| 词条 | William John Quinn |
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|name=William J. Quinn |birth_date={{Birth date|1911|5|8}} |birth_place=St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |death_date={{nowrap|{{Death date and age|2015|10|24|1911|5|8}}}} |death_place=Glenview, Illinois, U.S. |alma_mater=University of St. Thomas |occupation=Railroad executive, attorney |years_active=1930s–1978 }}William John Quinn (May 8, 1911 – October 24, 2015) was a 20th-century American railroad executive. He was an attorney for the Soo Line before joining the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad in 1954 and later from 1957 to 1966, served as President. In 1966, he became president of the Burlington Railroad. He later returned to the Milwaukee Road, where he was chairman from 1970 until shortly after it went bankrupt in December 1977.[1] Early life and educationBorn in St. Paul, Minnesota, Quinn earned an undergraduate degree from the University of St. Thomas in 1933 and then earned a law degree from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1935.[1] CareerAfter law school, Quinn worked in private law practice in Minnesota and as an assistant U.S. attorney.[1] He then took a job with the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad as an in-house attorney. During World War II, Quinn was posted to work for the Federal Bureau of Investigation as a counterespionage agent.[1] After the war, he returned to the Soo Line.[1] In 1954 the Milwaukee Road recruited Quinn to join the railroad as a general solicitor.[1] By 1958 he had risen up to become the railroad's president. Quinn left the Milwaukee Road in 1966 to become president of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. He returned to the Milwaukee Road in 1970 as chairman, shortly after the CB&Q merged with several related lines.[1] Quinn was the last leader of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad and was involved in its notorious scheme of de-electrification in 1972, right before the 1973 oil crisis. This and the general collapse of the road in the 1960s led to the final bankruptcy of the famous Milwaukee Road. Quinn retired in 1978. He died in Glenview, Illinois at the age of 104.[1] References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 {{cite news|last = Goldsborough|first = Bob|title = William J. Quinn, railroad executive, dies at 104|newspaper = Chicago Tribune|publisher = Tribune Publishing|date = 2015-11-18|url = http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-william-quinn-obituary-met-20151118-story.html|accessdate = 2015-11-20}}
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