Thaddeus Gromada
Polish-American historian (1929–2025)
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Thaddeus Vladimir Gromada (30 July 1929 – 10 August 2025) was a Polish-American historian. He was a professor emeritus of European history at the New Jersey City University, an executive director and president of the Polish Institute of Arts & Sciences of America (PIASA) and the Polish American Historical Association and a trustee and vice-chair of The Kosciuszko Foundation. His scholarly interests were focused on areas such as the history of Poland and Polish-Americans in the 20th-century.[1][2]
Life and career
Gromada was born in Passaic, New Jersey, on 30 July 1929. He received a B.S. from Seton Hall University in 1951, before then studying at Fordham University, where he received both the M.A. (1953) and Ph.D. (1966).[3] At Fordham, he studied under Oskar Halecki. His doctoral dissertation, "The Slovak Question in Polish Foreign Policy, 1934-1939," was supervised by the Rev. Casimir C. Gecys, since Halecki had retired by the time that Gromada finished.[4]
He began teaching at what was then known as Jersey City State College in 1959, being promoted to associate professor in 1966, and to professor in 1969.[3]
Gromada died on 10 August 2025, at the age of 96.[5]
