Andrzej Derkowski, who completed in M.Sc, in urban planning at the University of Toronto in 1971, is now retired and writing as a hobby, concentrating on his life-long interest in recent European history. An active member in the Polish community, he served as Chairman of a committee of the Canadian Polish Congress raising funds for a permanent Chair of Polish History at the University of Toronto, a task that inspired much light verse about life in the Polish community. The Konstanty Reynert Chair of Polish History was established in 1995. He was awarded a Cross of Merit by the Government of Poland, and the Arbor Award by University of Toronto.
When Andrzej Derkowski arrived in Halifax in 1949 he had hoped to exchange his pith helmet for a cowboy hat. Canada had other plans for him. A marvelous tale, well told.
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