Marvin Travis Runyon
Marvin Travis Runyon ( born September 16, 1924 in Fort Worth, Texas; † May 3, 2004 Nashville, Tennessee) was an American manager and politician.
Biography
After school he started in 1943 a work at Ford, which was, however, shortly afterwards of 1943 interrupted because of his military service in the U.S. Army until 1945. He then returned to Ford and studied next at Texas A & M University. After his graduation he became manager at Ford and was in the following years in the works in Atlanta and Lorain (Ohio ) operates. In 1969, he was an executive in the corporate headquarters and in 1972 there general manager of a department. Between 1973 and 1977 he was vice-president of Ford with the responsibility of drive trains and engines, and thereafter until the end of 1980 vice president for vehicle assembly.
In 1981 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) of Nissan North America. As such, he was also responsible for the development of assembly and engine plant in Smyrna, one of the most productive plants in the automotive industry. In 1986 he was awarded the Distinguished Service Citation Award from the Automotive Hall of Fame. 1988 followed him Jerry Benefield, the manager was also previously at FORD, as CEO of Nissan North America.
1988 appointed U.S. President Ronald Reagan Runyon chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA ), an independent government organization for the management of hydroelectric and flow control facilities on the Tennessee River. During his term of office lasting until 1992, he received the nickname " Carvin ' Marvin" ( Schnitzer Marvin ) because he cut personnel costs by a third.
Between 1992 and 1998 he was then in place of Anthony M. Frank United States Postmaster General. In this role, he shortened the United States Postal Service ( USPS) Hundreds of job in management, reorganized the operations and increased its profits at the end of his tenure to more than a billion dollars. In addition he made in the area of customer service for a relative price stability by only once the fee for regular letters from 29 to 32 U.S. cents were raised during his tenure. 1998 saw him William J. Henderson as Postmaster General.