The 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Professor Stefan Węgrzyn (1925–2025)

Professor Węgrzyn was an extraordinary figure – a scholar of remarkable breadth, a visionary of science, and the author of foundational works in the fields of automation, computer science, and systems theory. His contributions to research, teaching, and academic organization had a profound and lasting impact on the development of Polish technology and higher education.

His lifelong dedication to science, patriotism, and service is thoughtfully documented in an exceptional biography authored by Halina Węgrzyn. The book is available on the website - under the "History" section.

 

He was the founder of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1968), a professor at the Silesian University of Technology, and the recipient of honorary doctorates from five universities: Lille (1973), Sherbrooke (1977), the Silesian University of Technology (1988), AGH University of Science and Technology (1989), and Rzeszow University of Technology (2004). He became a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1973.

During the Second World War, he served in the Home Army under the pseudonym “Sak.” After the war, beginning in 1945, he co-founded the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice.
He earned two doctoral degrees – the first in Poland (1951), the second in France (1960).
He authored pioneering studies on transient states, control theory, complex automation, as well as evolutionary systems and genetic informatics.

He was the recipient of numerous honors, including:

  • The Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1993)

  • The Order of Academic Palms (France – Knight 1978, Officer 1983)

  • The Nicolaus Copernicus Medal of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1987)

Professor Węgrzyn left a lasting legacy – not only through the scientific institutions he helped build, but also in the minds and hearts of his students, colleagues, and protégés. He was distinguished not only by his vast knowledge and visionary outlook but also by his humility, sense of duty, and unwavering professional ethics.

He passed away on July 28, 2011, in Gliwice. He remains in our memory as a man who dedicated his life to the service of science and to Poland.

 

Author: Marzena Halama 20.05.2025

Historia zmian

Data aktualizacji: 21/05/2025 - 18:04; autor zmian: Marzena Halama (mhalama@iitis.pl)

Professor Węgrzyn was an extraordinary figure – a scholar of remarkable breadth, a visionary of science, and the author of foundational works in the fields of automation, computer science, and systems theory. His contributions to research, teaching, and academic organization had a profound and lasting impact on the development of Polish technology and higher education.

His lifelong dedication to science, patriotism, and service is thoughtfully documented in an exceptional biography authored by Halina Węgrzyn. The book is available on the website - under the "History" section.

 

He was the founder of the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1968), a professor at the Silesian University of Technology, and the recipient of honorary doctorates from five universities: Lille (1973), Sherbrooke (1977), the Silesian University of Technology (1988), AGH University of Science and Technology (1989), and Rzeszow University of Technology (2004). He became a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 1973.

During the Second World War, he served in the Home Army under the pseudonym “Sak.” After the war, beginning in 1945, he co-founded the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice.
He earned two doctoral degrees – the first in Poland (1951), the second in France (1960).
He authored pioneering studies on transient states, control theory, complex automation, as well as evolutionary systems and genetic informatics.

He was the recipient of numerous honors, including:

  • The Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1993)

  • The Order of Academic Palms (France – Knight 1978, Officer 1983)

  • The Nicolaus Copernicus Medal of the Polish Academy of Sciences (1987)

Professor Węgrzyn left a lasting legacy – not only through the scientific institutions he helped build, but also in the minds and hearts of his students, colleagues, and protégés. He was distinguished not only by his vast knowledge and visionary outlook but also by his humility, sense of duty, and unwavering professional ethics.

He passed away on July 28, 2011, in Gliwice. He remains in our memory as a man who dedicated his life to the service of science and to Poland.