Izabela Tomaszewska
Izabela Tomaszewska | |
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| Born | Izabela Głowacka 13 September 1955 Kwidzyn, Poland |
| Died | 10 April 2010 Smolensk, Russia |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Occupation(s) | Archaeologist, government protocol director |
| Known for | Killed in Smolensk air disaster |
Izabela Tomaszewska, born Głowacka (13 September 1955 in Kwidzyn – 10 April 2010), was a distinguished Polish archaeologist and senior Protocol Director. She led the Protocol Unit within the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland.[1]
Biography
Izabela was born to Jadwiga Głowacka (née Antoszewska) and Bogdan Głowacki, a historian with a doctorate in historical sciences who taught history at the Pedagogical Secondary School A. Mickiewicza in Kwidzyn from 1954 to 1970. During her secondary education, she was affiliated with the Polish Scouting Association and participated twice in Operation 1001 Frombork, engaging in archaeological digs. She completed her Matura examination in 1974 at the Secondary School in Kwidzyn, and on 19 April 1979, she earned a Master of Arts degree in Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology at the University of Warsaw, submitting a thesis entitled Late Latin Militaria.[2] Between 1979 and 1998, she served as a research assistant at the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. Her archaeological investigations focused on Mazovia, including analysis of artifacts from the cemetery at Kołozębie in Sochocin commune and excavations at Słupno 6 near the early medieval fortification in Szeligi. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, she held the position of editorial secretary for Archaeologia Polona, overseeing volumes 25–28 (1987–1990), and co-edited Archeologia Polski for volumes 35–43 (1990–1998).[1]
From 1998 to 2006, Tomaszewska worked within the Press Office of the President in Warsaw. In 2006, she joined the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland and assumed leadership of the President's Protocol Team. In this role, she was a key aide to First Lady Maria Kaczyńska, assisting with organizing conferences, interviews, and public initiatives.[2]
Tragically, she perished on 10 April 2010 alongside Poland’s president, first lady, and ninety-three others in the Smolensk air disaster while en route to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre.[3]Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name Her final resting place is at Powązki Military Cemetery.[2]
Posthumously, on 19 April 2010, Tomaszewska was honored with the Order of Polonia Restituta.Cite error: The opening <ref> tag is malformed or has a bad name
Personal life
In 1980, she wed archaeologist Andrzej Jacek Tomaszewski, and together they had a son named Filip, who was born in 1981. Their family later included a grandson called Emil.Template:Fix/category[citation needed]