Polish Americans
Helena Znaniecki Lopata(1925-2003) was professor emeritus of sociology at Loyola University Chicago. She received her PhD in 1954 and studied with Herbert Blumer, Everett Hughes, and Louis Wirth. From there she taught at Roosevelt College in Chicago until 1969 when she moved to Loyola University. She published twenty books, includingWidowhood in an American City; Occupation: Housewife;andPolish Americans(Transaction, 1994).