Lorinda de Roulet replaces the very unpopular M. Donald Grant as the Mets’ Chairman of the Board

Lorinda de Roulet replaces the very unpopular M. Donald Grant as the Mets’ Chairman of the Board. The daughter of franchise founder Joan Payson became the first woman to direct the day-to-day operations of an MLB club when elected as the team president and named to its board of directors following the death of her mother in 1975.