Wacław OLSZAK Civil engineer; (b. Karvina, 24 October 1902 – d. Udine, 08 December 1980)

University professor: Warsaw University of Technology, full professor; rector of the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences in Udine

Membership of SASA: Department of Technical Sciences; foreign member from 17 December 1959

Accession speech: Delivered a lecture at the SASA in 1960: the Current State of Theoretical Studies of Behaviour of Materials in Structures

Awards and recognitions: dr. h. c. of various universities; National Prize of the Government of Poland, 1950, 1955, 1966