Aviation commentator Dan Patterson reflects on the life and legacy of Fred Smith, who founded FedEx and revolutionized overnight delivery with his hub-and-spoke model.

Fred Smith, who pioneered the express delivery industry when he founded FedEx more than 50 years ago, died at the age of 80 in Memphis, Tenn., on Saturday, June 21.

The FedEx St. Jude Championship will honor FedEx founder Fred Smith, who died in June. The FedEx St. Jude Championship will pay tribute to FedEx founder and former CEO Fred Smith during the event, ...

FedEx founder Fred Smith, whose express shipping company set the standard for absolutely, positively overnight delivery, has ...

A celebration of life event will be held for FedEx founder Fred Smith at FedExForum in Downtown Memphis on what would have ...

FedEx CEO Fred Smith participates in a roundtable discussion with Vice President Mike Pence about Operation Warp Speed at the Air National Guard 164th Airlift Wing on Dec. 3, 2020, in Memphis.

FedEx Corp. founder Fred Smith takes part in a discussion at the National Conference of State Legislatures in Nashville, Tenn. on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006. Credit: AP ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Founder of the FedEx Corporation, Fred Smith, has died Saturday at 80. Smith was born in 1944 in Marks, Mississippi, before going on to earn his undergraduate degree at Yale ...

"We ... look forward to operating out of a location that bears his name," FedEx said in a statement about naming the airport ...

Arthur Smith learned countless lessons from his late father, FedEx founder Fred Smith, the ability to adapt being chief among them. Smith doesn’t credit his father’s business acumen that made him a ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Founder of the FedEx Corporation, Fred Smith, has died Saturday at 80. Smith was born in 1944 in Marks, Mississippi, before going on to earn his undergraduate degree at Yale ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Founder of the FedEx Corporation, Fred Smith, has died Saturday at 80. Smith was born in 1944 in Marks, Mississippi, before going on to earn his undergraduate degree at Yale ...