Russell Mullen
Russell H. Mullen (September 16, 1924 - April 8, 2019) served as Acting Commissioner of the
New Jersey Department of Transportation from August 14, 1977 to May 22, 1978. He was in the cabinet of Governor
Brendan Byrne. Mullen began his career as a reporter for the
Associated Press in the Newark and Trenton bureaus, and joined the staff of the New Jersey State Highway Commission in 1961. From 1971 to 1975, he was the Director of Construction for New York City under Mayors
John Lindsay and
Abraham Beame. He returned to New Jersey in 1975 as the Assistant Commissioner of Transportation for Transportation Planning and Project Coordination. Mullen retired from the Department of Transportation in September 1991 after 31 years. Mullen became Acting Commissioner when
Alan Sagner resigned to become Chairman of the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and served until
Louis Gambaccini assumed the post in 1978.
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