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Joseph Adolph Dobrowolski

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Joseph Adolph Dobrowolski Veteran

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
1 Feb 2006 (aged 83)
Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
section 63a site 263
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Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Joseph Dobrowolski
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: 1922
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: stepson
Stepfather: Zygmund Krafft age 41
Mother: Sophy Krafft age 38
Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Address: 1415 North Wicker Park Avenue
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Father's birthplace: Poland
Mother's birthplace: Poland
Stepfather's occupation: machinist
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Henry (age 13) and Zygmund Krafft (half-brother age 8/12)
Census place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll 466; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 2704; Image: 83.0
Date: 5 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Joe Dobrowolski
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: 1923
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: stepson
Home in 1940: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Address: 1443 East 32nd Street
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: high school 3 years
Living on farm: no
City of residence in 1935: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: attending school
Sibling living at home: Zygmund S Krafft (age 10) (step-brother)
Census place: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington; Roll: T627_4389; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 42-34
Date: 5 Apr 1940

Extract from U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
Name: Joseph Adolph Dobrowolski
Age: 20
Birth date: 27 May 1922
Birth place: Chicago, Illinois
Race: white
Residence: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Next of kin: E Krofft
Relationship: unknown
Employer: Bureau of Reclamation
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Weight: 149
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Complexion: light brown
Registration date: 30 Jun 1942

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Joseph A Dobrowolski
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: 1923
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Beverly Hills Township, Los Angeles County, California
Address: 8531½ West Knoll
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: civil engineer
Industry: California Division of Highways
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 40
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Beverly Hills Township, Los Angeles County, California
Date: 6 Apr 1950

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. Dobrowolski:
Enlisting in June 1942, Joseph Dobrowolski was assigned to the 367th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, and arrived the European Theater, April 1944, flying P-38s out of Stoney Cross in England. He flew his first combat mission a month later. Flying throughout the whole D-Day invasion period he notched up 175 combat hours, the majority in the hazardous ground-attack role, chalking up many ground victories before returning to the U.S. in November 1944. He retired Lieutenant Colonel in 1967.

Extract from American Concrete Institute 2001 Honorary Members:
Joseph A. Dobrowolski is a civil engineer/concrete consultant with offices located in Altadena, CA.
A member of ACI for nearly 45 years, his involvement has included service on the Board of Direction and ACI's Committees on Education Activities, Technical Activities, Officers Nominating, Planning, Concrete Research, Fellows Nominating, Construction Liaison, and ACI Committee 357, Offshore and Marine Concrete Structures.
He is a member of ACI Committee Responsibility in Concrete Construction; Construction Liaison Review Subcommittee; Committee 303, Architectural Cast-in-Place Concrete (twice chairman); and 332, Residential Concrete Work. He is an associate member of ACI Committees 302, Construction of Concrete Floors; and 524, Plastering.
His ACI honors include the Delmar L. Bloem Award in 1976, the Chapter Activities Award in 1979, and the Henry L. Kennedy Award in 1987. He was also General Chairman for the ACI Convention in Los Angeles in March 1993.
Mr. Dobrowolski has lectured at the World of Concrete in three architectural concrete seminars for the Mexican Cement and Concrete Institute, and also in six 20-hour in-house seminars on architectural concrete for the Corps of Engineers. McGraw-Hill recently published a Fourth Edition of their Concrete Construction Handbook, several additional chapters of which he had authored and updated.
He received a BS in civil engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1949.

Extract from U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca. 1800-2006:
Name: Joseph Adolph Dobrowolski
Service info.: Lt Col US Air Force World War II, Korea, Vietnam
Birth date: 27 May 1922
Death date: 1 Feb 2006
Cemetery: Riverside National Cemetery
Cemetery address: 22495 Van Buren Boulevard Riverside CA 92518
Buried at: section 63a site 263

Obituary from Tributes.com:
Mr. Dobrowolski was born on May 27, 1922 and passed away in February 2006.
He graduated from the California Institute of Technology with the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.
He served in the Air Force as a P-38 fighter pilot during World War II,.
He was preceded in death by his wife Lois.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease research.

