Glen Edgar Edgerton
Glen Edgar Edgerton (born April 17, 1887 in Parkerville , Morris County , Kansas , † April 9, 1956 in Bethesda , Maryland ) was an American officer. Between 1940 and 1944 he was governor of the Panama Canal Zone .
Career
Glen Edgerton attended Kansas State College until 1904 . Between 1904 and 1908 he graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point . He then began a long career as an officer in the US Army . He was assigned to the Army Corps of Engineers and rose to the rank of major general upon retiring from the military in 1949. He was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone for the first time in 1908 and 1909. Between 1910 and 1915 he was the chief builder for the Alaska Road Commission , which planned and built roads in what was then the Alaska Territory . The Edgerton Highway there was named after him. From 1921 to 1923 he was director of the War Department Sales at the Ministry of War ; between 1925 and 1929 he headed the Federal Power Communication agency . In 1930 he was on the faculty of the Building Department at the West Point Military Academy as an assistant professor .
Between 1936 and 1940 Edgerton was responsible for the maintenance of the Panama Canal. In 1940 he succeeded Clarence S. Ridley as the new governor of the Canal Zone. He held this office until 1944. During this time, some administrative changes were made there. In 1942 a railway and car bridge over the canal was opened to public transport. The canal zone remained largely untouched by the events of World War II . Glen Edgerton remained in the army until 1949. Then he retired. He died in the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda in April 9, 1956 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ "Gen. Glen E. Edgerton". Washington Post. April 12, 1976.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Edgerton, Glen Edgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 17, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Parkerville , Kansas |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1956 |
| Place of death | Bethesda , Maryland |