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Chester Gadzinski

Management consultant, investor, executive

Born Oct. 17, 1928, Philadelphia (PA), U.S.; son of Stanislaw and Katazina (Krzyworzeka); married Priscilla (Gilman); children: Eric, Peter, John.

Education: University of New Hampshire, Durham, 1949-51.

Career: vice president, Transmission Division, ITT, Raleigh (NC), 1965-70; vice president, Eastern Operations, Gulf Western, New York City, 1970-78; president, Kearney National, New York City, 1978-80; corporate vice president, president, General Products, Sheller Globe, Toledo (OH), 1980-87; consultant, investor, Gadzinski & Associate's, White River Junction (VT), 1987 -.

Author: book chapters in: Management Handbook, and The Manufacturing Manager.

Member of: volunteer director, disaster relief, American Red Cross; American Society of Automotive Engineers; American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Honors: Distinguished Service award, American Management Association, 1968.

Served with: U.S. Army, corporal, 1947-49.

Affiliation: Unitarian.

Languages: English, Polish.

Hobbies: reading, hiking, golf.

Home: Gilman Rd., Box 545, White River Junction, VT 05001.

From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996

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