Hale Holden
Hale Holden | |
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Born | August 11, 1869 |
Died | September 23, 1940 | (aged 71)
Occupation | railroad executive |
Hale Holden (August 11, 1869 – September 23, 1940)
Early life
Hale Holden was born on August 11, 1869, in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Howard Malcomb and Mary Finley (Oburn) Holden.[3][9] He received his education at Williams College (graduated 1890) and Harvard Law School (entered September 22, 1890; left 1892).[2][10] Although he graduated from Williams College, he was forced to withdraw from Harvard due to family finances.[3]
Career
Holden practiced law as a partner in Dean, McLeod & Holden in Kansas City; it was his work in this company as a local attorney for the Great Northern Railway during the Minnesota Rate Cases before the Supreme Court that influenced James J. Hill in his favor.[2][3]
Railroad career
In 1907, Holden left private law practice to become the general attorney for CB&Q, where his first assignments were to manage the railroad's interstate commerce litigation.[2] 1910 saw a number of changes to the CB&Q leadership team, first with vice president Daniel Willard leaving the CB&Q to become president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, which led to Darius Miller's post being extended to include Willard's former position; then when George Harris resigned a few weeks later, Miller assumed the presidency and Holden became Miller's assistant.[2][11] Holden was promoted to vice president on November 8, 1910.[2] Following the sudden death of Darius Miller in 1914 from appendicitis, Holden assumed the presidency of the CB&Q.[6][7] As one of his last statements, Miller was reported to have asked Louis W. Hill to recommend Holden to James J. Hill as Miller's selection for his successor; Holden was elected president by the railroad's board of directors at a meeting on August 27, 1914, immediately after Miller's funeral.[2] At the time, Holden was the youngest chief executive, at age 45, of any American railroad.[3]
When
In 1929, leaving the CB&Q again (to be succeeded by
Personal life
On September 18, 1895, he married Ellen Mitchell Weston, daughter of Byron Weston and Julia (née Mitchell) Weston, in Dalton, Massachusetts,[9][17] with whom he had two sons and one daughter.[18] His son Hale Holden, Jr., (born in 1900) became an executive with the Pullman Company.[3][19]
Holden was preceded in death by his wife Ellen on October 22, 1936, in Chicago; she was buried in Dalton, Massachusetts.[20] After her death, he moved to New York City, taking up residence on East 72nd Street in Manhattan.[21]
Hale Holden died on September 23, 1940, in New York.[22] He was survived by his three children, a sister and a brother.[8]
References
- ^ "Hale Holden". 20th Century American Leaders Database. Harvard Business School. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Hale Holden". Railway Age Gazette. 57 (10): 428. September 4, 1914.
- ^ ISBN 0-313-23908-8.
- ^ "List of Principal Railroad Presidents Affected by Director General's Order". New York Times. May 22, 1918. Retrieved December 10, 2013.
- ^ Illinois Public Utilities Commission (1915). Statistical Report, Part III: Officers and Directors of Public Utilities. Springfield, Illinois: State of Illinois. p. 1205.
- ^ a b "Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved November 30, 2013.
- ^ ISBN 0-87745-723-9.
- ^ a b "Hale Holden of Black Point, Railroad Leader, Passes On". New London Evening Day. September 25, 1940. p. 5. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "Hale Holden and Ellen M. Weston, 18 Sep 1895". FamilySearch. "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695–1910," index. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ Quinquennial catalogue of the Law School of Harvard University: 1817–1904. Cambridge, MA: Law School of Harvard. 1905. p. 80.
- ^ "Gossip of Railwaymen". San Francisco Call. Vol. 107, no. 104. March 14, 1910. p. 10. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ Holmgren, David (2009). "Perkins, Charles Elliott, Jr., and his father Charles Elliott Perkins". The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. University of Iowa Press Digital Editions. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ "Consolidation of Rail Lines Benefit, Says". Prescott Evening Courier. Prescott, Arizona. November 18, 1922. p. 1. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ "RAILROADS: President Holden's Plan". Time. March 10, 1923. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ "Hale Holden, Chicago (Districts 1501–1750), Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1591, sheet , family 111, NARA microfilm publication". FamilySearch. "United States Census, 1930," index and images. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ "Hale Holden, Manhattan (Districts 0501-0750), New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0561, sheet , family 513, NARA microfilm publication". FamilySearch. "United States Census, 1930," index and images. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ "Hale Holden in entry for Philip Daud Holden, 06 Jan 1909". FamilySearch. "Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878–1922," index. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ "Hale Holden in household of Hale Holden, New Trier, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing sheet 2-A, family 19, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1374252". FamilySearch. "United States Census, 1910," index and images. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ "Hale Holden, Haverford, Lower Merion Township, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46–88, sheet 10A, family 281, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 3580". FamilySearch. "United States Census, 1940," index and images. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ "Hale Holden Sr. in entry for Ellen Weston Holden, 22 Oct 1936". FamilySearch. "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916–1947," index. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ "Hale Holden, Assembly District 15, Manhattan, New York City, New York, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 31-1352, sheet 7A, family 131, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 2656". FamilySearch. "United States Census, 1940," index and images. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
- ^ "Deaths Last Night" (PDF). Evening Recorder. Amsterdam, New York. September 24, 1940. p. 7. Retrieved December 2, 2013.
External links
- Media related to Hale Holden at Wikimedia Commons
- Hale Holden, abbreviated genealogy