John A. Gronouski SIGNED Photo - US Postmaster General, LBJ Ambassador to Poland. Condition is Used. Shipped with USPS First Class.

Attention vintage autograph lovers! For your consideration: this well-preserved vintage original 9 x 10” black and white hand signed photograph of John A. Gronouski, the U.S. Postmaster General under President John F. Kennedy and the Ambassador to Poland under President Lyndon B. Johnson.

This beautiful photo shows some signs of vintage wear (see photos). Gronouski’s autograph can be clearly seen near the bottom of the photo in black ink with a personalization and the salutation, “With my best wishes.”

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From Wikipedia: “John Austin Gronouski Jr. (October 26, 1919 – January 7, 1996) was the Wisconsin state commissioner of taxation and served as the United States Postmaster General from 1963 until 1965 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Gronouski was born in Dunbar, Wisconsin, the son of Mary (Riley) and John Austin Gronouski. He was of Polish and Irish descent. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1942, and he joined the military during World War II. Gronouski served as a navigator in the Air Force until October 1945. Gronouski married the former Mary Louise Metz on January 24, 1948. They had two daughters, Stacy Ann Jennings and Julia Kay Glieberman.

He earned an M.A. in 1947 and a Ph.D. in 1955, both from the University of Wisconsin. In 1952, he ran for the United States Senate against Joseph McCarthy, who won reelection. In 1959, Gronouski joined the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and was named the executive director of the Revenue Survey Commission.

In 1960, he became the Wisconsin state commissioner of taxation, and he supported John F. Kennedy for President. In 1963 Gronouski was appointed Postmaster General, the first Polish-American Cabinet officer. As Postmaster General, Gronouski promoted the original five-digit zip code system, and worked to end racial discrimination against postal employees. After he left the Cabinet on November 2, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed him to be Ambassador to Poland.”