Doctor Honoris Causa
of the Józef Piłsudski Academy
of Physical Education in Warsaw
1992
Professor Roman Trześniowski (1909 - 2004)
Born on 15` August 1909 in Komarów, graduate of the Academy of Physical Education (1939) and of the Faculty of Pedagogy at the University of Warsaw (1954). He was granted Ph.D. degree at the Research Institute of Physical Education (1959) and D.Sc. degree at the University of Warsaw (1964), he became full professor in 1973. He worked as a school teacher (1931-1936), school inspector (19451949). Since 1949 he was an academic teacher at the Academy of Physical Education, head of the Department of Physical Education Theory and Methodology (1964-1971), director of the Institute of PE and Recreation (1975-1977), dean of the Faculty of Physical Education (1904-1969), member of the State Council of Higher Education, of Physical Education Boards at the Ministry of Education and at the Physical Education and Sports Administration, member of Physical Education Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences, co-founder, secretary (1966-68) and president of the Polish Society of Physical Education and Sports Science (1968-1992), member of many committees, councils and editorial boards, honorary president of the Association of Graduates of the Academy of Physical Education. Author of numerous works on physical development and motor fitness of children and youths ("Healthy and Fit Child", 1958; "Physical Development and Fitness of Polish Youths", 1961; "Physical Fitness Scale for Schoolchildren Aged 7-19 Years", 1963; "Physical Fitness Tables of Polish Schoolchildren Aged 7-19 Years" co-author, 1989; "Physical Development and Fitness of Polish School-youths", 1990; "Physical Fitness of Polish Youths - a 1989 Survey", co-author, 1996), and of many other publications on physical education at school and on motor games; this included 9 editions of the textbook "Motor Activities and Games". The works by Professor Trześniowski are a significant contribution to the theory and methodology of physical education in Poland.
