Sylwester ZAWADZKI Jurist; (b. Warsaw, 19 October  1921 – d. Warsaw, 4 July 1999)

University professor: University of Warsaw, full professor (from 1973); minister of justice (1981)

Membership of SASA: Department of Social Sciences; foreign member from 7 May 1981

Awards and recognitions: dr. h. c. of the universities in Wrocław and Kyoto; Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People’s Poland (1955) and Medal of the 30th Anniversary of People’s Poland (1974); Golden honorary medal of the City of Warsaw (1965); 1000^th anniversary medal (1969); Order of Polonia Restituta fourth class, the Officer’s Cross (1959), Commander’s Cross (1974); Order of Labour of the first degree