Leon Koźmiński (Polish pronunciation: ; born 1 October 1904 – died 6 June 1993) was a

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, lieutenant of the

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, participant of the

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and a professor at the

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. He graduated from College Champite high school in

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, Switzerland. In 1920, he returned to Poland and attended the State Humanities Gymnasium in

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. He also graduated from and subsequently worked throughout the rest of his scientific career at the

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from the

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. He published over 150 scientific papers relating to business and trade including several coursebooks used at various economic schools.

World War II

In 1939, he fought in the 21st infantry regiment as a

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. In German-occupied Poland, he taught at ''Miejska Szkoła Handlowa'' (City Business School) which was an official name of the Warsaw School of Economics during the war as well as at the Naval Institute of the underground University of Western Lands. He was also active in the

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, acting in the “Z” unit of “the Western Lands” at the Government Delegation for Poland. As a lieutenant, he fought in the district of

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in the

, as the commander of the “Baszta” Group of

Recognition

In 1997, he was named as the patron of the Warsaw Higher School of Management which has since been known as Kozminski University (in Poland known as ''Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego'', ALK). ''

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'' named the university as the best business school in Poland and

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. His son,

Andrzej Koźmiński Andrzej Krzysztof Koźmiński (born 1 April 1941 in Warsaw, Poland) is a professor of management, the founder of Kozminski University (named after his late father, Leon Koźmiński), 1993–2011 the rector of this school, and currently its presid ...

, later served as rector of the university.

References

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World War II

Recognition

See also

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