G. Allan MacNamara

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George Allan MacNamara (born February 4, 1894 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ; died August 19, 1976 in Minneapolis , Minnesota ) was a Canadian-American railroad manager. He was president of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad and Chairman of the Board of Soo Line Railroad .

Life

G. Allan MacNamara is the son of William B. MacNamara and Constance (LePage) MacNamara. His grandmother, Mary Frances MacNamara, was from Ireland. He grew up in Winnipeg and attended local schools and studied in Vancouver. From 1912 he worked as an office clerk for the Canadian Northern Railway . From 1915 to 1919 he served as a soldier in the Canadian Army in France during the First World War . He then resumed his work at CNR. In 1920 he moved to the Canadian Pacific Railway . From 1925 he worked for this railway company in Minneapolis. Subsequent locations were Indianapolis and Detroit .

In 1944 he became General Traffic Manager for the CPR subsidiary Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad based in Minneapolis. From 1947 he was vice president of traffic at the Canadian Pacific Railway. On January 1, 1950, he became President of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad to succeed Horace C. Grout .

While doing this, he was responsible for the merger of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad, the Wisconsin Central Railway and the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad to the Soo Line Railroad on January 1, 1961. With the establishment of this company he resigned from the active management and became Chairman of the Board of the new company. He held this position until 1965. In 1968 he left the board of directors .

In addition, he sat from 1952 on the board of directors of the First National Bank of Minneapolis , the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce and the Association of American Railroads .

From 1963 he lived in Fort Lauderdale (Florida) in winter and in the greater Minneapolis area in summer.

On July 10, 1926, he married Margaret Simpson (1904–1974). The couple had a son.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 19 Dec 1947, 44 - Chicago Tribune at Newspapers.com. Retrieved October 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ 23 Dec 1949, 8 - Iron County News at Newspapers.com. Retrieved October 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ 4 Jan 1961, 21 - The Journal Times at Newspapers.com. Retrieved October 30, 2019 .
  4. ↑ 27 Nov 1952, Page 46 - Star Tribune at Newspapers.com. Retrieved November 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME MacNamara, G. Allan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES MacNamara, George Allan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian-American railroad manager
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba
DATE OF DEATH 19th August 1976
Place of death Minneapolis , Minnesota