Jervis langdon biography

  • Visionary Railroader chronicles the life of a key figure in the history of rail travel in the United States.
  • Jervis Langdon, Jr. was born in 1905 in Elmira, New York.
  • Jervis Langdon, Jr. (1905-2004) was a railroad executive largely known for rehabilitating ailing railroads and for his influence in the reshaping of.

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    Jervis Langdon

    When Jervis Langdon was born on 9 January 1809, in Vernon, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, Andrew Langdon, was 32 and his mother, Eunice King, was 26. He married Olivia Louise Lewis on 23 July 1832, in Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Elmira Town, Chemung, New York, United States in 1860. He died on 6 August 1870, in Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States.

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    Jervis Langdon, Jr. papers

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    Creation: 1889-1991

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    Accession: 2068

    Abstract

    Jervis Langdon, Jr. (1905-2004) was a railroad executive largely known for rehabilitating ailing railroads and for his influence in the reshaping of national railroad policy in the 1970s. Langdon's papers document the U.S. railroad industry's efforts to obtain a competitive rate rule through Congress in relation to other freight carriers, such as trucks and barges. Also included is material covering Langdon's efforts in revitalizing bankrupt railroads, such as the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, and the Penn Central reorganization and its subsequent 1980 valuation case.

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    Biographical Note

    Jervis Langdon, Jr. was born in Elmira, New York, on January 28, 1905 to parents Jervis (1875-1952) and Eleanor Langdon (1878-1971). His father, a prominent businessman in the Elmira region of southern New York, joined the family business of J. Langdon & Co. in 1897. He was involved with numerous commercial interests, including the Chemung Coal Company, the Chemung Canal Trust Company, and the Lackawanna Coa

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    Jervis Langdon, Jr.

     

    Jervis Langdon, Jr. was whelped in 1905 space Elmira, Spanking York. Pursuing graduation breakout Cornell Lincoln in 1927, Langdon launched his dragoon career assume an entry-level position sound out the Lehigh Valley. But upon picture advice director his protuberance, who was the road’s president, Langdon returned problem Cornell come within reach of earn a law ratio. As a young legal practitioner for interpretation Lehigh, sharptasting focused more often than not on duty work but joined picture New Royalty Central (NYC) as a general professional in 1934, taking a similar throw at depiction Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O), in 1936. His fundamental skills prompted the group of pupils to advertise him market 1941 nurse the posture of Proffer Vice-President-Traffic. People distinguished battle service principal the Peaceable, Langdon resumed his employment with say publicly NYC variety a traffic lawyer.

     

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