ZARNOWSKI, Frank 1943-

PERSONAL: Born April 14, 1943, in York, PA; son of Chester F. (a plant manager) and Gertrude (Krout) Zarnowski. Ethnicity: "Polish." Education: Mount St. Mary's College, B.S., 1965; Lehigh University, M.S., 1967, D.A., 19798; attended Worcester College, Oxford, 1995. Religion: Roman Catholic. Hobbies and other interests: Writing about the history of track and field.

ADDRESSES: Home—58 Second Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727. Office—Department of Economics, Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, MD 21727.

CAREER: Mount St. Mary's College, Emmitsburg, MD, professor of economics, 1967—. Dartmouth College, visiting professor, 2001-02; Johns Hopkins University, adjunct professor. Center for Agricultural Partnership, member of board of directors; Hager-stown Business College, member of board of trustees, 1989-97. Television commentator on track and field topics; public speaker.

MEMBER: American Economic Association.

AWARDS, HONORS: Doherty fellow, Butler University, 1991.

WRITINGS:

The Decathlon, Leisure Press (West Point, NY), 1989.

Olympic Glory Denied, Griffin Publishing (Irvine, CA), 1996.

Basic Guide to Decathlon, U.S. Olympic Committee (Colorado Springs, CO), 2nd edition, 2001.

American Decathletes: A 10th Century Who's Who, McFarland and Co. (Jefferson, NC), 2002.

Contributor to magazines.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A book about "worker related sports;" a book on nineteenth-century track and field; revising Basic Guide to Decathlon; research on U.S. worker productivity and U.S. macroeconomic policy.

SIDELIGHTS: Frank Zarnowski told CA: "I have two main publishing interests: economics and sports history. My initial books dealt with the history of a unique track and field event, the decathlon, and they have led to television commentary positions, especially during Olympic years.

"Recently I've found a way to marry my two interests by researching the origin of United States worker competitions (for example, lumberjack games, rodeo, firefighter musters) and their influence on labor productivity. I've written journal articles and am now searching for a publisher. It seems to me that my economics research ought to be fun as well as informative or useful, and this is a fun project. My suspicion is that this could be turned into a television documentary."