Marvin T. Runyon

Marvin Travis Runyon (born September 16, 1924 in Fort Worth , Texas , † May 3, 2004 in Nashville , Tennessee ) was an American manager and politician .

biography

After attending school, he began working for Ford in 1943 , which was interrupted shortly afterwards due to his military service in the US Army from 1943 to 1945. He then returned to Ford and also studied at Texas A&M University . After graduating , he became a manager at Ford and worked in the Atlanta and Lorain, Ohio, factories in the following years . In 1969 he became a manager at the corporate headquarters and then in 1972 general director of a department. Between 1973 and 1977 he was Vice President of Ford with responsibility for Powertrains and Engines and then Vice President for Vehicle Assembly until the end of 1980.

In 1981 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nissan North America . As such, he was also responsible for setting up the assembly and engine plant in Smyrna , which is one of the most productive plants in the automotive industry . Of him was 1986 Distinguished Service Citation Award of Automotive Hall of Fame awarded. He was followed in 1988 by Jerry Benefield, who was also a FORD manager before, as CEO of Nissan North America.

In 1988, US President Ronald Reagan named Runyon chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), an independent government organization that manages hydropower and river regulation systems on the Tennessee River . During his tenure, which lasted until 1992, he was nicknamed "Carvin 'Marvin" (Schnitzer-Marvin) because he cut personnel costs by a third.

Between 1992 and 1998 he was the successor to Anthony M. Frank United States Postmaster General . In this role, he cut in United States Postal Service (USPS) Hundreds of job in management , reorganized the operational area and built the profits at the end of his term on more than a billion dollars from. In addition, he ensured relative price stability in the area of ​​customer service by increasing the fee for regular letters from 29 to 32 US cents only once during his tenure . In 1998 he was followed by William J. Henderson as Postmaster General.

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