A bronze sculpture of Winton M. Blount by Charles Parks stands in the Blount Cultural Park in Montgomery, Alabama.

Winton Malcolm "Red" Blount, Jr. (February 1, 1921 – October 24, 2002) was the United States Postmaster General from 1969-1971. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 2261 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Winton M. Blount Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 2261 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Winton M. Blount Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The United States Postmaster General is the executive head of the United States Postal Service. ... Year 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

Overview

Born in Union Springs, Alabama, Blount served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II training as a B-29 pilot. However, the war ended before his training was complete. Union Springs is a city in Bullock County, Alabama, United States. ... The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) was a part of the U.S. Army during World War II. The direct precursor to the U.S. Air Force, the USAAF formally existed between 1941 and 1947. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian... The Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Boeing Model 341/345) was a four-engine heavy bomber flown by the United States Army Air Force. ...

Blount and his brother Houston started a building contractor company Blount Brothers Corp in 1946. Houston left in 1948 leaving Winton to serve as President and Chairman until entering public service in 1969. The company worked on such construction projects as the First Avenue Viaduct in Birmingham, Alabama, the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans and Cape Canaveral's Complex 39A which launched Apollo 11. Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Year 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Year 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Nickname: The Magic City, Pittsburgh of the South, BHam, The Ham Location in Jefferson County in the state of Alabama Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Jefferson, Shelby Mayor Bernard Kincaid (D) Area    - City 393. ... Superdome redirects here. ... Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot, NOLA (acronym for New Orleans, LA) Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area    - City 350. ... Cape Canaveral from space, August 1991 Cape Canaveral (Cabo Cañaveral in Spanish) is a strip of land in Brevard County, Florida, United States, near the center of that states Atlantic coast. ... Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. ...

In 1952 he was appointed the Alabama Chairman of Citizens for Eisenhower, then in 1960 Southeastern Campaign Chairman for Richard Nixon's unsuccessful Presidential campaign against John F. Kennedy. 1961 saw him elected President of the Alabama Chamber of Commerce, then President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in 1968. 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Nixon redirects here. ... For other persons named John Kennedy, see John Kennedy (disambiguation). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...

In 1964 he was appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson to the National Citizens Committee for Community Relations, to advise the White House on the enforcement of the new Civil Rights Act of 1964 even though he had doubts about the new law. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969). ... President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 . ...

In 1969 he was appointed United States Postmaster General by the Nixon administration and supervised the 1971 transition of the U.S. Post Office Department from a cabinet level department of the government to a special independent executive agency. Blount was the last Cabinet-level Postmaster General and served as the first head of the new U.S. Postal Service. Year 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The United States Postmaster General is the executive head of the United States Postal Service. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... The United States Postal Service (USPS) is an independent establishment of the executive branch of the United States Government (see ) responsible for providing postal service in the United States. ...

In 1972 he ran an unsuccessful campaign against John Sparkman as the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate from Alabama. From May 1972 to November 1972, George W. Bush transferred from the Texas Air National Guard to assist Blount's Senate campaign as political director. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... credited to the United States Senate Historical Office John Jackson Sparkman (December 20, 1899 – November 16, 1985) was a United States politician from Alabama. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Seal of the U.S. Senate The Senate is one of the two chambers of the bicameral United States Congress, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Official language(s) English Capital Montgomery Largest city Birmingham Area  Ranked 30th  - Total 52,419 sq mi (135,765 km²)  - Width 190 miles (306 km)  - Length 330 miles (531 km)  - % water 3. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... Shield of the United States Air National Guard In the US military, the Air National Guard (ANG), as part of the National Guard, is the organized militia of a particular US state and is a reserve of the US Air Force (USAF), too. ...

Blount returned to Blount International Inc. in 1973 becoming President again in 1974. From 1981-1984 Blount Inc. built King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... King Saud University (جامعة الملك سعود) Is a well known university within the persian gulf countries. ... Riyadh (Arabic: ‎ ar-Riyāḍ) is the capital of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, located in Ar Riyad Province in the Najd region. ...

In 1980 he served as national chairman of John Connally's unsuccessful primary campaign, with the nomination being won by Ronald Reagan. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... John Connally, Governor of Texas, Secretary of the Treasury Connallys signature, as used on American currency John Bowden Connally, Jr. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ...

Retirement

In 1996 Greenwich Publishing Group published his autobiography called Doing It My Way that he had co-authored with Richard Blodgett. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

In 1999 he sold Blount International to Lehman Brothers for $1.35 billion. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ...

Blount died in Highlands, North Carolina at the age of 81. Highlands is an incorporated town located on a plateau in the southern Appalachian mountains in Macon County, North Carolina (a small annexed portion also being in neighboring Jackson County). ...

Philanthropy

Blount and his wife Carolyn, were philanthropists and notable patrons of the arts. Together they founded the Blount Cultural Park in Montgomery, Alabama, which is home to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Coordinates: Country United States State Alabama County Montgomery Incorporated December 3, 1819 Mayor Bobby Bright Area    - City 404. ... The Alabama Shakespeare Festival (ASF) is one of the largest Shakespeare festivals in the world. ...

Also, an elementary school part of the Montgomery County School System, was completed in 2003 and was named Wynton M. Blount Elementary School, after the late Blount. Blount Elementary is located on the city's rapidly-growing east side and is currently one of the largest elementary schools in the region. In computational complexity theory, the complexity class ELEMENTARY is the union of the classes in the exponential hierarchy. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Also, the Blount Undergraduate Initiative, a liberal arts honors program headed by Dr. Joe Hornsby, was started at the University of Alabama, for young open-minded students to grow as people and learn a great deal about the broad subject of liberal arts. Blount Scholars reside in the Blount Living Learning Center on the campus under the supervision of Hall Director Jerrod Bowman.

References

• Blount, Winton M. (1996). Doing It My Way. Greenwich Publishing Group. ISBN 0-944641-19-9.
• Blount Undergraduate Initiative, University of Alabama. http://www.as.ua.edu/blount/

External links

• Bio
• Blount info
• Maker of cutting tools finds keys to its renewal - article in The Oregonian about Blount International
• Alabama Shakespeare Festival [http://www.asf.net}