Zbigniew S. Rozbicki
Zbigniew Rozbicki was fortunate enough to attend the University of Wyoming thanks to the diligence of his beloved mother who survived the Nazi Work Camps after losing her husband fighting with the Polish Resistance. Immigrating in 1951 on one of the “Liberty Ships”, they settled in Northwest CT where she worked two jobs in order to send “Ned" off to college and then Law School. Unable to speak English and labeled at “DPs” (displaced persons) the family endured prejudice and discrimination commonplace in the 1950s. As a student of history and a lover of wilderness, Ned chose Wyoming in part to explore the Rocky Mountain West and weekends often found him roaming the hills with a rifle and knapsack. His successful law career spanned 50 years and he died a beloved father and enthusiastic grandfather.
Impact
Returning to the East Coast after college to establish his law practice, Zbigniew Rozbicki never ceased talking about the West and visited frequently. His longstanding respect for, and appreciation of, Native American Culture and Peoples, as the original inhabitants of this country, were a natural impetus for him to establish this scholarship.