Marek Rocki

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Professor Marek Dariusz Rocki (born 14 May 1953 in Warsaw) is a Polish econometrist, former Rector of Szkoła Główna Handlowa (SGH) and currently a senator for Platforma Obywatelska.

[edit] Academic career

He graduated from the SGH (then known as Szkoła Główna Planowania i Statystyki) in 1977 with a Master's degree, and was awarded a doctorate in econometrics in 1981, when he became a full-time member of the school's faculty. In 1988 Rocki has attained habilitation in economics. He served as Vice-Rector of SGH from 1990 to 1996, and as Dean of the Diploma Studium (the unit responsible for master's level studies) from 1996 to 1999. He was elected Rector of the SGH for two consecutive terms - the maximum allowed - in total from 1999 to 2005. After that, he was elected the Dean of Collegium of Economic Analysis, a unit of the SGH grouping scientists specializing in quantitative methods. He is a Professor of the SGH, as opposed to professor as an independent (state-awarded) academic distinction.

In 1980s and 1990s he was also a lecturer at the Warsaw's Collegium Civitas and the Białystok branch of the Warsaw University.

[edit] Other activities

Professor Rocki is an author of Polish liceum and academic institutions' rankings, published by the Rzeczpospolita daily and Perspektywy monthly. He has been serving as a member of many education-related, non-profit and sports-related bodies, including the Polish Olympic Committee, as well as chairs the Academic Sports Association of Poland (AZS). In June 2005 he became the chairman of the Council of Public Service of the Republic of Poland. On 26 April 2006 Prime Minister Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz recalled him from this post, but he remained a member of the Council.

[edit] Politics

Professor Rocki is not a member of any political party, but is a member of the liberal conservative KoLiber society. In the 2005 parliamentary elections, he was elected to the Senate of Poland, representing the constituency of Warsaw, from the Platforma Obywatelska list. He is a member of Platforma's Senator's Club, as well as sits in the Committees for Science, Education and Sports and Foreign Affairs.

[edit] Other information

Professor Rocki is a recipient of many awards, including the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta. He is married to Elżbieta, and has a daughter, Katarzyna Rocka (born 1981), who is also an SGH graduate.