Both my wife Stasia and I are from the south of Poland. We met in Cracow where we
studied at the Jagiellonian University and Cracow University of Technology.
We got married in 1976 and settled down in Cracow. Since 1980, we began our
frequent visits to Austin sharing the next 13 years literally 50/50
between Cracow (Cracow University of Technology) and Austin (University
of Texas at Austin). In 1993 we moved permanently to Austin.
We are Catholics and we strongly believe in Christian values. We are currently
members os St. Albert the Great parish, very close to our home.
Stasia is very busy with grandchildren. I share my time between my work and my family.
I like working around our house and the yard.
Prof. Oden and I regularly go to the gym (used to be for weight lifting, now
mostly survival cardiovascular exercises...). I like also to swim in our
neighborhood pool. Unfortunately, we stopped skiing a decade ago.
I now have five children and four children-in-law. The oldest - Mike and his wife - Carmen, have three kids: Agnieszka (Aga, b. 2014), Jerzy (b. 2016) and Stefania (b. 2018). Our second son - Matthew is still single. Our third son - Marcin and his wife - Olivia, have seven children: Ignacy (Hejo, b. 2006), Feliks (b. 2007), Adelina (Lina, b. 2009), Kacper (Kacio, b. 2010), Weronika (Bero, b. 2014), Helena (b. 2016) and Linus (b. 2018). Our fourth - daughter Marynia and her husband - James, have four children: Matthias (Maciek, b. 2011), Dominik (Domcio, b. 2013), Benedykt (Benio, b. 2015), and Aurelia (Lela, b. 2018). Our youngest - Monika and her husband - Io, have three children: Theodore (Tedo, b. 2016), Leon (Lev, b. 2019), and Elanka (b. 2021).
