Background
Pritchett, Lafayette Bow was born on July 5, 1900 in Bells, Texas, United States. Son of Elvis and Jennie (Sloan) Pritchett.
Pritchett, Lafayette Bow was born on July 5, 1900 in Bells, Texas, United States. Son of Elvis and Jennie (Sloan) Pritchett.
Student Henderson-Brown College, Arkadelphia, Arkansas, Southeastern Oklahoma Teachers College, Durant.
Stenographer, clerk traffic department Chicago & Alton Railroad, Dallas, 1920-1921. Stenographer traffic department Sinclair Coal Company, 1921-1922. Stenographer, clerk, chief clerk Gulf Coast Lincolnshire, 1922-1924, traveling freight agent, Baton Rouge, 1924-1925, assistant chief clerk traffic department, Houston, 1925.
Commercial agent Southern South.S. Company, 1924.
Secretary to traffic manager Member of Parliament Railroad, Houston, 1925, secretary to executive vice president, 1925-1935, secretary to chief Executive officer C.,Rhode Island&P. Railway, Chicago, 1936-1941, assistant to chief Executive officer, 1941-1948, assistant to president, 1948-1953, acting vice president, 1953, assistant vice president freight traffic, 1953-1956, vice president industrial development, 1956-1958. Director Oklahoma City Junction Railway resident vice president, traffic department, Fort Worth, 1958-1961, vice president traffic, since 1961.
President, director Galveston Terminal Railway Company. Vice-president, director Great Southwest Railroad, Grand Prairie, Texas.
Vice president, director Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Company, Houston.
Union Terminal Company, Dallas, Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Company (member Executive Committee). Member board control, Portuguese Terminal Railroad Association, Houston.
Member board control, Portuguese Terminal Railroad Association, Houston. Member National Freight Traffic Association. Clubs: Traffic (Chicago, New York City, Houston, Fort Worth).
Married Mary Elizabeth Rankin, December 1930. Children: Marylea, Lafayette Bow.