The President today announced his intention to nominate John Lathrop Ryan to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service Board of Governors for the remainder of the term expiring December 8, 1989. He would succeed Wallace Nathaniel Hyde.
Mr. Ryan is currently serving as executive vice president of Dean Brothers Pumps, Inc., in Indianapolis, Ind. He was Charter Commissioner and Chairman of the United States Postal Rate Commission in 1971- 1973. He served as a member of the Marion County Welfare Board in 1980.
Mr. Ryan received a bachelor of arts degree from Harvard University. He is married and resides in Indianapolis, Ind. He was born July 16, 1921.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of John Lathrop Ryan To Be a Governor of the United States Postal Service Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/262720