Wheelock Whitney, a nationally known public transportation expert and executive, died at 4:15 pm Saturday at St. Barnabas hospital. He was a director of nine bus, rail and airline systems as well as many other corporations. During his career, he had earned a reputation for his ability to restore ailing transit and carrier companies to economic health.
Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, he attended Philips academy at Andover, Mass., and graduated from Yale in 1916. A vice president of St. Cloud Public Service Co., a family concern, he became its manager when the utilities firm was purchased by Northern States Power Co. in 1925.
Since 1936, he had been a director of transit systems in Massachusetts, Florida, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Arizona. He also was a director of Northwest Airlines, Truax-Traer Coal Co. and Rockwood Chocolate Co.
He was a member of the national council of the Boy Scouts of America and the National Association of Motor Bus Operators. During World War II, he was an official in the office of defense transportation.
Club memberships include the Minneapolis, Woodhill, Lafayette and Chicago clubs. He also was a member of the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, Elks, Masons, Knights Templar, Presbyterian church, and St. Cloud Country club.
(source: Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sunday, March 24, 1957. page 5)
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Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, he attended Philips academy at Andover, Mass., and graduated from Yale in 1916. A vice president of St. Cloud Public Service Co., a family concern, he became its manager when the utilities firm was purchased by Northern States Power Co. in 1925.
Since 1936, he had been a director of transit systems in Massachusetts, Florida, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Arizona. He also was a director of Northwest Airlines, Truax-Traer Coal Co. and Rockwood Chocolate Co.
He was a member of the national council of the Boy Scouts of America and the National Association of Motor Bus Operators. During World War II, he was an official in the office of defense transportation.
Club memberships include the Minneapolis, Woodhill, Lafayette and Chicago clubs. He also was a member of the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, Elks, Masons, Knights Templar, Presbyterian church, and St. Cloud Country club.
(source: Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sunday, March 24, 1957. page 5)
Contributor: kandota (47586653)
Wheelock Whitney, a nationally known public transportation expert and executive, died at 4:15 pm Saturday at St. Barnabas hospital. He was a director of nine bus, rail and airline systems as well as many other corporations. During his career, he had earned a reputation for his ability to restore ailing transit and carrier companies to economic health.
Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, he attended Philips academy at Andover, Mass., and graduated from Yale in 1916. A vice president of St. Cloud Public Service Co., a family concern, he became its manager when the utilities firm was purchased by Northern States Power Co. in 1925.
Since 1936, he had been a director of transit systems in Massachusetts, Florida, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Arizona. He also was a director of Northwest Airlines, Truax-Traer Coal Co. and Rockwood Chocolate Co.
He was a member of the national council of the Boy Scouts of America and the National Association of Motor Bus Operators. During World War II, he was an official in the office of defense transportation.
Club memberships include the Minneapolis, Woodhill, Lafayette and Chicago clubs. He also was a member of the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, Elks, Masons, Knights Templar, Presbyterian church, and St. Cloud Country club.
(source: Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sunday, March 24, 1957. page 5)
Contributor: kandota (47586653)
Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, he attended Philips academy at Andover, Mass., and graduated from Yale in 1916. A vice president of St. Cloud Public Service Co., a family concern, he became its manager when the utilities firm was purchased by Northern States Power Co. in 1925.
Since 1936, he had been a director of transit systems in Massachusetts, Florida, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Arizona. He also was a director of Northwest Airlines, Truax-Traer Coal Co. and Rockwood Chocolate Co.
He was a member of the national council of the Boy Scouts of America and the National Association of Motor Bus Operators. During World War II, he was an official in the office of defense transportation.
Club memberships include the Minneapolis, Woodhill, Lafayette and Chicago clubs. He also was a member of the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis, Elks, Masons, Knights Templar, Presbyterian church, and St. Cloud Country club.
(source: Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sunday, March 24, 1957. page 5)
Contributor: kandota (47586653)
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