Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Kwiatek, Albert F., Sr. June 10, 2011
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  Published in Lebanon Daily News on June 11, 2011
  Albert F. Kwiatek Sr. 
  
  PA State Police PALMYRA Major (Ret.) Albert F. Kwiatek, Sr., PA State Police, 
  85, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Friday, June 10, 
  2011, at the M.S. Hershey Medical Center. He was a graduate of Penn State 
  School of Business Administration, Northwestern University Traffic Institute, 
  and a number of other military and law enforcement schools. Major Kwiatek 
  retired after 30 years service with the State Police during which he had seen 
  duty as a patrolman, crime investigator, and other special assignments before 
  rising to supervisory and administrative ranks. He spearheaded modern 
  innovations in the department such as the CLEAN system of computerized real-
  time communications, the helicopter patrol program, new Field and 
  Administrative regulations, and a new radio high frequency network. Former Lt. 
  Governor Kline had once referred to him as "The Father of the CLEAN System." 
  Kwiatek was also Chairman of the Project SEARCH National Technology Committee, 
  researching use of lasers in fingerprint identification and satellite 
  transmission of criminal records, and was a member of the FBI's Advisory Board 
  for the National Crime Information Center. The American Society for Public 
  Administration awarded him its "Administrator of the Year" Award. He received 
  commendations at his retirement from the FBI, New York and Michigan State 
  Police, and others, but one he treasured most came from a lady member of his 
  Bureau during an office farewell gathering who said that he would be missed 
  because "he was good to the little people." A great source of pride to him was 
  when his son, Albert, Jr., decided to join the State Police in 1975 and was 
  presented with his Certificate of Graduation by his father, and when his son 
  graduated from the Police Management School at Northwestern University. Kwiatek 
  was the eldest son of Frank and Viola (Poliwczak) Kwiatek of McKees Rocks, and 
  is survived by his wife, Ingrid (Paulson) Kwiatek, formerly of Erie; their son, 
  Albert, Jr. his wife, Barbara, and their children and grandchildren; and 
  numerous cousins. He served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII as a 
  Cryptographer and Aerial Machine Gunner, and as an Intelligence Analyst with 
  Army Intelligence in Army Reserves after the war. During WWII he received the 
  initial surrender request from Emperor Hirohito while on Adak Island in the 
  Aleutians, which he then encoded and forwarded on to President Truman. He was a 
  Life Member of the International Chiefs of Police and Pennsylvania Chiefs of 
  Police. He was former Vice President of the Polish American Association, 
  Chairman of Viking Lodge, Vasa Order of America, Life Member of the American 
  Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, Reading Liederkranz, Mechanicsburg, 
  Lancaster and Hershey Area Art Associations, Lancaster Woodcarvers Club, Life 
  Member of Citizens Fire Co. of Palmyra, and a VA Hospital Volunteer. In his 
  retirement, he became an avid artist and woodcarver with some of his works 
  owned by collectors in other states as well as Europe. Memorial services will 
  be held Tuesday, June 14, 2011, at 10 a.m. at his church, Palm Lutheran Church, 
  11 W. Cherry St., Palmyra 17078 with the Rev. Dr. John D. Merkel officiating. 
  Family and friends are invited for visitation from 9 a.m. until time of the 
  service. Burial with PA State Police Ceremonial Unit Honors will follow in 
  Gravel Hill Cemetery, Palmyra. Rothermel Funeral Home & Cremation Services, 
  Inc., 25 W. Pine St., Palmyra, has been entrusted with the arrangements. 
  
  Published in Lebanon Daily News on June 11, 2011 
  
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