E. Hunter Harrison

E. Hunter Harrison
Born
Ewing Hunter Harrison

(1944-11-07)November 7, 1944
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedDecember 16, 2017(2017-12-16) (aged 73)
Wellington, Florida, U.S[1]
OccupationRailway executive
Years active1964–2017
SpouseJeannie Harrison[2]
Children2[2]

Ewing Hunter Harrison (November 7, 1944 – December 16, 2017) was a railway executive who served as the CEO of Illinois Central Railroad (IC), Canadian National Railway (CN), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), and CSX Corporation. He is known for introducing precision scheduled railroading to the companies he ran.[3] He died on December 16, 2017, two days after taking medical leave from CSX.

  1. ^ "CSX Announces Death of CEO E. Hunter Harrison". CSX. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Tomesco, Frederic (December 17, 2017). "Hunter Harrison, Famed Railroad Turnaround CEO, Dies at 73". Bloomberg News.
  3. ^ "Hunter Harrison". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved July 1, 2024.