Frederick C. Belen

Originally a lawyer and Congressional aide, Belen was chief counsel for the House of Representatives' post office. He apparently liked working with mail: he rose in rank to become the Deputy Postmaster General under President Lyndon Johnson, and was assigned to oversee the automation of the Post Office Department, now the U.S. Postal Service. One of the most visible results of his work was the "Zone Improvement Plan" -- routing codes for cities and towns to speed mail delivery -- better known as "ZIP Codes". As the chief architect of the ZIP Code system, in 1962 he received the Post Office's first Benjamin Franklin Award. He died October 13 in Arlington, Va., from complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 85. From This is True for 10 October 1999 Suggestions for further reading: It's Not TV: Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era by Marc Leverette, Brian L. Ott, Cara Louise Buckley Amazon Price: $31.45 Customer Review: This is a book that tries to have an academic perspective on TV and TV shows. It's a way of saying, that TV isn't always just trash. It focuses on HBO, because more than any other television channel HBO tries to create original, interesting, great qu...   Wall-to-Wall America: Post-Office Murals in the Great Depression by Karal Ann Marling Amazon Price: $22.28 Customer Review: While the text provides some interesting information all the art work is in mostly poor black & white images. The book is a major disappointment.   There's Always Work at the Post Office: African American Postal Workers and t... by Philip F. Rubio Amazon Price: $21.33 Customer Review: This is a very well researched and written book that I truly enjoyed reading. We got to know where we come from so that we don't repeat the mistakes we've made on the course toward progress. In 1961 President Kennedy said "Let the publ...   Traditions Of The Rabbis From The Era Of The New Testament: Prayer And Agricu... by David Instone-Brewer Amazon Price: $37.80   The Texas Post Office Murals: Art for the People (Joe and Betty Moore Texas A... by Philip Parisi Amazon Price: $35.15 Customer Review: Read this book. Enjoy the beautiful images. Laugh at the local bureaucrats who didn't understand the value of decorating their Post Office with visual images of our history. Remember the Post Office when it was efficient and relevant.   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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