Edward Jones Pearson (October 4, 1863 - December 7, 1928) was president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.[1]
Early life and education
editHe was born on October 4, 1863, in Rockville, Indiana. He attended Cornell University, where he graduated with a degree in engineering.
Career
editEntered railway service: 1880 as rodman Missouri Pacific, since which he has been consecutively to 1883, in Engineering Department Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad and Atlantic and Pacific Railroad; 1883 to 1885, assistant engineer, Northern Pacific; 1885 to April, 1890, supervisor, Bridges, Buildings and Water Supply, Minnesota and St. Paul divisions; April, 1890, to May, 1892, division engineer, Eastern Division of same road; May, 1892, to May, 1894, principal assistant engineer at Chicago in charge of construction of Chicago Terminal Lines and of work on the Wisconsin Central Lines being operated by the Northern Pacific; May, 1894, to August, 1895, superintendent, Yellowstone Division, Glendive, Montana; August, 1895, to December, 1898, superintendent, Rocky Mountain Division, Missoula, Montana; December, 1898, to April, 1902, superintendent, Pacific Division, Tacoma, Washington; April, 1902, to September, 1903, assistant general superintendent; September, 1903, to May 1, 1904, acting chief engineer, and May 1, 1904, to December, 1905, chief engineer; December 1905, to date, chief engineer, Pacific Railway. [2] Later president of the Milwaukee Road.
In 1916, he was president of the Texas Pacific Railroad when he was hired as a vice president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad.[3]
Death
editHe died on December 7, 1928, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Pearson, Rebuilder Of Railroad, Dies. New Haven's Ex-President Victim of Cerebral Hemorrhage in Baltimore Hospital. He Rose From The Ranks. Resigned Nov. 27 Because of Ill Health. Had Resumed Dividend Payments. Spent 10 Years in Rehabilitating Road. Tackles New Haven's Problems. Funeral Is Set for Monday". The New York Times. December 8, 1928. Retrieved 2015-05-09.
- ^ Busbey, T. Addison, editor. The Biographical Directory of the Railway Officials of America, Edition of 1906. Chicago [Ill.]: Railway Age, 1906, p. 467.
- ^ "Pearson New Vice President of the New Haven System" (PDF). The New York Times. March 10, 1916. Retrieved 2015-05-09.