Professor Stanisław Kuś - an outstanding civil engineer, scientist and social activist, known and respected in the Polish and international professional and academic community. In his long life, for over 70 years he combined professional activity, engineering and scientific work with teaching, organizational and social work. He was a man of many talents with many passions and skills, direct, reliable and realistically looking at reality. Professor Stanisław Kuś was born on February 1, 1925 in Rzeszów in the family of a junior high school professor, Dr. Andrzej Kuś and Jadwiga Kuś, people actively engaged in social and educational activities for the residents of the city and the region. During the German occupation, he graduated from a craft school and worked for 2 years as a locksmith and grinder at the aircraft factory Flugenmotorenwerk Reichshof (before the war Rzeszow PZL), continuing his education at secret courses.