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 Winton Malcolm “Red” Blount II

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Winton Malcolm “Red” Blount II Famous memorial Veteran

Birth
Union Springs, Bullock County, Alabama, USA
Death
24 Oct 2002 (aged 81)
Highlands, Macon County, North Carolina, USA
Burial
Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA
Memorial ID
6919634 View Source

U.S. Presidential Cabinet Member. Towards the end of World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was a pilot in training when the war ended. He then was his brother started the Blount Brothers Contractor Company, in 1946. Blount was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the National Citizens Committee for Community Relations, in 1964, plus was elected President of the Alabama Chamber of Commerce and President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1968. In 1969, he was appointed by President Richard Nixon Postmaster General, serving until 1972, as the first director of the new U.S. Postal Service and he was the last to hold the position of Cabinet level Postmaster General. After his term, he ran an unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Senate and returned to his contractor company. He also founded the Winton M. Blount Center for Postal Studies and the Winton M. Blount Research Center which are both at the Smithsonian National Museum in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Presidential Cabinet Member. Towards the end of World War II, he enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps and was a pilot in training when the war ended. He then was his brother started the Blount Brothers Contractor Company, in 1946. Blount was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson to the National Citizens Committee for Community Relations, in 1964, plus was elected President of the Alabama Chamber of Commerce and President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1968. In 1969, he was appointed by President Richard Nixon Postmaster General, serving until 1972, as the first director of the new U.S. Postal Service and he was the last to hold the position of Cabinet level Postmaster General. After his term, he ran an unsuccessful campaign for the U.S. Senate and returned to his contractor company. He also founded the Winton M. Blount Center for Postal Studies and the Winton M. Blount Research Center which are both at the Smithsonian National Museum in Washington, D.C.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith


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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Mark Pawelczak
  • Added: 11 Nov 2002
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 6919634
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6919634/winton-malcolm-blount: accessed ), memorial page for Winton Malcolm “Red” Blount II (1 Feb 1921–24 Oct 2002), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6919634, citing Greenwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.