Chester A. Kowal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American mayor
Date of Birth: 17-Aug-1904
Place of Birth: Buffalo, New York, United States
Date of Death: 28-Sep-1966
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Chester A. Kowal
- Chester A.
- Kowal (August 17, 1904 – September 28, 1966) was an American politician, a basketball player, a boxer and a World War II veteran.
- From 1962 to 1965 he was mayor of Buffalo, New York; he is the last Republican mayor of that city to date.He was born into a Polish-American family in Buffalo on August 17, 1904.
- The family operated a grocery store at 55 Gittere Street.
- He attended Hutchinson Central High School.
- He turned down a basketball scholarship to Canisius College in Buffalo in order to play professionally to earn money.
- He played with the once world champion German Orioles and the Buffalo Lincolns basketball teams, and also played semi-pro baseball with the Easter Brands.
- He boxed with the Western New York AAU and was a contender for the U.S.
- Olympic boxing team.
- He was married to a Polish-American woman, Stephanie Adamski.
- His family started Walden Bottling Works in 1924; he managed the company in his spare time.In late 1942, he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces as a private and was sent to Officers' Training School.
- He saw service in the U.S.
- Southwest before serving five months in the Pacific Theater during World War II.
- In April 1946 he was discharged as a lieutenant-colonel.
- He was active in veterans organizations.In 1951, Kowal was elected Buffalo city comptroller on the Republican ticket.
- He was defeated in his run for mayor in the 1957 election by Frank A.
- Sedita, but prevailed in the mayoral election held on November 7, 1961.
- He served a single term as mayor.
- On September 28, 1966, he died in his sleep.
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