Guests

Guests in attendance at the ceremony for the conferral of the honorary title of Doctor honoris causa on Professor Bradford Parkinson included:

The authorities of other local higher education institutions:

  • His Magnificence Rector-Commander of the Polish Naval Academy - Professor Tomasz Szubrycht
  • Rector of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk - Professor Ryszard Minkiewicz 
  • ​Rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk - Professor Krzysztof Polkowski
  • Deputy Rector for Education Quality of the Medical University of Gdańsk - Professor Agnieszka Zimmermann

Past Rectors of Gdynia Maritime University

  • Professor Piotr Jędrzejowicz
  • Professor Romuald Cwilewicz
  • ​Professor Józef Lisowski

Also taking part in the ceremony were two of the three independent professors whose positive opinions on the scientific achievements of Professor Bradford Parkinson allowed Gdynia Maritime University to confer on the Esteemed Professor the honorary title of Doctor honoris causa:

  • Professor Stanisław Oszczak - Polish Air Force University
  • Professor/Captain Zbigniew Burciu - Gdynia Maritime University

​Guests at the conferral ceremony also included Professor Aleksander Brzeziński and Honorary Doctor of Gdynia Maritime University Professor/Captain Mirosław Jurdziński.

Also present were:

  • Professor Karol Dawidowicz - University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn - a member of the team of experts of the Satellite Geodesy Section of the Committee on Space Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences
  • Professor Jerzy Rogowski - former employee of the Gdynia Maritime University Geodesy and Oceanography Laboratory

Also in attendance were Chair of the Gdynia City Council and Chair of the University Council Ms Joanna Zielińska, as well as members of the University Council:

  • Andrzej Madejski     
  • ​Professor Przemysław Dmowski   
  • Professor Adam Przybyłowski
  • Professor Kazimierz Witkowski

The event was also attended by Dr Magdalena Adamowicz - member of the EU Parliament

Representatives of the diplomatic corps:

  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Angola in the Republic of Poland - HE Manuel Pedro Chaves
  • Consul Birgit von Hellfeld from the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany​
  • Honorary Consul Alain Mompert from the Consulate of France in Gdańsk

Representatives of partner institutions in the world of economy and business:

  • Professor Jerzy Błażejowski - President of the Gdańsk Scientific Society
  • Professor/Captain Henryk Śniegocki - President of the Management Board of the Polish Register of Shipping
  • Jerzy Latała - President of the Management Board of Gdańsk Shipping Company ‘Żegluga Gdańska’
  • Maciej Rek, President of maritime navigation company ‘Enamor’
  • ​Jacek Nowicki, Director of the Management Board of the Professor Lech Kobyliński Foundation for Safety of Navigation
  • Szymon Trąbała, Director of the Engineering Center of Boeing Poland
  • Director of Infrastructure of the Port of Gdańsk Authority
  • Captain Andrzej Królikowski, Chair of the Association of Master Mariners / President of the Main Management Board of the Maritime and River League
  • Bolesław Grzemski, Chair of the Association of Ship Electrical Engineers
  • Jerzy Kaczmarek, President of the Management Board of the Polish Association of Marine Pilots
  • Captain Piotr Trzebuchowski, Chair of the Association of Graduates of Maritime Schools
  • Captain Stefan Krella, Chair of the Society of Friends of “Dar Młodzieży” in Gdynia

Guests at the ceremony also included individuals from the worlds of science, business, and the maritime industry; Deputy Rectors, Deans, Directors and Members of the Senate of Gdynia Maritime University and the Maritime Institute; as well as past Deputy Rectors, Deans, graduates and friends of the University.