Name David Goode | ||
Education Harvard Law School (1965), Duke University (1962) | ||
Norfolk Zoo Train
David R. Goode is the retired Chairman, President, and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corporation (holding company engaged principally in surface transportation). Other directorships: Caterpillar Inc.; Delta Air Lines, Inc.; Georgia-Pacific Corporation; Norfolk Southern Railway, and Texas Instruments Incorporated. Goode has been a director of Caterpillar since 1993. He is also on the Board of Directors of Delta Air Lines. He attended Duke University and Harvard Law School. He was chosen as the Railroader of the Year by industry trade journal Railway Age for 1998 and again in 2005.
The Norfolk Southern office building in midtown Atlanta was named in his honor in 2005.
He is also known for ending the original steam program in 1994.
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