August Chełkowski
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| August Chełkowski | |
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7th Marshal of the Senate of the Republic of Poland
2nd Marshal of the Senate of the Third Republic |
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| In office December 23, 1991 – October 15, 1993 |
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| President | Lech Wałęsa |
| Prime Minister | Jan Olszewski, Waldemar Pawlak, Hanna Suchocka |
| Deputy | Andrzej Czapski, Józef Ślisz, Alicja Grześkowiak |
| Preceded by | Andrzej Stelmachowski |
| Succeeded by | Adam Struzik |
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| Born | February 27, 1927 Telkwice, then East Prussia, German Reich, now Poland |
| Died | October 31, 1999 (aged 72) Warsaw, Poland |
| Political party | Solidarity |
| Profession | Physician |
August Chełkowski (born February 27, 1927 - died October 31, 1999) was a prominent Polish physician and politician.
Born in a small village of Telkwice, then in East Prussia (then a part of Weimar Republic) he was a son of Franciszek Chełkowski, a wealthy landowner and prominent activist of Polish community in Prussia and his wife Emilia (maiden name Mieczkowska). He was related to the number of others Polish activist by his maternal side.
He was a graduate of prestigious Karol Marcinkowski Secondary School in Poznań (commonly known as Marcinek) and Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He earned bachelor degree (magister) from physics in 1952 and master degree (doktorat) in 1958.
He went to became professor of the University of Silesia in 1973 and a higher ranking professor (profesor zwyczajny) in 1990. He worked primary on his alma mater.
He served as a President of Silesia Uniersity from September 1, 1981 until January 12, 1982.
He was an author of a number of works on physics.
In 1980 he became a member of the Solidarity and an active figure in opposition. He was the only president of the university arrested during the Martial Law.
After fall of communism he was elected to the Senate from Solidarity and served until his death.
He served as a Senate Marshal during Senate 2nd term (December 23, 1991 - October 16, 1993.
This article incorporates text translated from the corresponding Polish Wikipedia article as of 2007-11-07.
