Years of service 1908-1949 Died April 9, 1976 | Name Glen Edgerton Rank Major General | |
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Allegiance United States of America Other work Governor of the
Panama Canal Zone Place of burial Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States Unit United States Army Corps of Engineers Education Kansas State University, United States Military Academy | ||
Service/branch United States Army | ||
Glen Edgar Edgerton (April 17, 1887 – April 9, 1976) was a United States Army officer, who served as the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1940 to 1944.
Biography
He was born on April 17, 1887, to Alice and John Edgar Edgerton. He graduated from Kansas State College in 1904 and from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1908, where he was first in his class. He was chief engineer of the Alaska Road Commission from 1910 to 1915 and the Edgerton Highway in Alaska is named after him. He also went to the military Engineering Academy.
He served as Panama Canal maintenance engineer from 1936 to 1940. He was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1940 to 1944. He retired from the army in 1949 and died on April 9, 1976 at Bethesda Naval Hospital.