Marianna Sankiewicz-Budzyńska

Marianna Sankiewicz-Budzyńska (26 September 1921 – 29 May 2018) was a Polish electronics engineer, academic lecturer, organiser of scientific activities and education.

Early life Marianna Sankiewicz was born on 26 September 1921 in Przerośl, the daughter of Marianna (née Piszczako) and Kazimierz Sankiewicz (d. 1936) who were managers of the Schroniska nad Wigramia hostel in Wigry National Park. From 1934, she studied at the Maria Konopnicka State High School and Middle School for Girls in Suwałki, where she passed her secondary school-leaving examination in 1939. She was a member of the Polish Scouting Association.

Second World War The German Invasion of Poland began in September 1939. From June to October 1939, Marianna Sankiewicz lived in Starogard Gdański, then in Vilnius in Lithuania where, from 1941, she worked in a cafe before becoming a soldier with the Home Army in the Vilnius District in 1942. and interrogated by the Gestapo in a prison in Szczecin but survived the experience.

In 1945, Sankiewicz moved to Gdańsk. From 20 February to August, she was employed at the Polskie Radio, and then at Radio Gdańsk from September 1945, after the end of the Second World War.

Education and career In October 1945, Marianna Sankiewicz began to study in the radio technology section of the Electric Department of the Politechnika Gdańska (Gdańsk University of Technology). In 1950 she graduated with a master's degree in electrical engineering, specialising in radio technology.

During her time as a university student, she belonged to the Students' Fraternal Aid Society, the Academic Scout Circle "Wodnik" and the Polish Sea Club.

During her academic career, she continued to work with Polish Radio and for regional branches of Polish Television (Gdansk, Koszalin, Olsztyn, Szczecin), conducting the first training in sound and acoustics for specialists in the technical and programming departments. She was also active in the Polish Acoustic Society.

In 1991, she organised the Polish section of the Audio Engineering Society, (AES) of which she became the chairman. thumb

Recognition She was admired and appreciated for her approach to the educational process by her students. During the period of Martial Law in Poland (1981 - 1983) she was involved in helping and supporting students associated with the opposition.