Steering Committee member Michal Mrozek, Bill Stevens, director Wanda Urbanska and Steering Committee member Robert Billingsley
On September 26, 2012, several people who had been instrumental in obtaining the Presidential Medal of Freedom for the late Jan Karski were awarded the Knight's Cross from Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski. Jan Karski US Centennial Campaign Steering Committee members Andrzej Rojek and Robert Billingsley were honored along with Campaign director Wanda Urbanska. The ceremony occurred at the beautiful Polish Consulate in New York City.
Photos below, first row, from left: Steering Committee member Michal Mrozek, Bill Stevens, director Urbanska and Steering Committee member Robert Billingsley; medal recipient Rep. Marcy Kaptur and Consul General Ewa Junczyk-Ziomecka; Steering Committee member Sigmund Rolat with Martha Eggerth; Ewa Wierzynska, Leader of the Jan Karski International Campaign, Polish History Museum, Wanda Urbanska and Jaromir Sokolowski, minister at Chancellary and Presidential advisor on Foreign Affairs; second row, from left: Urbanska and Wierzynska with the Knight's Cross; Andrzej Rojek receiving his medal from President Komorowski (all photos courtesy of Piotr Molecki, Polish Consulate in New York)
