FAMOUS POSTAL WORKERS NAME FAME POSTAL WORK SHIRLEY BABASHOFF

NAME

FAME

POSTAL WORK

Shirley Babashoff

Olympic gold medallist, swimmer

Letter carrier, Huntington Beach, CA

John Brown

Abolitionist

Postmaster, Randolph, PA

Charles Bukowski

Poet, novelist, screenwriter

Clerk, Los Angeles, CA

Anthony Comstock

Anti-vice crusader

Special agent

Bing Crosby

Singer, actor

Clerk, Spokane, WA

Walt Disney

Film producer, developer of Disneyland

Substitute carrier, Chicago, IL

Charles R. Drew

Scientist, surgeon

Part-time special delivery messenger, Washington, DC

James A. Farley

Politician

Postmaster General

William Faulkner

Novelist

Postmaster, University, MS

Benjamin Franklin

Statesman, inventor, printer

Postmaster General

Samuel L. Gravely, Jr.

First African-American admiral

Railway mail clerk

William S. Hart

Actor

Clerk, New York, NY

Will Hays

President, Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America

Postmaster General

Sherman Hemsley

Actor

Clerk, Philadelphia, PA, and New York, NY

Buck Hill

Musician

Letter carrier, Washington, DC

Conrad Hilton

Businessman

Postmaster, San Antonio, NM

Harry Hooper

Baseball Hall-of-Famer

Postmaster, Capitola, CA

Rock Hudson

Actor

Letter carrier, Winnetka, IL

Sidney Lanier

Poet

Clerk, Macon, GA

Abraham Lincoln

President

Postmaster, New Salem, IL

Charles Lindbergh

Aviator

Airmail pilot

Fred C. Lindstrom

Baseball Hall-of-Famer

Postmaster, Evanston, IL

William McKinley

President

Assistant postmaster, Poland, OH

Samuel F. B. Morse

Inventor

Superintendent, Telegraph Unit

Bill Nye

Humorist, author

Postmaster, Laramie, WY

Knute Rockne

Football coach

Clerk, Chicago, IL

Adlai E. Stevenson

Vice President

First Assistant Postmaster General

Horace A. W. Tabor

Silver multimillionaire

Postmaster, Denver, CO

Harry S Truman

President

Postmaster, Grandview, MO

John Wanamaker

Businessman

Postmaster General

Noah Webster

Lexicographer

Special agent

Hal Williams

Actor

Clerk, Los Angeles, CA

Richard Wright

Author

Substitute clerk, Chicago, IL