Carl R. Gray Sr.

(1867-1939) lived in Omaha. Railroad executive, during a career that spanned 56 years, he held executive positions with five different companies, including the presidency of Union Pacific from 1920 to 1937 during which time he became one of the pioneers in introducing streamlined, diesel-powered passenger trains; he was in charge of operating nearly all railway companies as director of the federal railroad administration during World War I and prior to World War II was the only railroad executive appointed to a six-man committee by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt to submit recommendations that led to the 1940 Transportation Act. Consult New York Times obituary, May 10, 1939, p. 23 and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol 36 (1950) 20-21 and Dictionary of American Biography, Sup 2 (1958) 260-261.

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