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Revision as of 21:50, 9 January 2022
Frederic C. "Buck" Dumaine Jr. (1902[1] – March 13, 1997, in Weston, Massachusetts[2]) was an American business executive who served as the president of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad from 1951–1954, Avis Rent a Car System from 1957–1962, and the Delaware and Hudson Railroad from 1967–1968.[3] He also served as an executive with the American Woolen Company, Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company, Waltham Watch Company, Fanny Farmer, Boston Edison Company, Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Pittsburg and Shawmut Railroad, Boston and Maine Railroad, Boston Garden-Arena Corporation, and Springfield and Eastern Street Railway.[2] From 1963 to 1965 he was the Chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party.
He donated the land for the original Our Lady of Good Voyage Chapel in Boston.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Hareven, Tamara K.; Randolph Langenbach (1995). Amoskeag: life and work in an American factory-city. p. 75. ISBN 9780874517361. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
- ^ a b Edgar J. Driscoll, Jr. (April 18, 1997). "FREDERIC C. 'BUCK' DUMAINE, 94; RAILROAD MAGNATE, GOP ACTIVIST". Boston Globe. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
- ^ Cawley, Tom (August 1, 1967). "Buck Dumaine Tries Harder at D&H". Press and Sun-Bulletin. Binghamton, New York. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chapel at Fish Pier Dedicated to Our Lady of Good Voyage". The Boston Globe. December 8, 1952. p. 5. Retrieved May 19, 2019.
