E. Hunter Harrison | |
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Born | Ewing Hunter Harrison November 7, 1944 Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | December 16, 2017 | (aged 73)
Occupation | Railway executive |
Years active | 1964–2017 |
Spouse | Jeannie Harrison[2] |
Children | 2[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.