- Marvin Travis Runyon
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Marvin Travis Runyon (September 16, 1924 – May 3, 2004) was an American business executive.
He was a 1942 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, Texas. The school inducted him into its alumni Hall of Fame in 1999.
After a long career as a manufacturing executive at Ford Motor Company, he retired, then was the U.S. head of Nissan for several years. He later served as chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and as U.S. Postmaster General.
References
External links
- Obituary from The Tennessean[dead link]
- Obituary
- Article on his appointment to TVA[dead link]
- Detroit News retrospective[dead link]
Government offices Preceded by
Anthony M. FrankUnited States Postmaster General
1992–1998Succeeded by
William J. HendersonUnited States Postmasters General Confederal Federal Cabinet level Barry · Kendall · Niles · F. Granger · Wickliffe · Johnson · Collamer · Hall · Hubbard · Campbell · A. Brown · Holt · King · Blair · Dennison · Randall · Creswell · Marshall · Jewell · Tyner · Key · Maynard · James · Howe · Gresham · Hatton · Vilas · Dickinson · Wanamaker · Bissell · Wilson · Gary · Smith · Payne · Wynne · Cortelyou · Meyer · Hitchcock · Burleson · Hays · Work · New · W. Brown · Farley · Walker · Hannegan · Donaldson · Summerfield · Day · Gronouski · O'Brien · Watson · Blount
U.S. Postal Service Categories:- 1924 births
- 2004 deaths
- American manufacturing businesspeople
- Ford executives
- Nissan people
- United States Postmasters General
- People from Fort Worth, Texas
- Texas A&M University alumni
- Middle Tennessee State University faculty
- United States Army Air Forces soldiers
- American military personnel of World War II
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