Postal Service

While Postmaster General, Tisch created a separate department of philatelic affairs responsible for the USPS stamp program, appointing Gordon C. Morrison as its head. (Formerly, the marketing department was in charge of postage stamps.) The increased visibility for postage stamp sales was also reflected in a redesign of post offices to includes sales areas for prepackaged stamps. In addition, he initiated the sales of stamps by telephone order to the general public, as an extension of an existing phone system by which the Kansas City philatelic center catered to collectors.

Philanthropy

Tisch made substantial donations to his alma maters, leading to these institutions naming a building and a school after him. Tisch Hall, on the University of Michigan central campus, houses that university's history department. New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and NYU Medical Center's Tisch Hospital are named after Laurence A. and Preston Robert Tisch. In 1997, the Central Park Zoo opened the Tisch Children's Zoo.

Other Biography

Tisch was a loyal alumnus of Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity.