LUDWIK KOWALSKI

KOWALSKI--Ludwik, age 89, of Fort Lee, NJ, professor emeritus Montclair State University, died October 20, 2021. Born in Poland, raised in the USSR, repatriated in 1946, he earned a graduate degree (Radium Institute, Warsaw) and a doctorate in physics (Sorbonne). He was research associate in Chemistry Department (Columbia University) and in 1969 began a 35-year career as teacher and researcher at Montclair State. After retiring he authored two books about communism, one autobiographical, based on his own diaries. Originals are archived at Stanford's Hoover Institution. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Ruth Linda, daughter Elaine Vereen (Markeen), grandchildren Emily Schatzberg and Gabriel Vereen.