詹姆斯·愛德華·戴 (James Edward Day) 在擔任美國郵政局長的美國郵政局長期間啟動了美國郵政編碼系統,並於擔任郵政局長兩年內,致力於實現郵政運營現代化,他將郵局的赤字從大約 8 億美元減少到 4.5 億美元,部分原因是將一等郵票的價格從 4 美分提高到 5 美分。<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/10/31/james-e-day-postmaster-who-began-zip-code-dies/98db97ed-6d19-4ead-8d53-ad9e9b4be7c8/ JAMES E. DAY, POSTMASTER WHO BEGAN ZIP CODE, DIES],washingtonpost,31October 1996</ref>。
== 參考文獻 ==
{{reflist}}
==外部連結==
*[https://www.jfklibrary.org/asset-viewer/archives/JEDPP The JFK Library and Museum -J. EDWARD DAY PERSONAL PAPERS]
*[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/01/us/j-edward-day-82-postmaster-who-brought-in-the-zip-code.html The New York Times-J. Edward Day, 82, Postmaster Who Brought In the ZIP Code,01-NOV-1996]