Alojzy Melich - życie i praca

The article discusses the life and work of Alojzy Melich, professor (doctor habilitatus) of economic sciences the Higher School of Economics (sińce 1974 the Karol Adamiecki Economic Academy) in Katowice. Alojzy Melich was the first to receive a doctoral degree at that tertiary school and has been connected with it until now. In the years 1964-1988 he was Head of the Institute of Political Economy, and in the years 1965-1975 he was President o f the Higher School of Economics (Karol Adamiecki Economic Academy) in Katowice. In 1971 he was nominated a corresponding (associate) memberof the Polish Academy of Sciences, and in the same year he was granted an honorary doctorate by the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberg. Profesor Alojzy Melich’s concern with economics as a branch science focuses on issues of wages and distribution. He has devised an original system of collective wages, which has been put into practice in many branches of industry in Poland. Professor Melich has written over 300 works, including 28 books on economics and about 120 studies, with the rest consisting of papers and articles.