George Doswell Brooke

George Doswell Brooke (born September 15, 1878 in Sutherlin , Virginia , † August 23, 1982 in Virginia Beach , Virginia) was an American railroad manager .

Life

Family and education

The Episcopalian baptized George Doswell Brooke, son of the Civil War veteran and general practitioner Thomas Vaden Brooke (1844-1933) and Fannie Doswell Brooke (1852-1895), graduated from public and private schools in Virginia. He then studied civil engineering at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington , 1900 he obtained the degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering .

George Doswell Brooke married Sue Scott Herbert (1878–1964) from Alexandria on June 14, 1906 . This marriage had the four children Sue Herbert Brooke (1907-2002), Anne Herbert Brooke (1911-2007), Thomas Vaden Brooke (1915-2006) and Margaret Brooke Hobbs (1916-2004). George Doswell Brooke died in August 1982 a few weeks before he would turn 104. He found his final resting place in the Eastern Shore Chapel Cemetery in Virginia Beach.

Professional background

George Doswell Brooke got a job as an instructor at the Culver Military Academy in Culver after completing his bachelor's degree. In 1902 he joined the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company as a surveyor's assistant . He subsequently rose to become a surveyor, a surveying technician, and finally a senior field engineer. In 1919 he was appointed Superintendent of Transportation (head of the transportation department) in Cincinnati . In 1924, George Doswell Brooke joined the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company as assistant to the vice-president , becoming general manager in 1926, vice-president in 1930, and president in 1937. In addition, he served as President of the Nickel Plate Road Company and the Pere Marquette Railway Company. Since 1943 he was used as Chairman of the Board of the Virginian Railway Company .

George Doswell Brooke, who was elected a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers , also temporarily held the presidency of the American Railway Engineering Association. He was also a member of the Virginia, Norfolk, Princess Anne Country and Bankers (New York) clubs.

literature

• John William Leonard, Winfield Scott Downs, MM Lewis: Who's who in engineering. Volume 1. John W. Leonard Corporation, New York, 1922, p. 1484.
• Railway Age. Volume 104.Simmons -Boardman Publishing Company, New York, 1938, p. 126.
• Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation: Who's who in Railroading in North America, Volume 12. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Company, New York, 1949, p. 85.
• Who's Who in America: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women. : Volume 28 (1954-1955), Marquis Who's Who, Chicago, Ill., 1955, p. 326.
• Richard Lee Morton: Virginia Lives: The Old Dominion Who's who. Historical Record Association, Hopkinsville, Ky., 1964, p. 119.
• Railfan & Railroad. Volume 5. Carstens Publications, Fredon, NJ, etc., 1983, p. 42.
• John T. Kneebone: Dictionary of Virginia Biography: Aaroe-Blanchfield. Library of Virginia, Richmond, 1998, p. 412.

Web links

• George Doswell Brooke in the database of Find a Grave (English)