William Dunlap

William Dunlap was the retired CEO of Campbell Mithun, once Minneapolis' largest advertising agency, He died of kidney disease on Jan. 8 2022, in a hospital and surrounded by family. He was 83. He grew up in Austin, Minn., and attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., where he majored in political science and worked at the post office. He married his first wife, Lois-Mary Apple Dunlap, in 1965. They later divorced and he married JoAnne Pastel, who survives him. He graduated in 1960 and took a job as a marketing and sales executive at Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati. In 1968, he was recruited by the United States Postal Service to serve as an assistant postmaster general. He designed several iconic postage stamps, including one featuring astronaut Neil Armstrong stepping onto the moon. In 1978, Dunlap was recruited to a leadership position at the Marketing Corporation of America in Westport, Conn., and New York. In 1980, he became president and then CEO of Campbell Mithun. In addition to his wife and daughter Brenda, survivors include sisters Judy Wellhausen of Chaska and Mary Wennes of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; daughters Kristin Dunlap of Red Lodge, Mont., and Leslie Dunlap of Salem, Ore., and Jacqueline, at home; son Billy, at home; and six grandchildren.