Iwona Korga
Iwona Drąg-Korga | |
|---|---|
| President of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America | |
| Assumed office 2016 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Alma mater | Pedagogical University of Cracow Queens College (CUNY) |
| Awards | Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland Medal of the Centennial of Regained Independence Medal of the National Education Commission |
Iwona Drąg-Korga (born July, 1967) is a Polish-American historian, archivist, educator, and the current President and Executive Director of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America.[1]
Life
Iwona Drąg-Korga has lived in New York City since 1991. She has been associated with the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America since 1995, first as a librarian and archivist, subsequently as deputy director, from 2005 as executive director, and since 2016 as president.[1] In 1991 she received a degree in history from the Pedagogical University of Kraków, and in 2004 a doctorate in humanities. In 2008 she obtained a master's degree in information science and library science from Queens College, City University of New York.[1] Korga serves on the board of directors of the Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union.[2]
Works
In 2011 Korga published Poland Is Fighting!, a book discussing the World War II propaganda policies of the Polish Government-in-Exile toward American society.[1]
Honors
In 2018 Korga received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland from the President of Poland during a special ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw.[3] She was also awarded the Medal of the Centennial of Regained Independence and the Medal of the National Education Commission.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Iwona Drąg-Korga". www.mabpz.org (in polski). Permanent Conference of Polish Museums, Archives and Libraries in the West. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ↑ "Leadership | PSFCU". en.psfcu.com. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dr Iwona Korga, prezes Instytutu Józefa Piłsudskiego w Nowym Jorku, odznaczona przez Prezydenta RP". Radio RAMPA (Polish). 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
External links
- CS1 polski-language sources (pl)
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- Living people
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- People from Greenpoint, Brooklyn
- 21st-century Polish non-fiction writers
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- Queens College, City University of New York alumni
- 1967 births