Overnight success

Every day, Federal Express delivers almost three-quarters of a billion packages around the world. It has revolutionized the way business is conducted; "FedEx it" has become a generic instruction, whether Federal Express is actually the carrier or not. Federal Express, and particularly the "hub" concept upon which all overnight package delivery is based, is the brainchild of one man, Frederick W. Smith. Son of the founder of the Dixie Greyhound Bus Line and the Toddle. House chain of fast-food restaurants, Smith performed heroically in the Vietnam war, both on the ground and later in the air.…