We say goodbye to Mr. Józef Rokosz
Dr. Ind. Józef Rokosza (1928 – 2020) – memory
It is with great regret that we announce that on November 8, 2020 Dr. Eng. Józef Rokosza – an outstanding dendrologist, educator, our great friend.
Mr. Józef Rokosza was associated with SGGW and landscape architecture for 65 years. An unforgettable teacher and educator of numerous generations of students. An unrivaled expert in plants, a long and tireless guardian of the Ursynów park.
An exceptional man, gifted with extraordinary energy and serenity, a brilliant erudite. Widely liked and appreciated. Member of the Dendrology Section of the Polish Botanical Society and the Polish Dendrological Society. Decorated with the Golden Cross of Merit (1985), he was awarded the Honorary Laurel of the Polish Nurserymen Association (2018).
We will miss Mr. Józef very much, we will always remember him …
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Delights or fries by Józef Rokosz (selected)
About epigrams
Fraszki is not tap water
they are not on call
To the efforts of a landscape architect
Why is SARP here …
On the greens
Go off-road
collect facts
it is superfluous for me today
because I have contacts with the countryside
every day
through the milk bars
Compiled by Beata Fortuna-Antoszkiewicz, November 2020
Photo - left. Employees of SKTZ in 1969; dr Józef Rokosza - second from the left [photo from the collection of KAK] Photo - rights. Mr. Józef Rokosza at the official opening of the exhibition "Green is Life" on September 6, 2018, when he received the honorary Laurel of the Polish Nurserymen Association [photo J. Łukaszkiewicz]