Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1942 and served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. After he left the military he returned to the University of Wisconsin, earning a masters degree and a Ph. D. He became a professor and researcher, and in 1952 was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for US Senator against Joseph McCarthy. In 1959 he joined the Wisconsin Tax Department as Research Director and Executive Director of the Revenue Survey Commission. In 1960 he was appointed state Tax Commissioner. In 1963 President John F. Kennedy chose him to be United States Postmaster General, the first Polish-American to serve in the Cabinet. Gronouski resigned in 1965 to accept President Lyndon Baines Johnson's appointment as Ambassador to Poland. In 1969 he accepted Johnson's offer to serve as Founding Dean of the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. He remained as Dean until 1974, and then taught at the school until 1989. In the late 1970s he served as Milwaukee's court-appointed master on school desegregation. In the 1980s he was Chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting, which included Radio Free Europe.
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1942 and served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. After he left the military he returned to the University of Wisconsin, earning a masters degree and a Ph. D. He became a professor and researcher, and in 1952 was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for US Senator against Joseph McCarthy. In 1959 he joined the Wisconsin Tax Department as Research Director and Executive Director of the Revenue Survey Commission. In 1960 he was appointed state Tax Commissioner. In 1963 President John F. Kennedy chose him to be United States Postmaster General, the first Polish-American to serve in the Cabinet. Gronouski resigned in 1965 to accept President Lyndon Baines Johnson's appointment as Ambassador to Poland. In 1969 he accepted Johnson's offer to serve as Founding Dean of the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas. He remained as Dean until 1974, and then taught at the school until 1989. In the late 1970s he served as Milwaukee's court-appointed master on school desegregation. In the 1980s he was Chairman of the Board for International Broadcasting, which included Radio Free Europe.
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