J. Edward Day

J. Edward Day
Day in 1961
58th United States Postmaster General
In office
January 21, 1961 – August 9, 1963
PresidentJohn F. Kennedy
Preceded byArthur Summerfield
Succeeded byJohn A. Gronouski
Personal details
BornJames Edward Day
(1914-10-11)October 11, 1914
Jacksonville, Illinois, U.S.
DiedOctober 29, 1996(1996-10-29) (aged 82)
Hunt Valley, Maryland, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
SpouseMary Burgess
EducationUniversity of Chicago (BA)
Harvard University (LLB)

James Edward Day (October 11, 1914 – October 29, 1996) was an American lawyer and business executive, most widely known as the United States Postmaster General under whose leadership the ZIP code was introduced.

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