Jan Kolasa *60

Jan Kolasa, retired professor at the University of Wroclaw in Poland, died Aug. 13, 2016, at the age of 89.

Kolasa graduated in 1950 with a law degree from the University of Wroclaw and earned a Ph.D. in politics from Princeton in 1960. Returning to Poland, he obtained a second doctorate, an advanced scientific degree, and subsequently was appointed a professor at Wroclaw in the department of international and European law.

He chaired the department from the late 1960s to the late 1990s, retiring in 2006. In retirement, he remained active in department activities. Engaged in the theoretical and practical importance of the science of international law, his research appeared in Polish and international scientific journals.

Kolasa undertook initiatives to open his university to international cooperation, such as with the Council of Europe and the European Union. He read papers at universities abroad and was a visiting professor at Princeton from 1974 to 1975. He was an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Polish legislature. For many years, he was a vice chair of the bioethical commission at the Wroclaw University School of Medicine.

Kolasa is survived by his wife, Ewa; two daughters; and three grandchildren.

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