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73rd United States Postmaster General

Patrick R.

Donahoe (born October 27, ) is an American politician who served as the 73rd United States postmaster general, having been appointed to the post on October 25, A year veteran of the Postal Service, he reported to the Postal Service Board of Governors.

When Patrick Donahoe began his job as an afternoon shift postal clerk at a Pittsburgh post office in 1975, the mail was still sorted by hand.

Donahoe has served as USPS postmaster general and CEO since 2010.

Patrick R. Donahoe (born October 27, 1955) is an American politician who served as the 73rd United States postmaster general, having been appointed to the.

He began his career as a clerk in Pittsburgh in 1975, and in 2001, became responsible for all facets of mail operations, including processing.

On March 18, 2014, Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe announced that he had finally found “a veteran communications leader and public relations.

Biography

Donahoe is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he majored in economics. He also graduated from the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he was a Sloan Fellow.^[2] Before being postmaster, Donahoe served as the 19th deputy postmaster general.

He entered the United States Postal Service as a clerk in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the advice of his uncle Bob Burke, a mail carrier, who encouraged young Patrick to take the postal service exam.^[3][4][5][6]

His predecessor, Postmaster General John E.

Potter, testified before the Senate^[7] that if the Postal Service is not able to r