The Polish Mission Director Marcin Chumiecki and Cecile Wendt Jensen of Michigan Polonia LLC met with Professor Zdzisław Pietrzyk, Director of the Jagiellonian University Biblioteka Jagiellonska (The Jagiellonian Library) on 29 May 2009. Although his mentor’s funeral was scheduled for noon, he made time to meet with The Polish Mission. We were warmly greeted and after a few pleasantries Cecile presented him with a copy of her book “Detroit’s Polonia”. Professor Pietrzyk asked her to sign her book because after fifteen years of working with manuscripts he values a book with the handwritten signature of the author. It will become part of the Jagiellonian Library Collection.
Professor Pietrzyk developed a rough draft of a plan that includes a grant proposal. Marcin Chumiecki will present this information to Chancellor Whalen for consideration by the Executive Council. Director Chumiecki extended an invitation to visit the campus of Orchard Lake and Professor Pietrzyk accepted and set a tentative date in August, 2009.
