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Eugene Kleban was a member of the Polish Army General Staff at the beginning of World War II and a prisoner of war in Germany during the war. After the war he became a captain in the British Army and spent several years working for the Ministry of Labour and National Service in Britain before emigra...
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| Collection: | Eugene Kleban Papers |
| Collection Number: | 3415 |
| Format: | Manuscript |
| Language: | Polish |
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Eugene Kleban was a member of the Polish Army General Staff at the beginning of World War II and a prisoner of war in Germany during the war. After the war he became a captain in the British Army and spent several years working for the Ministry of Labour and National Service in Britain before emigrating to the United States in 1951. Following a successful career as an electrical engineer, Kleban received a PhD in sociology from New York University in 1965. He became a professor at Wagner College, teaching sociology and industrial relations, as well as executive director of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in America, and a member of the Mayor's Ethnic Minorities Council in New York City. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, classroom materials, student papers, resumes and recommendations, grant proposals, chapter drafts, blueprints and construction specifications, printed materials, and other items. |