JOHN MARSHALL BUDD:

John Marshall Budd was born November 2, 1907, in Des Moines, Iowa to Ralph and Georgia A. (Marshall) Budd. In 1927 he worked on a crew constructing the Great Northern Railway Company's Cascade Tunnel; his father was at that time president of the railroad. In 1930 he graduated from Yale University with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering. He was employed by the Great Northern in numerous positions and locations. In June 1947 he became president of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company. From May 1949 to May 1951 he was Great Northern's Vice-President of Operations. He was then named president of the Great Northern and served in that capacity until March 1970, when that firm merged with the Northern Pacific, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and the Spokane, Portland and Seattle railways to form the Burlington Northern Railroad Company. Budd was instrumental in planning and orchestrating the merger. He continued to serve as president of the Burlington Northern until 1972.

In addition to being involved in railroad organizations, Budd was involved in national and regional organizations of the Boy Scouts of America. He served on the boards of Marshall Field & Company, New York Life Insurance Company, St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, and International Harvester Company. He also supported Saint Paul Academy, Yale University, the Boys' Clubs of America, and the National Conference of Christians and Jews.

In 1931 Budd married Frances Bullard. During World War II he served with the 727th Railway Operating Battalion in Europe. Budd died October 25, 1979.

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These documents are organized into the following sections:

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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. John Marshall Budd papers. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession number: 17,284

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 9989753836104294

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Most of these files are held together in packets with fasteners as created by Budd and/or his office staff.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:

Executives -- Minnesota.

Railroads.

Persons:

Budd, Ralph, 1879-1962.

Barriger, John W. (John Walker), 1899-1976.

Barriger, Stanley Huntington.

Organizations:

Boy Scouts of America.

Boys' Clubs of America.

Burlington Northern Railroad Company.

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company.

Great Northern Railway Company (U.S.)

International Harvester Company.

Marshall Field & Company.

National Conference of Christians and Jews.

New York Life Insurance Company.

Saint Paul Academy (Saint Paul, Minn.)

St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.

Document Types:

Photographs.

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