Background
Wierzbicki, Zbigniew Thaddeus was born on March 13, 1919 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Romuald and Wanda (Peretiatkowicz) Wierzbicki.
Wierzbicki, Zbigniew Thaddeus was born on March 13, 1919 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Romuald and Wanda (Peretiatkowicz) Wierzbicki.
Master o fLaw, University Poznan, Poland, 1949. Doctor of Social Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1963. Eleve Titulaire (honorary), Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, 1960.
Teacher, headmaster secondary trade school, Naleczow, Poland, 1941—1946. Assistant, tutor Warsaw School of Economics, 1947—1949. Assistant professor Institute Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 1957—1973, associate professor, 1973—1989, professor, since 1989.
Visiting lecturer Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1964—1965. Professor sociology Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, 1982, University N. Copernicus, Torun, Poland, 1984—1992. Expert rural solidarity, Warsaw, 1980—1981.
Member Consultative Council, Warsaw, 1979—1981. Sponsor Alcoholics Anonymous movement, Poznan-Warsaw, 1958—1981. Christian Democrats Program Committee, 1988—1990.
Chairman youth section Catholic Episcopate Sobriety Committee, Warsaw, 1975—1980. Member of Society Scientiarium Varsoviensis, Polish Psychiatric Association (honoris causa 1998), Polish Sociological Association (president Rural Sociology section 1979-1983), League for Protection of Nature (president Poznan branch 1945-1956, Golden Badge 1985).
Married Wanda Elisabeth Plocka, July 7, 1961 (deceased 1999).