Alfred Jurzykowski
Alfred Jurzykowski (born April 23, 1899 in Opava Austria-Hungary , † 1966 in São Paulo ) was a Polish manager and art patron.
Life
Jurzykowski served in the Austrian Army during the First World War and then joined the Army of the Polish Republic . He then attended the Vienna University of Economics and Business and was active in overseas trade until the Second World War. Plans to set up an automobile factory in Poland were thwarted by the war, and Jurzykowski emigrated to the USA.
He became a member of the management of Mercedes-Benz and in 1950 founded a production facility for trucks for Mercedes in Rio de Janeiro . In 1953 he founded another production facility in São Bernardo do Campo . He opened this in 1956 in the presence of the Brazilian President Juscelino Kubitschek and the Governor of São Paulo, Jânio Quadros . On this occasion he was awarded the medal of the Order of the Southern Cross ( Ordem do Cruzeiro do Sul ). Until 1960 he was a member of the board of Mercedes in Brazil.
In 1960 he founded the Jurzykowski Foundation in the USA to support Polish artists and scientists, which awards an annual prize. He also left behind the Alfred Jurzykowsky Memorial Library located in the Polish Arts and Science Building in New York . After his death, the Brazilian government awarded him the Rio Branco Order ( Ordem de Rio Branco ).
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- Stanley S. Sokol, Sharon F. Mrotek Kissane, Alfred L. Abramowicz: The Polish biographical dictionary: profiles of nearly 900 Poles who have made lasting contributions to world civilization , Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1992, ISBN 9780865162457 , pp. 169-70
- Mercedes-Benz Brazil - Alfred Jurzykowski
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jurzykowski, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish manager and art sponsor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Opava |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1966 |
| Place of death | São Paulo |