Chairman of the Board of GE Company Polska, Marian Lubieniecki, Mohamed Ali, Vice President of GE Aviation Services Engineering and representative of the Pilsudski Institute.
On January 23rd, at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, General Electric Company Polska was awarded a prestigious Corporate Catalyst Award granted by Józef Piłsudski Institute of America. The Institute applauded GECP as a forerunner of innovation for operating the Engineering Design Center and years of the company’s successful investments in Poland. The Gala took place at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, with representatives from the Chancellery of the President of Poland, U.S. Embassy in Poland, American Chamber of Commerce in Poland and Pilsudski Insitute of America.
Thanks to the support of the Polish Senate, the Pilsudski Institute digitized eight volumes of documents from the time period of 1912-1930. The collection includes documentation of the headquarters of the National Defense Committee in Chicago: legal and incorporation acts, the committee correspondence, minutes of meetings, notes and reports on activities, resolutions, reports of volunteers leaving America to join the Polish Legions during World War I.
The collection is available: http://archiwa.pilsudski.org/teczka.php?nonav=0&nrar=701&nrzesp=15&sygn=1 The archival materials document efforts of the Polish diaspora during World War I during the fight for Poland's independence. We strongly encourage you to learn unknown facts about the history of the Polish community in the USA.
