27 Facts About Edward Rowny

Edward Leon Rowny was a United States Army lieutenant general of Polish extraction.

Edward Rowny was a commanding officer in World War II and Korea, a military advisor to five United States presidents and a negotiator on the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

Edward L Rowny was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 3,1917.

Edward Rowny's mother, Mary Ann Radziszewski, was born in the United States, her parents having come from Poland in 1887.

From age 6 to 16, Rowny was raised by his maternal grandmother, Adamina Radziszewski, who was well-educated and spoke five languages fluently.

Edward Rowny steeped Edward in knowledge of Polish history and culture particularly about Thaddeus Kosciuszko and Casimir Pulaski, Polish officers who fought in the American Revolution.

Edward Rowny graduated from the Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, an engineering high school, in 1933.

Edward Rowny earned a Bachelor of Science from Johns Hopkins University in Engineering, and held degrees from West Point, Yale and American University.

Edward Rowny commanded troops in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.

Edward Rowny air dropped a bridge to cross a chasm permitting the rescue of the surrounded Marines and Army troops at the Chosin Reservoir.

Edward Rowny was in charge of the evacuation of United States troops which rescued one hundred thousand North Koreans who wished to join South Korea.

In 1971 Edward Rowny was appointed the US representative to Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and held this post under three presidents: Nixon, Ford and Carter.

Edward Rowny served as the NATO Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee from 1971 to 1973.

Edward Rowny subsequently led the fight to prevent the Congress from ratifying the SALT II Treaty.

In 1990, Edward Rowny retired from the Government after fifty years of Government service to become an international consultant on negotiations.

Edward Rowny began advising the Administration and Congress on National Security matters and combating terrorism which he continued to do until his death in late 2017.

In 1992, Edward Rowny fulfilled his fifty-year ambition to return the remains of Ignacy Jan Paderewski to Poland.

Edward Rowny inspired the 13th of President Wilson's 14 points for the Versailles Treaty which resurrected a free and democratic Poland.

In 2003, Ambassador Edward Rowny became the Vice President of the American Polish Advisory Council an organization which promotes Polonia's Agenda and encourages them to vote and become government officials.

When President Nicholas Rey died in 2007 Edward Rowny became President of APAC an office he held until his death.

In 2004, Edward Rowny established the Paderewski Scholarship Fund to bring Polish University students to Georgetown University to study American style democracy.

In 2007, Edward Rowny received the Walter Judd Freedom Award from The Fund for American Studies.

In May 2014, Edward Rowny was awarded a Doctorate of Laws, Honoris Causa from The Institute of World Politics.

Edward Rowny married Elizabeth Ladd in 1994 and was the father of five children with his former wife, Mary Rita Leyko, who died in 1988.

On June 9,2017, the 100-year-old Edward Rowny attended the funeral for Polish-American statesman Zbigniew Brzezinski at the Cathedral of St Matthew in Washington, DC.

Edward Rowny died from cardiomyopathy on December 17,2017, at the age of 100.

Edward Rowny was buried in Arlington National Cemetery on June 13,2018.