Background
Nitecki, Matthew H. was born on April 30, 1925 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Naturalized United States citizen, 1955. Son of Henryk W. and Antonina (Janicz) Nitecki.
Nitecki, Matthew H. was born on April 30, 1925 in Sosnowiec, Poland. Naturalized United States citizen, 1955. Son of Henryk W. and Antonina (Janicz) Nitecki.
Master of Science, University of Chicago, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1968.
Curator Walker Museum, University of Chicago, 1955-1965;
curator invertebrate paleontology, University of Chicago, since 1965;
from assistant curator to curator, Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, since 1965;
chairman systematic symposia, Field Museum Natural History, Chicago, since 1979. Lecturer University of Chicago, since 1982. Co-organizer International Congress on Fosil Algae, Boulder, Colorado, 1983.
Co-chairman symposium on archaeotectonics International Geological Congress, Moscow, 1984. Guest scientist Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy Sciences, 1981.
With Polish Army, World World War World War II. Member Geological Society of America, Paleontological Society, Society for Study Evolution.
Married Doris J. Vinton, December 29, 1964. Children: Mark R., David A.