Leonor F. Loree

Who was Leonor F. Loree?

Leonor Fresnel Loree was an executive of railroads in the United States.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: president 1901 - 1904

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad president - 1904

Kansas City Southern Railway: president 1918 - 1920

Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad: chairman 1926 - 1928

Delaware and Hudson Railroad: president 1907 - 1938

Loree was born on April 23, 1858, at Fulton City, Illinois, the son of William Mulford and Sarah Elizabeth Marsh Loree. He died September 6, 1940, at West Orange, New Jersey. He obtained a Bachelor of Science degree from Rutgers College in 1877, a Master of Science from Rutgers in 1880, Civil Engineering degree from Rutgers in 1896 and a Doctor of Law degree from Rutgers in 1917. He also obtained a Doctor of Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1933. He was President of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad; had interests in Kansas City Southern, Baltimore and Ohio, New York Central, and the Rock Island Railroads. Was a Trustee at Rutgers University from 1909–1940 and was Chairmain of the Rutgers Board of Trustees Committee on New Jersey College for Women until 1938.