Frank Sowinski

Frank Sowinski is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Princeton Tigers and was selected as the Ivy League Player of the Year as a junior in 1977. Sowinski played professionally in Europe before he returned to the United States and embarked on a business career.

Early life Sowinski was born in North Arlington, New Jersey, and moved to East Hanover, New Jersey, at the age of two. His grandparents were coal miners in northeast Pennsylvania who Sowinski visited frequently as a child. Sowinski also played with a touring team of American players in Italy.

Post-playing career Sowinski returned to the United States and earned his Master's in Business Administration from the University of Virginia that launched him into a successful business career. He worked at Amerada Hess for three years. Sowinski then joined Dun & Bradstreet where he worked for 17 years and rose to the position of company president. He worked as a chief financial officer with PricewaterhouseCoopers and helped in selling the business to IBM in 2002.

Sowinski has run a career mentorship program for the basketball teams at Princeton since 2008. He chairs the Princeton Varsity Club.