Halicka, Antonina (1908–1973)
Halicka, Antonina (1908–1973)
Russian geologist. Name variations: Antonina Jaroszewicz. Born Antonina Jaroszewicz, Feb 13, 1908, in Maly Loswid, near Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus); died Dec 30, 1973; Stefan Batory University, MS, 1935, PhD, 1939.
Quaternary geology specialist, graduated from and worked as an assistant lecturer and researcher at Stefan Batory University in Vilnius, Lithuania (1930–39); mapped parts of Lithuania as a Lithuanian Geological Service prospecting group leader (1940–45); worked as a Polish government employee in Warsaw (1945–47); served as the deputy director (1947) and director (1950–73) of Museum of the Earth in Warsaw, Poland, which later became part of Polish Academy of Sciences; with funding from a Polish National Culture Fund grant (1937), studied volcanic activity and quaternary deposits in Italy, Finland and Sweden; edited and contributed over 40 papers to Transactions of the Earth Museum; contributed to the 1st Congress of Polish Science (1950); organized a bilateral Soviet-Polish symposia in Warsaw (1969) and in Leningrad (St. Petersburg, 1972); was a member of several organizations, including Polish Committee of the International Museal Union and International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences (1972). Honors include a Polish Gold Cross (for post-WWII reconstruction contributions to Poland) and membership to the Polish Academy of Science.