Chester Bowles
| Chester Bowles | |
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| 3rd and 8th United States Ambassador to India | |
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In office July 19, 1963 – April 21, 1969 |
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| President | John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | John Kenneth Galbraith |
| Succeeded by | Kenneth B. Keating |
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In office October 10, 1951 – March 21, 1953 |
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| President | Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Loy W. Henderson |
| Succeeded by | George V. Allen |
| 22nd Under Secretary of State | |
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In office January 25 – December 3, 1961 |
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| President | John F. Kennedy |
| Preceded by | C. Douglas Dillon |
| Succeeded by | George W. Ball |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 2nd district | |
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In office January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 |
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| Preceded by | Horace Seely-Brown |
| Succeeded by | Horace Seely-Brown |
| 78th Governor of Connecticut | |
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In office January 5, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
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| Lieutenant | William T. Carroll |
| Preceded by | James C. Shannon |
| Succeeded by | John Davis Lodge |
| Personal details | |
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Chester Bliss Bowles April 5, 1901 Springfield, Massachusetts |
| Died | May 25, 1986 (aged 85) Essex, Connecticut |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Julia Fisk 1925–1933 (2) Dorothy Stebbins 1934–1986 |
| Children | Chester, Barbara, Cynthia, Sally, Sam |
| Religion | Congregationalist |
Chester Bliss Bowles (April 5, 1901 – May 25, 1986) was an American diplomat and ambassador, Governor of Connecticut, Member of Congress (Congressman) and co-founder of a major advertising agency, Benton & Bowles, now part of Publicis Groupe.
Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Charles Allen Bowles and Nellie Seaver (Harris) Bowles, Chester Bowles attended The Choate School (now Choate Rosemary Hall) in Wallingford, Connecticut, graduating in 1919. He matriculated at the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1924.
After working after graduation as a reporter for the newspaper in Springfield, Massachusetts owned by his family, Bowles took a minor position with the United States consulate in Shanghai, but soon returned to the U.S. because of his father's illness.
Bowles became an copywriter for $25 per week at the Batten Company, an advertising agency in New York City that later became BBDO, the third-largest agency in the US.
In 1929, Bowles established the Benton & Bowles advertising agency with William Benton, who was a fellow Batten employee. Despite the difficult economic environment of Great Depression, by the mid-1930s Benton & Bowles was a multimillion-dollar company. Benton & Bowles created the radio soap opera, offering specialized programming to receptive demographic groups. This allowed Benton & Bowles to create advertising campaigns to promote their clients' products to this targeted radio audience.
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