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With New Stamps, Postal Service Honors One of Its Own
The Postal Service puts out new commemorative stamps all the time. But it's not every day that in the process, it recognizes one of its own employees.
Ed O'Keefe reports today about Cleophus Brown, 76, of Birmingham, Ala., who arrives at work at 3:30 a.m. every day to drive a postal tractor trailer full of mail from the airport to area postal stations.
But in a previous life, Brown was a first baseman and pitcher for the Birmingham Black Barrons and Louisville Clippers of the Negro Leagues--the same Negro Leagues that are being honored with a commemorative stamp today.
USPS officials reached out to their workforce to find out if any current employees had played in the Negro Leagues, and Brown turned out to be the only one.
Tom Shoop is vice president and editor in chief at Government Executive Media Group, where he oversees both print and online editorial operations. He started as associate editor of Government Executive magazine in 1989; launched the company’s flagship website, GovExec.com, in 1996; and was named editor in chief in 2007.
