Chester Walter Grochola
Psychologist, educator
Born Jul. 20, 1918, Jamaica (NY), U.S.; son of Joseph and Leokadia (Dzienisiewicz); married Marjorie (Stoothoff); children: Jeanne, William.
Education: Hofstra College, Hempstead (NY), 1937-39; Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1941; Master of Arts (M.A.), New York University, New York City, 1953.
Career: rehabilitation counselor, New York City Department of Hospitals, 1946-47; psychologist, instructor, administrator, New York University Medical Center, 1947-55; director, Madison Park Hospital of Adelphi University, Brooklyn (NY), 1955-61; director, Institute of Behavioral and Scientific, Adelphi University, Garden City (NY), 1961-65; director, Community Mental Health Center, Nassau County Medical Center, Long Island (NY), 1965-68; administrator, Family Practice Residency Program, Southside Hospital, Bayside (NY), 1968-77. Retired.
Author: contributor, The Community Mental Health Center, 1972.
Member of: board directors member, Nassau County Health Welfare Council, 1965-67, Nassau County Advisoty Committee on Education, member, 1965-68, Hempstead (NY); American Psychological Society; American Public Health Association; American Hospital Association; American College Public Relations Association.
Honors: listed in: Who's Who in the East, 1970, Who's Who in the South, 1981.
Served with: U.S. Army Air Corps, United States Air Force (USAF), aviation psychologist, intelligence officer, major, 1941-46.
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
Languages: English, Polish, German, French
Hobbies: Polish history, photography, music
Home: 1732 Old Lystra Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27514
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation, New York, NY, 1996