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Geography educator

Leszek Antoni Kosinski, Polish geography educator. Award for Service to the Profession of Geography 1994).

Background

Kosinski, Leszek Antoni was born on June 13, 1929 in Warsaw, Poland. Arrived in Canada, 1968, naturalized, 1974. Son of Jakub and Emilia Kosinski.

Education

Master of Arts in Economics, Central School Planning and Statistics, 1951. Master of Arts, in History, U. Warsaw, 1954. Doctor of Philosophy, Polish Academy Sciences, 1958, Docent, 1963.

Junior researcher Institute Town Planning and Architecture, Warsaw, Poland, 1950-1954.

Senior researcher Institute Geography, Polish Academy Sciences, 1954-1968. Professor geography U. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1969-1994.

Secretary-general International Social Science Council, Paris,1994. Secretary-general, treasurer International Geography Union, 1984-1992.

Career

Junior researcher Institute Town Planning and Architect, Warsaw, 1950—1954. Senior researcher Institute Geography Polish Academy of Sciences, 1954—1968. Professor geography University Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1969—1994.

Secretary-general, treasurer International Geography Union, 1984—1992, laureat d'honneur, 2008. Secretary-general International Social Science Council, Paris, 1994—2003. With Polish Underground, 1943-1944.

Achievements

  • Leszek Antoni Kosinski has been listed as a noteworthy geography educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow: Royal Society of Canada. Member: Canada Association Geographers (Service to Profession of Geography award 1994), Population Geographers of India, International Union for Science Study of Population, Italian Geography Society (correspondent), Polish Geography Society (honorary), Paris Geography Society (honorary), Russian Geography Society (honorary), Academy Raumforschung and Landesplanning (correspondent), Canada Association Slavists, Canada Population Society (president 1984-1986).

Interests

  • Travel; photography; skiing.

Connections

Married Maria Leokadia Bodakiewicz, April 2, 1951.

Father:
Jakub Kosinski

Mother:
Emilia (Opacka) Kosinski

Spouse:
Maria Leokadia Bodakiewicz