John A. Gronouski

John Austin Gronouski ( born October 26, 1919 in Dunbar, Marinette County, Wisconsin, † January 7, 1996 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) was an American politician who served as under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson U.S. - Postmaster officiated.

Gronouski grew up in Oshkosh. He graduated in 1942 from the University of Wisconsin -Madison before joining the Air Corps of the U.S. Army joined and served during World War II as a navigator. In October 1945, he took his leave and continued his studies in Wisconsin continue. In 1947 he received his master's degree, 1955, he was PhD. At this time he already had a candidate as a member of the Democratic Party for one of two seats in the Wisconsin Senate of the United States. However, he was defeated 1952 Republican Joseph McCarthy.

From 1959 Gronouski worked for the tax authority of Wisconsin. He received the post of Director of the Commission for Einkommenserfragung ( Revenue Survey Commission). In 1960 he was Wisconsin's state Steuerbeauftrager (tax commissioner ) and supported as a member of the state executive branch the election campaign of John F. Kennedy to the U.S. presidency. This recalled in August 1963 Gronouski, who had made the meantime by the reorganization of the tax system in Wisconsin a name, and appointed him as the new Postmaster General.

John Gronouski was the first member of a U.S. Cabinet of Polish origin. He gained during his tenure merits in an effort to end the racial discrimination of postal employees; also been introduced under his leadership the system of five-digit postal codes.

In 1965 he left the government when he was appointed President Lyndon B. Johnson as the successor to John Moors Cabot as the United States Ambassador in Poland. After Richard Nixon took over the presidency, John Gronouski was asked by Johnson to become the founding dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. This he remained until his retirement in 1974.