Anton Alexander Skudra (Antoni Aleksander Skudro) was born in 1882 in Mogilev on Podillya. He graduated from the gymnasium in Kishinev, studied at the Kiev university at mathematical faculty. In 1901. He was expelled from the university for participation in illegal students strike. He entered Kiev Polytechnic Institute, but he was expelled from it too in 1905 for participation in underground work in revolutionary committee. He left to Switzerland. After the announcement of amnesty he returned to Kiev and in 1910 he graduated from mechanical faculty of KPI, having a specialization in power industry.
He started to work as the adjusting engineer at electrotechnical firms AEG in Kiev and Siemens-Halske in Odessa. He conducted installation works at power plants (steam turbines, coppers), at other plants (engines, installations of the electric equipment). Since 1914 he worked as the branch manager of the company Siemens-Schuckert in Sevastopol where he directed electroinstallation works and built power plant for the seaport. In 1917 he became the authorized representative of the state power-generating enterprises in the Crimea. A. Skudro was in the labor union of metalworkers, he worked in the Polish houses in Sevastopol and Odessa on a voluntary basis. In 1919 he became the member of the representative group of the Polish government in the Crimea (Sevastopol).
In 1922 A. Skudro moved to Warsaw, created his own enterprise for carrying out the electrical-installation works. His crews, in which worked a lot of Poles, who arrived from Russia as he did, carried out electroinstallations in many cities: Warsaw, Poznan, Gdansk, Katowice, Starakhovitsa, Vlotslavek, Vilno, Grodno, Lviv, etc., on many buildings at the same time. In 1927 his enterprise gained the rights for performance of all types of electric works, regardless of line voltage. In the 30th the enterprise owed offices in Gdynia and Staleva Volya.
A. Skudro was invited by investors for performing work with other firms, as he was a good expert. His enterprise, while competing with others, usually won tenders and received the biggest and most difficult orders.
During the German occupation, A. Skudro's firm performed a jobbing at schools and hospitals. After the Warsaw uprising in 1944 A. Skudro got to the German camp in Prushkov, but managed to escape and hide in the village of Velgomlin near Kadomsk.
After the liberation of Poland A. Skudro worked as the chief power engineer at the plant in Staleva Volya. He became the participant of the group for recovery the power industry of the Shchetsinsky district (the Western Pomerania). Upon returning to Warsaw, he worked in the Central direction of power industry and other government institutions for electrification and wiring. In 1953 – 1955 he created electrical installations in the Palace of culture and science in Warsaw.
A. Skudro took part in the engineering organizations, was the member of the central administration of Society of the Polish electricians. In 1937 he participated in the I Polish congress of engineers in Lviv. After the war he was in the Society of the Polish engineers of technicians-mechanics (еру society is included into NOT). He was also the expert of both engineering societies. He wrote articles about electroinstallation works in technical journals. He also took part in the Section of graduates of KPI at the Main technical organization. A. Skudro is awarded with the Cavalry cross of the Order of revival of Poland.
He died in 1972 in Warsaw where he is buried.
May 17, 2006 || Author: Janusz Fuchsa, the chairman of the section of graduates of KPI in Poland