He married Lois Ann Hibbs 19 Jul 1949 in All Saints Episcopal Church in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.
Extract from the 1930 Census:
Name: Joseph Dobrowolski
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: 1922
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: stepson
Stepfather: Zygmund Krafft age 41
Mother: Sophy Krafft age 38
Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
Address: 1415 North Wicker Park Avenue
Marital status: single
Education: able to speak English
Father's birthplace: Poland
Mother's birthplace: Poland
Stepfather's occupation: machinist
Occupation: none
Siblings living at home: Henry (age 13) and Zygmund Krafft (half-brother age 8/12)
Census place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll 466; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 2704; Image: 83.0
Date: 5 Apr 1930

Extract from the 1940 Census:
Name: Joe Dobrowolski
Age: 17
Estimated birth year: 1923
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: stepson
Home in 1940: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Address: 1443 East 32nd Street
Marital status: single
Highest grade of school completed: high school 3 years
Living on farm: no
City of residence in 1935: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Resident on farm in 1935: no
Occupation: attending school
Sibling living at home: Zygmund S Krafft (age 10) (step-brother)
Census place: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington; Roll: T627_4389; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 42-34
Date: 5 Apr 1940

Extract from U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
Name: Joseph Adolph Dobrowolski
Age: 20
Birth date: 27 May 1922
Birth place: Chicago, Illinois
Race: white
Residence: Tacoma, Pierce, Washington
Next of kin: E Krofft
Relationship: unknown
Employer: Bureau of Reclamation
Height: 5 feet 9 inches
Weight: 149
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Complexion: light brown
Registration date: 30 Jun 1942

Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Joseph A Dobrowolski
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: 1923
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: head
Home in 1950: Beverly Hills Township, Los Angeles County, California
Address: 8531½ West Knoll
Marital status: married
Living on farm: no
Occupation: civil engineer
Industry: California Division of Highways
At work during last week: yes
Number of hours worked: 40
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Beverly Hills Township, Los Angeles County, California
Date: 6 Apr 1950

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph A. Dobrowolski:
Enlisting in June 1942, Joseph Dobrowolski was assigned to the 367th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force, and arrived the European Theater, April 1944, flying P-38s out of Stoney Cross in England. He flew his first combat mission a month later. Flying throughout the whole D-Day invasion period he notched up 175 combat hours, the majority in the hazardous ground-attack role, chalking up many ground victories before returning to the U.S. in November 1944. He retired Lieutenant Colonel in 1967.

Extract from American Concrete Institute 2001 Honorary Members:
Joseph A. Dobrowolski is a civil engineer/concrete consultant with offices located in Altadena, CA.
A member of ACI for nearly 45 years, his involvement has included service on the Board of Direction and ACI's Committees on Education Activities, Technical Activities, Officers Nominating, Planning, Concrete Research, Fellows Nominating, Construction Liaison, and ACI Committee 357, Offshore and Marine Concrete Structures.
He is a member of ACI Committee Responsibility in Concrete Construction; Construction Liaison Review Subcommittee; Committee 303, Architectural Cast-in-Place Concrete (twice chairman); and 332, Residential Concrete Work. He is an associate member of ACI Committees 302, Construction of Concrete Floors; and 524, Plastering.
His ACI honors include the Delmar L. Bloem Award in 1976, the Chapter Activities Award in 1979, and the Henry L. Kennedy Award in 1987. He was also General Chairman for the ACI Convention in Los Angeles in March 1993.
Mr. Dobrowolski has lectured at the World of Concrete in three architectural concrete seminars for the Mexican Cement and Concrete Institute, and also in six 20-hour in-house seminars on architectural concrete for the Corps of Engineers. McGraw-Hill recently published a Fourth Edition of their Concrete Construction Handbook, several additional chapters of which he had authored and updated.
He received a BS in civil engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 1949.

Extract from U.S. Veterans Cemeteries, ca. 1800-2006:
Name: Joseph Adolph Dobrowolski
Service info.: Lt Col US Air Force World War II, Korea, Vietnam
Birth date: 27 May 1922
Death date: 1 Feb 2006
Cemetery: Riverside National Cemetery
Cemetery address: 22495 Van Buren Boulevard Riverside CA 92518
Buried at: section 63a site 263

Obituary from Tributes.com:
Mr. Dobrowolski was born on May 27, 1922 and passed away in February 2006.
He graduated from the California Institute of Technology with the Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering.
He served in the Air Force as a P-38 fighter pilot during World War II,.
He was preceded in death by his wife Lois.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease research.

He married Lois Ann Hibbs 19 Jul 1949 in All Saints Episcopal Church in Chicago, Cook, Illinois.

Inscription

Joseph A Dobrowolski
LTCOL USAF WWII KO VN
May 27 1922 - Feb 1 2006
Lois Hibbs Dobrowolski
Jan 16 1923 - Aug 7 2004
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