Nationality American Title chief engineer Religion Roman Catholic Spouse Loretta Young (m. 1927) Political party Republican Party | Occupation civil engineer Predecessor Harold Robert Peterson Name Douglas Shoemaker Education University of Minnesota | |
Born June 18, 1905 ( 1905-06-18 ) Bushnell, South Dakota Successor Bruce G. Anderson, Burlington Northern Railroad Died February 1, 1985, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States | ||
Douglas Harlow Shoemaker (June 18, 1905 – February 1985) was the last Chief Engineer of the Northern Pacific Railway.
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Biography
On October 1929 he became a draftsman, Bridge Department, Northern Pacific, until May 1932; May 1932 to June 1933, inspector, Minnesota Highway Department; June 1933 to 1935, superintendent and estimator, Nolan Brothers, Incorporated, contractors, Minneapolis; June, 1935, to May, 1936, partner with Industrial Contracting Company, bridge contractors; May, 1936, Northern Pacific, as draftsman, Bridge Department; August 1936 to October, 1940, instrumentman, inspector, district engineer; October 1940 to February 1941, draftsman, Bridge Department; February 1941, to June 1942, division engineer, Fargo, North Dakota; June 1942 to December 1943, division engineer, Glendive, Montana; December 1943, to June, 1945, assistant engineer, construction of Bozeman Tunnel; June 1945 to December 1947, assistant engineer, location and construction of line change; December 1947 to May, 1949, office engineer, St. Paul; May 1949, to February 1951, principal assistant engineer, St. Paul; February 1951 to March 1953, district engineer, St. Paul; March 1953 to April 1956, assistant chief engineer, St. Paul; August 1956 to April 1958, special assistant, Executive Department; April 1958 to May 1962, assistant chief engineer; May 1962—, chief engineer.
He died in February 1985 in Las Vegas.
Memberships
American Society of Civil Engineers (Northwest Section); American Railway Engineering Association (Committee Four); Engineer’s Society of St. Paul; Northwest Maintenance-of-Way Club;