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Marvin Runyon resigned as postmaster general Wednesday after six years, during which he put the U.S. Postal Service in the black for the first time since 1989, even as mail delivery was competing with faxes and overnight service.
He said he will stay until May 15 to allow for a smooth transition to a successor.
Runyon, 73, said he is proud of the Postal Service’s recent profits: $1.77 billion in 1995, $1.57 billion in 1996 and $1.26 billion last year. The profits began the same year as the only rate increase for regular mail during Runyon’s tenure, from 29 cents to 32 cents.
But he said he wants his legacy to be that he turned the Postal Service into a more customer-friendly place.
