Richard K. Davidson

(1942- ) lives in Omaha. Corporation executive, as chief executive officer of Union Pacific Corporation since 1991, one of America’s leading transportation companies, which includes ownership of the largest railroad in North America, he improved efficiency and working conditions of its 52,000 employees, and was recipient of Horatio Alger Award in 2002. Consult International Directory of Company Histories, Vol 28 (St. James Press, 1999) 492-500 and Chicago Tribune, June 27, 1999, Sec. 5, p. 7 and Topeka/KS/Capital-Journal, October 26, 2000, pp. C-1, C-3 and December 13, 2001, pp. A-1, A-10 and Who’s Who in America, Vol 1 (2003) 1195 and Omaha Sunday World Herald, October 17, 2004, pp. E-1, E-3.

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