- John E. Potter
John E. Potter is the current United States Postmaster General and CEO of the United States Postal Service, becoming the 72nd Postmaster General on June 1, 2001. Prior to becoming Postmaster General, he had been Chief Operating Officer of the U.S. Postal Service. He also served as Vice President, Labor Relations, as well as a number of other senior operational positions. - William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15 1857 - March 8 1930) was an American politician, the twenty-seventh President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the Republican Party in the early 20th century, a pioneer in international arbitration and staunch advocate of world peace verging on pacifism, and scion of the leading political family in Ohio. - Preston Robert Tisch
Preston Robert "Bob" Tisch (April 29, 1926 - November 15, 2005) was the chairman, and, with his brother Laurence, part owner of the Loews Corporation. Tisch was born in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn in 1926. On August 16, 1986, he was appointed Postmaster General of the United States Postal Service, serving until February 1988. Tisch received a BA degree in economics from the University of Michigan in 1948, … - William F. Bolger
William F. Bolger was the 65th Postmaster General of the United States from March 15, 1978 to January 1, 1985. He was the first career postal employee to attain the rank of Postmaster General. Bolger began his career with the old Post Office Department as a finance clerk in 1941. After serving as an Air Force bombardier during World War II, he resumed his career with the Post Office Department. During the 1950s he held a number of positions in the New England Region, … - Azeezaly Jaffer
Azeezaly S. Jaffer (born circa 1955) was Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications for the United States Postal Service from 1999 until his abrupt resignation on June 30, 2006. Jaffer was facing allegations of sexual misconduct towards two female employees and misuse of postal service funds. On August 21, 2006 USA Today reported on more than $46,000 in questionable spending by Jaffer, including $8252 spent on a Washington, … - Anthony Comstock
Anthony Comstock (March 7 1844 - September 21 1915) was a former United States Postal Inspector and politician dedicated to ideas of Victorian morality. He was born in New Canaan, Connecticut. As a young man, he enlisted and fought for the Union in the American Civil War from 1863 to 1865. He served without incident, but objected to the profanity used by his fellow soldiers.Afterward he became an active worker in the Young Men's Christian Association in New York City. - Dick Gregory
It's important to note that no biography of Dick Gregory would be complete without mentioning that he and his beloved wife, Lil, had ten kids who have become highly respected members of the national community in a variety of fields. They are: Michele, Lynne, Pamela, Paula, Stephanie (aka Xenobia), Gregory, Christian, Miss, Ayanna and Yohance. - Thomas Blackshear
Thomas Blackshear is a United States African American artist, many of whose paintings adorn Evangelical churches, notably the New Life Church and World Prayer Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He is also a sculptor and a designer of figurines, often on African American themes. - Omar Bradley
General of the Army Omar Nelson Bradley KBE (February 12, 1893 - April 8, 1981) was one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II and a General of the Army of the United States Army. He was the last surviving five star officer of the United States. - Peter Emmerich
Peter Emmerich (born November 5,1973) an acclaimed Illustrator having an extensive relationship with The Walt Disney Co. Born in New York City, he was raised in Brooklyn and attended Xaverian High School, and then The Fashion Institute of Technology. Upon graduating from The Fashion Institute of Technology he began his career with The Walt Disney Co. as a character artist for Walt Disney Consumer Products. - Tirso del Junco
Dr. Tirso del Junco-Mesa (b April 20, 1925 in Havana, Cuba) is a general surgeon, Diplomat of the American Board of Surgery, Fellow of American College of Surgeons. He is a graduate from the University of Havana medical school. Former president of the medical staff of Queen of Angeles Hospital and Santa Marta Hospital, Los Angeles, California. He is also a member of the medical staff of the Saint Vincent Hospital and Good Samaritan Hospital. - Robert Venturi
Robert Charles Venturi (June 25, 1925 -) is an award winning American architect. Based in Philadelphia, he worked under Eero Saarinen and Louis Kahn before forming his own firm with John Rauch. As a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, Venturi met his future wife, the architect and planner Denise Scott Brown, who joined the firm in 1967. After Rauch's resignation in 1989, the firm took its current form and was named Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, Inc.. - Richard Bache
Richard Bache, born in Yorkshire, England, married the only daughter of Benjamin Franklin in 1767, having immigrated to New York City in 1765. He served as comptroller of the Postal Service under Franklin from 1775-1776, and was Franklin's successor as Postmaster General, serving from 1776-1782 during much of the Revolutionary War; he also served on the Board of War. His wife, Sarah Bache (1743-1808), was widely known for patriotism and benevolent activities. - William James Mayo
