Officer of the French Legion of Honor
USMA Class of 1907. Cullum No. 4570.
He was the son of Elmer A. Howard and Mary Lamson Howard.
On June 3, 1915 as Nathaniel Lamson Howard, he married Jessie Marie Blaul at Burlington, Iowa.
They had no children.
The Chicago Daily Tribune May 8, 1949
N.L. Howard, Former Railroad Executive,
Dies in California
Services for Nathaniel Lamson Howard, 65, of 715 Sheridan Road, Winnetka, former railroad official who died Friday in Pasadena, California will be held Wednesday in Burlington, Iowa.
He was a graduate of the West Point Military Academy and an official of the Burlington Railroad before he became General Superintendent of the Chicago Union Station Company in 1924, President of the Great Western Railroad in 1925 and President of the North American Car Corporation in 1930. As a Lieutenant Colonel commanding the 13th Railway Engineers in the Verdun sector in World War I, he was made an Officer of the French Legion of Honor. Survivors are the widow, Marie and two brothers.
Officer of the French Legion of Honor
USMA Class of 1907. Cullum No. 4570.
He was the son of Elmer A. Howard and Mary Lamson Howard.
On June 3, 1915 as Nathaniel Lamson Howard, he married Jessie Marie Blaul at Burlington, Iowa.
They had no children.
The Chicago Daily Tribune May 8, 1949
N.L. Howard, Former Railroad Executive,
Dies in California
Services for Nathaniel Lamson Howard, 65, of 715 Sheridan Road, Winnetka, former railroad official who died Friday in Pasadena, California will be held Wednesday in Burlington, Iowa.
He was a graduate of the West Point Military Academy and an official of the Burlington Railroad before he became General Superintendent of the Chicago Union Station Company in 1924, President of the Great Western Railroad in 1925 and President of the North American Car Corporation in 1930. As a Lieutenant Colonel commanding the 13th Railway Engineers in the Verdun sector in World War I, he was made an Officer of the French Legion of Honor. Survivors are the widow, Marie and two brothers.
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