Iwona Korga
Polish-American historian, archivist and educator
Iwona Drąg-Korga (born July, 1967) is a Polish-American historian, archivist, educator, and the current President and Executive Director of the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America.
Life
Iwona Drąg-Korga has lived in New York City since 1991.
She has been associated with the Józef Piłsudski Institute of America since 1995, first as a librarian and archivist, subsequently as deputy director, from 2005 as executive director, and since 2016 as president.
In 1991 she received a degree in history from the Pedagogical University of Kraków, and in 2004 a doctorate in humanities.
In 2008 she obtained a master's degree in information science and library science from Queens College, City University of New York.
Korga serves on the board of directors of the Polish & Slavic Federal Credit Union.
Works
In 2011 Korga published Poland Is Fighting!, a book discussing the World War II propaganda policies of the Polish Government-in-Exile toward American society.
Honors
In 2018 Korga received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland from the President of Poland during a special ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw.
She was also awarded the Medal of the Centennial of Regained Independence and the Medal of the National Education Commission.
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