Bernard Charles Hilbert

Background

Hilbert, Bernard Charles was born on January 7, 1921 in Galion, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Edward and Helena Ann (Requet) Hilbert.

Education

Student, Woodbury College of Business, Los Angeles, 1939-1940.

Career

Telegrapher, train dispatcher, assistant chief train dispatcher, Spokane, Portland & Seattle Railway (now Burlington Northern), Portland, Oregon, 1946-1963; local chairman, Am.Train Dispatchers Association, Berwyn, Illinois, 1952-1959; general chairman, Am.Train Dispatchers Association, 1959-1963; international vice president, Am.Train Dispatchers Association, 1963-1976; international president, Am.Train Dispatchers Association, 1976-1981; now retired, Am.Train Dispatchers Association.

Achievements

• Bernard Charles Hilbert has been listed as a noteworthy union official by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President local unit Parent-Teachers Association, Portland, 1956-1957. Active Portland Area council Boy Scouts American. Member City Council, Troutdale, Oregon, 1968-1972.

Served with Signal Corps Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Member Railway Labor Executives Association, American Radio Relay League. Clubs: Masons, Order Eastern Star, Elks.

Interests

• Avocation: amateur radio operator.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Sykes, September 14, 1962. Four children by previous marriage.

Father:

Charles Edward Hilbert

Mother:

Helena Ann (Requet) Hilbert

Spouse:

Elizabeth Sykes