Trucking Group Head Gets Top Chamber Job

Thomas J. Donohue, president of the American Trucking Association, on Wednesday was named president of the nation’s biggest business organization and said he hoped to meet soon with his counterpart in labor.

Donohue, 58, will assume the top operating post at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Sept. 1, succeeding Richard L. Lesher, president since 1975. Lesher announced in February that he would leave to pursue other activities.

Donohue previously served as a senior official of the Chamber.