William James Mayo (June 29, 1861 - July 28, 1939) was a physician in the United States and a co-founder of the Mayo Clinic. He was born to William Worrall Mayo and his wife Louise in Le Sueur, Minnesota. The United States Postal Service printed a stamp depicting him and his brother, Charles Horace Mayo, on September 11, 1964. - Charles Horace Mayo
Charles Horace Mayo (July 19, 1865 - May 26, 1939) was an American medical practitioner and a co-founder of the Mayo Clinic. Mayo graduated from the medical school of Northwestern University (now called the Feinberg School of Medicine) in 1888 and joined his father, William Worrall Mayo, and older brother, William James Mayo, in their medical practice in Rochester, Minnesota. - Lillian Moller Gilbreth
Lillian Moller Gilbreth, BA, MA, PhD, (b. Lillian Evelyn Moller May 24 1878, Oakland, California - d. January 2, 1972, Phoenix, Arizona) was one of the first working female engineers holding a PhD. She is arguably the first true industrial/organizational psychologist. She and her husband Frank Bunker Gilbreth were pioneers in the field of industrial engineering. - Paul Dudley White
Paul Dudley White, M.D. (June 6, 1886 - October 31, 1973) was a pioneering cardiologist, and a founding member of the American Heart Association. He was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts and attended the Roxbury Latin School, from which he graduated in 1903. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1911. - Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12, 1880 - May 26, 1951) was a U.S. explorer. Son of James Ellsworth and Eva Frances Butler, he was born in Chicago, Illinois. He also lived in Hudson, Ohio as a child. Lincoln Ellsworth's father, James, a wealthy coal man from the United States, spent $100,000US to fund Roald Amundsen's venture from Norway to the North Pole in 1925. Ellsworth was a pilot for this trip. - Nellie Brimberry
Nellie Brimberry of Albany, Georgia, became the first Postmistress of a major United States Post Office in 1910. In 1911 she inaugurated the first airmail flight in the U.S. and struck the first airmail stamp. This preceded the first transcontinental airmail flight by nine years. She played a significant role in the agricultural history of the South when she secured for pecan growers the privilege of sealing their product in packages to be distributed by mail. - Jim Brandenburg
Jim Brandenburg (1945-) is an environmentalist and internationally renowned nature photographer based near Ely, Minnesota. His extensive career includes over 10 years as a newspaper photojournalist, over 25 years as a contract photographer for the National Geographic Society, and commissions from such groups as the United States Postal Service and the BBC. - Larry Laprise
Larry LaPrise (Roland Lawrence LaPrise, born: 11 November 1912 in Detroit, Michigan, died: 4 April 1996 in Gooding, Idaho) holds the U.S. copyright for the song "Hokey Pokey". LaPrise reportedly wrote the song in the late 1940s for the après-ski crowd at a club in Sun Valley, Idaho. The song was first recorded by his group the Ram Trio (with Charles Macak and Tafit Baker) in 1949. They were awarded U.S. copyright in 1950. After the group broke up in the 1960s, … - C. F. Payne
Chris Fox Payne, most commonly known as C.F. Payne, is a famous American caricaturist and illustrator. He graduated with BFA from Miami University in Ohio in 1976 and began a freelance career in 1980. His illustrations may be found on covers of "Time", "Sports Illustrated", "Rolling Stone", "Mad", "Esquire", "National Geographic", … - Vinnie Ream
Lavinia Ellen Ream (Vinnie Ream) (1847-1914) was an American sculptor. Her most famous work was the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the U.S. Capitol rotunda. - Frankie Manning
Frankie Manning or Frankie "Musclehead" Manning, born Frank Manning in Jacksonville, Florida, on May 26, 1914, is an American dancer, instructor and choreographer. Manning is considered to be one of the founding fathers of Lindy Hop. He frequented Harlem's Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s, eventually becoming a dancer in the elite and prestigious "Kat's Korner", … - Art Smith
Art Smith was an American pilot. He grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana; in 1910, his parents mortgaged their home for $1,800 so that he could build a plane, on which he spent six months; however, he crashed it on his first flight, destroying everything but the motor. However, he quickly became a celebrated stunt pilot, notable for flying at night; he was one of the pioneers of skywriting at night using flares attached to his aircraft. - Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield
Arthur Ellsworth Summerfield (Pinconning, Michigan, 17 March 1899 - 26 April 1972 in West Palm Beach, Florida) was a U.S. political figure. He ran (unsuccessfully) for the governorship of his home state of Michigan in 1946 and served as the chairman of the Republican National Committee between 1952 and 1953. He also served as the federal Postmaster General between 1953 and 1961. - Stephen Hickman
Stephen Hickman (born April 9, 1949) is an award-winning American artist, illustrator, sculptor and author. He is best known for his work in science fiction and fantasy with over 350 book and magazine covers to his credit. His efforts have brought an extra dimension to the stories of Robert A. Heinlein, H.P. Lovecraft, Anne McCaffery, and Andre Norton. - Earle Ovington
