Wednesday, November 29, 2017

McCormick, Ernest Oliver : 1858-1924

Name : Ernest O. McCormick
Occupation : railway official
Born : Lafayette, Indiana
Died : 1924

Education : graduated high school, Lafayette.

Began in operating department of Lake Erie and Western Rail Road, 1879; freight department Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Rail Road (Monon Route), at Lafayette; general agent Great Eastern Freight Line, at Louisville, Kentucky; city ticket and passenger agent at Louisville and Chicago, general Northwestern passenger agent at Chicago and general passenger and ticket agent at Chicago, to 1889, Monon Route; general passenger and ticket agent, Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway, 1889-93; passenger traffic manager Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway, 1893-9; passenger traffic manager Southern Pacific Company, at San Francisco, 1899-1904; assistant traffic director Union Pacific and Southern Pacific systems, Oregon Short Line Railway, and Oregon Rail Road & Navigation Company, at Chicago, 1904-10; vice president Southern Pacific Company, since Mar. 10, 1910.  Member San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.

Clubs :  Pacific Union, Commercial, Down Town, Bohemian, Commonwealth, Burlingame Country (California); Weber (Ogden, Utah), Chicago, Traffic (Chicago); Pittsburgh Traffic.

Home Address : 2015 Broadway, San Francisco, California.
Office Address : 65 Market Street, San Francisco, California.

~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 2171 (Necrology Page 164: Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America)

You can visit the memorial page for Ernest Oliver McCormick.

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