Potter Will Retire as U.S. Postmaster General
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U.S. Postmaster General John Potter, who rose from mail clerk in the Bronx, New York, to lead the Postal Service, will retire in December after 32 years as the agency struggles to be profitable.
Potter, 55, is leaving amid a campaign he began in March to raise mail rates and eliminate Saturday delivery. Patrick R. Donahoe, the deputy postmaster general and chief operating officer, will succeed Potter, the Washington-based agency said yesterday in a statement on the changes.