Earle Ovington (1879 - 1936) was an American aeronautical engineer, aviator and inventor, and served as a lab assistant to Thomas Edison. Ovington piloted the first official airmail flight in the US in 1911, from Garden City, New York to Mineola, New York. He delivered 640 letters and 1,280 postcards, including a letter to himself from the United States Postal Service designating him as "Official Air Mail Pilot #1." - Robert MacNaughton
Robert MacNaughton is an American actor, best known for his role as Elliott's brother Michael in Steven Spielberg's "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", for which he won an 1983 Young Artist Award as Best Young Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. Following roles in "I Am the Cheese" and a few made-for-TV movies, … - Johann Martin Schleyer
Johann Martin Schleyer, German Catholic priest who invented the constructed language Volapük. His official name was "Martin Schleyer"; he added the name "Johann" (in honor of his godfather) unofficially. He was born in Oberlauda (Baden). According to his own report, the idea of an international language arose out of a conversation he had with one of his parishioners, … - Charles Rembar
Charles Rembar is American lawyer. In 1959, Grove Press published an unexpurgated version of "Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D. H. Lawrence. The U. S. Post Office confiscated copies sent through the mail. Charles Rembar, working for Grove Press sued the New York city postmaster and won in New York and then on federal appeal. In 1968, he published a book documenting the trials called "The End of Obscenity: The trials of Lady Chatterley, … - Ned McWherter
Ned Ray McWherter (born October 15, 1930) is an American politician who served as the 46th Governor of Tennessee from 1987 to 1995. He is a Democrat. McWherter was born in Palmersville, in Tennessee's northwest corner. He began his political career in 1968 when he won a seat to the Tennessee House of Representatives from Weakley County. After only serving two terms in the General Assembly, he was elected Speaker of the House. - Bremer Ehrler
Bremer Ehrler (born July 10, 1914), a Democrat, served as County Judge/Executive of Jefferson County, Kentucky, was elected to three terms as county clerk for Jefferson County beginning in 1973, served as postmaster of Louisville, Kentucky in the 1960s, and was elected to a term as Kentucky Secretary of State (1988-1992) and served as appointed Jefferson County sheriff (1993). - Al Jury
Al Jury was an American football official in the National Football League (NFL) from 1978 to 2004 as a field judge then as a back judge when the league swapped position names in 1998. Over the course of his NFL career, Jury was selected to officiate in a record-tying five Super Bowls: XX in 1986, XXII in 1988, XXIV in 1990, XXVIII in 1994 and XXXIV in 2000. - Ovington Weller
Ovington Eugene Weller (January 23, 1862 - January 5, 1947) was a Republican member of the United States Senate, representing the State of Maryland from 1921-1927. Weller was born in Reisterstown, Maryland and attended the public schools. He entered the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1877 and graduated in 1881. After two years of service in the United States Navy, he was honorably discharged in 1883. - Ely Jacques Kahn Jr.
Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr. was an American writer under the byline E.J. Kahn, Jr. with "The New Yorker" for five decades. Born in New York City, he was the son of architect Ely Jacques Kahn. He attended the Horace Mann School and Harvard University, where he took his B.A. in 1937. He was hired by The New Yorker in 1937 and his first byline appeared there in the April 3, 1937 issue. Before World War II, he was drafted and served in the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1945. - Horace Everett Hooper
Horace Everett Hooper was the publisher of "Encyclopædia Britannica" from 1897 until his death. Born at Worcester, Mass, he left school at the age of 16, and after gaining experience in various book shops, founded the Western Book and Stationary Company at Denver Colorado. He sold books to the western states making use of the United States Postal Service. He moved to Chicago in 1893 to join the firm of James Clark, publishers of cheap editions. - Ruth Yannatta Goldway
Ruth Goldway is currently a Commissioner of the United States Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), appointed by President George W. Bush in November, 2002 to serve a second term ending in 2008. She was first appointed by President Bill Clinton in April, 1998. The PRC regulates the United States Postal Service, the world's largest post and the second largest civilian employer in the United States. Ms. - Arthello Beck
Arthello Beck Jr. (July 17, 1941 - November 5 2004) was an American artist. He often painted scenes of places he had visited, using a variety of mediums, including oils, watercolors, and charcoal. Beck was born in Dallas, Texas, and attended Lincoln High School, where he received his only formal art training. Afterwards, he worked for the United States Postal Service, as well as various other jobs before becoming a professional artist. - Clifton Reginald Wharton Sr.
Clifton Reginald Wharton, Sr. was an American diplomat, the first African American in United States Foreign Service to be appointed Minister and Ambassador to a European nation. Born in Baltimore, Wharton received his law degree in 1920 and an advanced law degree in 1923 from Boston University School of Law. He practiced in Boston before joining the United States State Department as a law clerk in the Career Foreign Service Department.
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