Background
Salisbury, Eugene Franklin was born on June 5, 1886 in Omaha. Son of Henry Houston and Mary Matilda (Lewis) Salisbury.
Salisbury, Eugene Franklin was born on June 5, 1886 in Omaha. Son of Henry Houston and Mary Matilda (Lewis) Salisbury.
Student civil engineering, University Missouri, 1908.
With engineering department, Member of Parliament R.R., 1909-1920; instrumentman, assistant engineer, Fall City, Nebraska, 1909-1918; principal assistant engineer and assistant to engineer maintenance of way, Cotton Belt Railway, Tyler, Texas, 1918-1919; chief engineer, Louisiana & Arkansas R.R., Minden and Shreveport, Louisiana, from 1920; chief engineer, Kansas City Southern Railway, Kansas City, Missoury, 1941-1957; assistant to president, Kansas City Southern Railway, Kansas City, Missoury, from 1958.
Member of the United States Committee on Large Dams, Mississippi River Commission, from 1950, Greater Kansas City Flood Protection Planning Committee. Member American Society of Civil Engineers, American Railway Engineering Association, S.R., Mystical Seven, Masons, Sigma Chi.
Married Amanda Herndon Painter, April 7, 1915. Children: William Painter, Henry Houston.