Antoni Stawikowski

Antoni Stawikowski (born 1933, Poland), first leader of the Polish illegal Solidarity union in Toruń.

Career

Stawikowski was the president of the then-illegal Solidarity union in Toruń from 1981–89, when the union has been proclaimed legal. Together with Ryszard Musielak, Andrzej Tyc, Stanisław Dembiński, Jarosław Zaremba, and others, Stawikowski was one of the crucial activists fighting with the communists regime in the region of Toruń. During the martial law (1981-1983) held in prison.

In 1955, he was hired at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Toruń (CAMK Toruń). He earned his doctoral degree in 1976. He author of several books on astronomy and cosmology.

In 2013, Bronisław Komorowski (then President of Poland) awarded him with Order of Polonia Restituta.

Family

He has two daughters, Małgorzata and Anna.

See also

• Solidarity (Polish trade union)
• History of Poland
• Toruń

References

External links

• Several Leaders of Solidarity Held Over Weekend Are Free - The New York Times (a lot concerns Stawikowski being arrested)
• Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center in Toruń (CAMK Toruń)
• Rotary Club Toruń