Memorial Page for Zbigniew Brzeziński (née Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński)
Polish-American diplomat and political scientist
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May 26th, 2026
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March 28th, 2026
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Biography
Zbigniew Brzezinski (* March 28, 1928 in Warsaw; † May 26, 2017 in Falls Church) was a polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He was 89 years old. He was married to Emilie Benes Brzezinski. His education included McGill University and Harvard Law School. He received 8 awards, including Guggenheim Fellowship, Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class. His cause of death was pneumonia.
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12 EventsBorn in Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship
1928McGill University
1945until 1950
Harvard Law School
1950until 1953
Harvard University
1953until 1960
Guggenheim Fellowship
1960Columbia University
1960until 1989
Married Emilie Benes Brzezinski
1961until 2017
Presidential Medal of Freedom
1981Order of Merit, 1st class
1996Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, 1st class
1998Order of the Three Stars, 2nd Class
2007Died in Falls Church, Virginia (pneumonia)
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Zbigniew Brzeziński (née Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzeziński). Forever remembered.