Iwona Korga

Iwona Drąg-Korga is a Polish-American historian, archivist, educator, and the current President and Executive Director of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America.[1]

Iwona Drąg-Korga
President of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America
Assumed office
2016
Personal details
NationalityPolish
Alma materPedagogical University of Cracow
Queens College (CUNY)
Awards

Biography

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, then as a deputy director, an executive director since 2005, finally becoming president of the organization in 2016.[1]

In 1991, she graduated with a degree in history from the Pedagogical University of Cracow and a doctorate in humanities in 2004. In 2008, she obtained a master's degree in information science and library science from Queens College, City University of New York.[1]

In 2011, she published a book titled "Poland is fighting!" which discussed the propaganda policy of the Polish government-in-exile towards American society between 1939 and 1945.[1]

In 2018, she 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.[2] She has also been awarded the Medal of the Centennial of Regained Independence and the Medal of the National Education Commission.[2]

Iwona Korga also serves on the board of directors at the Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union.[3]

References

  1. "Iwona Drąg-Korga". www.mabpz.org (in Polish). Permanent Conference of Polish Museums, Archives and Libraries in the West. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  2. "Dr Iwona Korga, prezes Instytutu Józefa Piłsudskiego w Nowym Jorku, odznaczona przez Prezydenta RP". Radio RAMPA (Polish). 2018-05-03. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  3. "Leadership | PSFCU". en.psfcu.com. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
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