United States. His father remained in Poland, and was soon imprisoned ...
Wojcicki worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and was a National Science Foundation fellow at CERN and the Collège de France. In 1966, he joined the Stanford Universityphysics faculty where he headed the Department of Physics from 1982–1985 and 2004–2007. Wojcicki has served as an advisor to government funding agencies (US and foreig...
Stanley Wojcicki was the husband of fellow educator Esther Wojcicki, whom he met at UC Berkeley. They have three children and ten grandchildren. 1. Susan Wojcicki, former CEO of YouTube. Google's first officewas started in her home. 2. Janet Wojcicki, assistant professor of pediatrics at UCSF. 3. Anne Wojcicki, founder and CEO of the genetic testin...
Oct 1, 2011 · Abstract. In this article the author provides a glimpse of the life and work of Janina Wójcicka Hoskins, an influential Slavic librarian, who worked at the Library of Congress (LC) from 1951 to ...
Janina Wójcicka Hoskins (grandmother) Franciszek Wójcicki (grandfather) Signature. Susan Diane Wojcicki ( / wʊˈtʃɪtski / woo-CHITS-kee; [1] born July 5, 1968) is an American business executive who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of YouTube from 2014 to 2023. Her net worth was estimated at $765 million in 2022.
