Polish Economy Hall of Fame
The membership in the Polish Economy Hall of Fame is an award for Polish economists.
Idea
In 2005 the Polish edition of German business magazine Manager Magazin established Galeria Chwały Polskiej Ekonomii, which is similar to a business and economic hall of fame, established by Manager Magazin in Germany in 1970. Since 2010 the business magazine Strategie endows the award. By becoming a member in Galeria Chwały once a year an outstanding Polish economist is awarded for lifetime achievements for the Polish economy.Since 2012 the Association of Finance Directors in Poland FINEXA is organizer of the award. The ceremony is held at the annual congress of the organization in Warsaw. The new organizer established an enlarged jury.
Organizer and jury
Galeria Chwały is organized by the association FINEXA. The jury is composed of leading representatives of the Polish economy:- Adam Budnikowski, former rector of the Warsaw School of Economics
- Paweł Domosławski, president of FINEXA
- Mieczysław Groszek, member of the board at the Association of Polish Banks
- Alicja Kornasiewicz, former vice-minister at the Polish Ministry of State Treasury
- Adam Maciejewski, chairman of the board at the Warsaw Stock Exchange
- Krzysztof Obłój, economist and university teacher
- Henryk Orfinger, chairman of the supervisory board at the Polish Federation of Employers Lewiatan
- Witold Orłowski, rector at the Business School of the Warsaw University of Technology
Sculptures and artist
The heads of the Galeria Chwały-members are in a scale 1:1.2 as bronze-sculptures produced. The production process is based on plasticine-form technic. The heads are presented to the public in a permanent exhibition.The sculptor is Jerzy Nowakowski, an artist living in Poznań. He was born in 1963 in Bydgoszcz and studied at the Poznań Academy of Fine Arts under Prof Józef Kopczyński.
Since 1993 Nowakowski's work has been presented at single and group exhibitions in Poland and Germany. He is author of ordered by cities and institutions art pieces
The sculptures, fixed on metal columns, are exhibited permanently in the main hall of the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Laureates
Members of Galeria Chwały so far are:- Leszek Balcerowicz, a former Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Polish National Bank
- Marek Belka, former Polish prime minister and president of the National Bank of Poland
- Henryka Bochniarz, candidate for Polish presidency in 2005 and president of the Polish Employers Association Lewiatan
- Władysław Grabski, Polish politician and economist
- Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski, Polish politician and economist
- Wiesław Rozłucki, president of the Warsaw Stock Exchange 1991 - 2006