Southern Regional Postmaster General Frank Marcum Sommerkamp III

Southern Regional Postmaster General Frank Marcum Sommerkamp III

Regional Postmaster General Frank Sommerkamp

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Frank Marcum Sommerkamp III (ca. 1924-2008), the Regional Postmaster General of the Southern District during the Gerald Ford Administration. Born in Washington, Sommerkamp served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. At the time that this photograph was taken in the 1970s, Sommerkamp was serving as a Regional Postmaster General in the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). He was eventually promoted to Senior Assistant Postmaster General in Research and Technology, a position that he held until his retirement in 1980.

Original black and white photograph: Private Collection of Texann Ivy Buck.

ca. 1975

Buck, Texann Ivy

"Letter from A. B. Cleveland to All Sectional Center Managers of Tampa Districts (November 25, 1975)." RICHES of Central Florida. https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/7622.

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Copyright to this resource is held by Texann Ivy Buck and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Stoddard, James

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"Frank M. Sommerkamp III: Postal Service Executive." The Washington Post, June 3, 2008, page 1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202775.html.

"Frank M. Sommerkamp III: Postal Service Executive." The Washington Post, June 3, 2008, page 2. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202775_2.html.