Fred Thomas Kovaleski (October 8, 1924 – May 25, 2018) was an American tennis player, spy, and businessman.
Fred Kovaleski was born October 8, 1924, in Maynard, Massachusetts, and grew up in Hamtramck, Michigan.
[1] He enrolled at the College of William & Mary on a tennis scholarship, but enlisted in the United States Army as an air cadet in 1942.
Kovaleski was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency, with international travel providing him a cover for performing espionage.
His son, Serge F. Kovaleski, also graduated from William & Mary, and works as an investigative reporter for The New York Times, where he has won a Pulitzer Prize.