Wojciech Seweryn

Wojciech Seweryn (August 31, 1939 – April 10, 2010) was a Polish-born sculptor and longtime resident of the United States.

The son of a 16th Infantry Regiment officer killed in the Katyn massacre, he later designed and constructed a memorial commemorating the Katyn massacre in Niles, Illinois; this was inaugurated in 2009.

He was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, by order of President Lech Kaczynski on 8 May 2009, "for outstanding achievements in commemorating the fate of the Polish nation, for social and charitable activities.

Six days after the Tu-154 crash in Smolensk on April 16, 2010, Seweryn was posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

A stretch of Milwaukee Avenue in Niles, Illinois was renamed in his honor in 2011.

Art School in Tarnow
Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
The Katyn Monument in St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery, Niles, IL, commemorating Katyn massacre. The monument was designed by sculptor Wojciech Seweryn, who perished with President of Poland Lech Kaczynski in the catastrophe near city of Smolensk, Russia