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Ewing Hunter Harrison (November 7, 1944 – December 16, 2017) was a railway executive who was the CEO of Illinois Central Railroad (IC), Canadian National Railway (CN), Canadian Pacific Railway (CP), and CSX Corporation. He is known for introducing precision scheduled railroading to the companies he ran. [3]
Harrison, an investor favorite for leading turnarounds of Canada's two major railroads, died just eight months into a dramatic restructuring campaign that included slashing jobs, shutting multiple ...
CSX Corp's management team will provide investors on Thursday with the railroad's longer-term plan for boosting profitability and streamlining operations following the death of Chief Executive ...
The company went through major leadership changes in 2017 when activist investor Mantle Ridge, a hedge fund that held 4.9% of CSX's stock, demanded a change in the board, that Michael Ward step down as CEO, that the company cut middle management, and that the company hire Hunter Harrison, known for leading the turnaround three other railroads ...
On December 14, 2017, CSX announced that Hunter Harrison was on medical leave. Two days after the announcement, Harrison died, one day after being hospitalized for complications of an ongoing illness. CSX initially saw a 10% drop in its stock price, but turned around to hit a new 52-week high less than a month later (January 2018). [28]
Harrison first introduced PSR at the Illinois Central Railroad (IC), where he became CEO in 1993. He implemented it at Canadian National after they acquired IC in 1998. After retiring from Canadian National, Harrison was recruited to take over leadership of the Canadian Pacific and implemented precision railroading there.
December 16 – E. Hunter Harrison, president of Illinois Central Railroad 1993-1998, president of Canadian National Railway 2003-2009, president and CEO of Canadian Pacific Railway 2012-2017 and CEO of CSX Transportation in 2017 (born 1944). [34]
When Chris Harrison announced he’d be “stepping aside” from the Bachelor franchise on February 13, the majority of The Bachelor season 25 had already been filmed — including the Women Tell ...