Former postmaster general Marvin Runyon dies
May 3, 2004 13:58:12 GMT -5
Post by Barb on May 3, 2004 13:58:12 GMT -5
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Marvin Runyon, a one-time Ford assembly line worker who brought a repuation for tightfisted corporate policies to his job as postmaster general in the mid-1990s, died Monday. He was 79.
Runyan died early Monday at his home in Nashville of a lung disease, according to Vicki Kessler, a spokeswoman for the public relations firm Runyon's wife founded.
Before his tenure as postmaster general from 1992 to 1998, Runyon had been an executive for the Ford Motor Co., helped Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corp. launch its first U.S. assembly plant and reorganized and streamlined the Tennessee Valley Authority.
While postmaster general, the U.S. Postal Service got in the black for the first time since 1989 after losing millions of dollars every year.
As postmaster general, Runyon eliminated hundreds of management jobs, reorganized the massive operation and built a business that made more than $1 billion in profits by the time he left.
Does any one have his family line?
Runyan died early Monday at his home in Nashville of a lung disease, according to Vicki Kessler, a spokeswoman for the public relations firm Runyon's wife founded.
Before his tenure as postmaster general from 1992 to 1998, Runyon had been an executive for the Ford Motor Co., helped Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corp. launch its first U.S. assembly plant and reorganized and streamlined the Tennessee Valley Authority.
While postmaster general, the U.S. Postal Service got in the black for the first time since 1989 after losing millions of dollars every year.
As postmaster general, Runyon eliminated hundreds of management jobs, reorganized the massive operation and built a business that made more than $1 billion in profits by the time he left.
Does any one have his family line?