Edmund A. Chester

Edmund Albert Chester Sr. was an American television executive. He served as a vice president and executive at the CBS radio and television networks during the 1940s. As Director of Latin American Relations he collaborated with the Department of State to develop CBS's "La Cadena de Las Americas" radio network in support of Pan-Americanism during World War II. He also served as a highly respected journalist and Bureau Chief for Latin America at Associated Press and Vice President at La Prensa Asociada in the 1930s. He was awarded the Carlos Manuel de Cespedes National Order of Merit by the government of Cuba in recognition of his efforts to foster greater understanding between the peoples of Cuba and the United States of America. ^{Edmund A. Chester, American journalist and broadcaster (d. 1973)}

22 June 1897

Born on the same birth date (22 June 1897): Norbert Elias

Born on the same birth day (22 June): Anne Morrow Lindbergh • Clyde Drexler • Danny Baker • Derek Forbes • Elizabeth Warren • Emmanuelle Seigner • Gary Connolly • Harry Reid (actor) • Helmut Dietl • Hermann Minkowski • Hubert Chesshyre • James Bjorken • James H. Pomerene • Jimmy Somerville • Joey Cheek • Mikel Merino • Sayf al-Dawla • Sione Lauaki • Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet • Thibaudeau Rinfret • Thomas Voeckler • Tracy Pollan • Wilhelm von Humboldt • Zenonas Petrauskas • Ľubomír Moravčík

Born in the same month (June 1897): Anthony Eden • Fulgence Charpentier • Georg Wittig • Memphis Minnie • Norbert Elias