Michael S. Coughlin, Deputy Postmaster General since 1987, yesterday submitted his resignation to the U.S. Postal Service’s Board of Governors.
Coughlin, who leaves office on July 2, plans to move to other unspecified opportunities and challenges, according to a USPS statement.
A native of Waterloo, IA, Coughlin joined the USPS as a letter carrier in 1967 after a stint in the U.S. Navy. Working his way up the chain of command, he served in a variety of posts within the USPS in New England, New York, California and at postal headquarters.
Prior to his appointment of Deputy Postmaster General on Jan. 5, 1987, Coughlin, who was passed over for the PMG’s post four times by postal governors, served as assistant postmaster general for mail processing, regional postmaster general for the postal service’s western region; executive assistant to the Postmaster General, Senior Assistant Postmaster General, Finance, and Senior Assistant Postmaster General, Employee and Labor Relations.
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