Background
Bereday, George Zygmunt Fijalkowski was born on July 15, 1920 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Zygmunt B. and Halina (Piwko-Barylska) Bereday.
Bereday, George Zygmunt Fijalkowski was born on July 15, 1920 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Zygmunt B. and Halina (Piwko-Barylska) Bereday.
Bachelor of Science, University London, 1944. Bachelor of Arts, University Oxford, 1950, Master of Arts, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1953.
Juris Doctor, Columbia University, 1976.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Susquehanna University, 1978. Doctor of Laws, Florida Atlantic University, 1983.
Director Japanese-American teacher. Director comparative juvenile law research Lounsbery Foundation. Delegate 4th United States-Japan Cultural Conference
Editor: Public Education in America, 1958, Liberal Traditions in Education, 1958, Politics of Soviet Education, 1960, Changing Soviet School, 1960, Comparative Method in Education, 1964, The Making of Citizen, 1966, Essays on World Education, 1969, Modernization and Diversity in Soviet Education, 1971, American Education through Japanese Eyes, 1973, Universities for All, 1973.
Rev, 1957-1967; general editor: Columbia Comparative Education.
Member faculty Columbia University, 1955-1976, professor juvenile law, sociology, education, 1977-1983. Member United States cultural mission to Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1958, United States mission to Finland, 1966. Served with Polish Cavalry, 1938-1942.
Served with British Parachute Regiment, 1942-1945.
Member American Association of University Professors, American Bar assosiation, New York Bar Association, Hawaii Bar Association, American History Association, American Sociological Association, Comparative Education Society, Harvard, Columbia law school associations. Clubs: Royal Automobile (London).
Married Mary Hale Gillam, December 21, 1954. Children: Cornelia Krystyna, Mariko, Thaddeus Matthew Sigmund.