Background
Reed, John Shedd was born on June 9, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Kersey Coates and Helen May (Shedd) Reed.
Reed, John Shedd was born on June 9, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Kersey Coates and Helen May (Shedd) Reed.
Student, Chicago Latin School. Student, Hotchkiss School. Bachelor of Science in Industrial Administration, Yale University, 1939.
Graduate, Advanced Management Program, Harvard University, 1955.
With A.T. & San Francisco Railway, 1939-1983. Test department assistant, successively special representative to general superintendent transportation Chicago. Transportation inspector Amarillo, Texas.
Trainmaster Slaton, Pueblo, Colorado. Superintendent Missouri division, Marceline, Missouri. Assistant to vice president Chicago, 1957-1959.
Executive assistant to president, 1957-1959. Vice president finance, 1959-1964. Vice president executive department, 1964-1967.
President, 1967-1978. Chief Executive Officer, 1968-1982. Chairman board, 1973-1983.
President Santa Fe Industries, Inc., 1968-1978, chairman, Chief Executive Officer Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation, 1987, chairman, 1987-1988.
Director National Merit Scholarship Corporation, 1996, past chairman. Trustee Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, president, 1984-1994. Vice chairman, Alliance Francaise de Chicago.
With United States Naval Reserve, 1940-1945. Member Chicago Club, Old Elm Club, Shoreacres Club, Onwentsia Club (Lake Forest).
Annual bicycle tour of Europe (mostly France), skiing, golf, tennis.
Married Marjorie Lindsay, May 4, 1946. Children: Ginevra, Keith, Helen, Peter, John Shedd Junior.