Adam Słodowy

Adam Slodowy, (born 1923) is a prominent Polish inventor, author, and TV host. In Poland, he is most notably known for hosting and producing his long-running Sunday morning TV show for children, entitled "Zrób to sam" ("do it yourself") throughout the 1960s and 1970s; a show that taught children how to make all sorts of toys and contraptions - from mini airplanes to working radios - with simple and everyday supplies. The TV show was broadcast for 24 years (1959-1983), and taped a total of 505 episodes.

Adam Slodowy was born in Czarnków, Poland. During the German occupation (1939-44) he worked in a factory and later joined the Polish Army in 1944. Following, during the years of 1950-58, Adam served as a professor at the University for Anti-Flight Artillery in Koszalin and then in the Army Technical Academy, which led him to achieve the military status of Major. After leaving the Army Adam devoted his life to the popularization of inventing, engineering, and building which led him to develop a career in TV from 1959 on.

He is also the author of many books ranging in topic from technical how-to books to fiction novels, both for children and adults. Several of his books have been translated to other languages and have collectively sold over 15 million copies. Adam is also the writer of a popular Polish animated TV show for children, entitled "The Creative Do-Gooder."

In 1972 Adam became laureate of the Order of Smile, an international honor bestowed by children upon adults whom they greatly respect and admire in all types of industries and organizations.

Adam Slodowy currently resides in Warsaw, Poland with his wife Bozena. He is retired, but continues to do TV appearances and some advertising campaigns. He has two sons; Wojciech, a doctor residing in Chicago, USA, and Peter, a mathematician and physicist residing in Melbourne, Australia.