Winton M Blount

Born February 1, 1921 in Union Springs, Alabama Education Union Springs Schools; Staunton Military Academy, Staunton, Virginia; University of Alabama 1939-41. Military Service 1942-45 U.S. Army Air Corps, B-29 pilot, released to inactive duty as First Lieutenant. Professional/Career Experience 1941 Associated with father's interests in railroad and building materials business. 1946 Founded Blount Brothers Corporation, serving as President and Chairman of the Board until December 1968 President, Chamber of Commerce of the United States. 1969-70 Postmaster General of the United States and member of the President's Cabinet. 1970-71 Postmaster General and Chairman of the Board, U.S. Postal Service. 1972 Candidate, U. S. Senate, State of Alabama. 1973-January 1974 Chairman, Executive Committee, Blount, Inc. 1974-Dec. 1990 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Blount, Inc. (President, January 30, 1974 to October 1, 1979). Dec. 1990 to Oct. 1991 Chairman of the Board, Blount, Inc. Oct. 1991 to June 1993 Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Blount, Inc. June 1993 to Nov. 1995 Chairman of the Board, Blount, Inc. Nov. 1995 to Aug. 1999 Chairman of the Board, Blount International, Inc. Blount International, Inc. is an international manufacturing company headquartered in Montgomery, AL. Annual revenues are over $500 million. Director: Union Camp Corporation, 1973 to 1993. Trustee Rhodes College Board. Trustee Emeritus: University of Alabama. Founder: Wynton M. Blount Cultural Park, 1985. Selected Business and Professional Associations Member: Business Council, The Conference Board, Chief Executive Organization. Past President: Alabama State Chamber of Commerce and Alabama Road Builders Association. Director Emeritus: Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce. Past Director, Chairman of Executive Committee and Treasurer: Young Presidents Organization. Past Director: National Association of Manufacturers. Former Trustee: American Management Association. Past National Chairman, board member and Chairman of the Executive Committee: Business Committee for the Arts, Inc. Trustee Emeritus and Past Treasurer: American Enterprise Institute. Trustee Emeritus: The Aspen Institute. Member: Board of Trustees, Leadership Alabama. Chairman: Advisory Commission, National Postal Museum. Selected Civic, Educational and Religious Organizations Past Director: United Appeal of Montgomery, YMCA of Montgomery. Member: First United Methodist Church, Montgomery. Founding Chairman and member, Board of Governors: The Capital City Club of Montgomery. Director: Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Member: Alabama Foundation for Educational Excellence. Former Trustee: Alabama Trust Fund Board. Member Emeriti: Folger Shakespeare Library. Board member: Friends of American Art in Religion. Former member: President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. Former Board Member: Alabama High School of Mathematics and Science. Board Member: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Former Member: Court of Governors, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. Former Trustee: Southern Center for International Studies. Board Member: Americans for the Arts. Personal Married to the former Carolyn Self Varner. Seven children: Winton M. Ill, Thomas A., Samuel Roberts, Katherine, Joseph W., Dr. Robert E. Vamer, Jr. and Carolyn Stuart Varner (Mrs. George King). Winton Blount died on Ocotber 24, 2002.