Background
Menk was the son of Louis Albert and Daisy Deane (Frantz) Menk.
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Menk was the son of Louis Albert and Daisy Deane (Frantz) Menk.
Menk attended Denver University and Harvard Business School (Advanced Management Program). He received honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from Northwestern University (1959), Drury College (1965), Denver University (1966), and Monmouth College.
He served as the last president of Northern Pacific Railway 1966-1970, before the railroad was merged into Burlington Northern Railroad. They had two children, David Louis and Barbara Annual 1937 to 1940, telegrapher, Union Pacific Railroad
1940 to 1965, telegrapher, dispatcher, chief dispatcher, trainmaster, vice-president, president, Saint Louis-San Francisco Railway
1965 to 1966, president and director, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
October, 1966, president and director, Northern Pacific Railway.
Directorships
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy.
Colorado and Southern. Northern Pacific Transport.
Cuyuna Realty. Monad Company. Association of American Railroads.
First National Bank of Chicago.
American Investment Company. Servomation Corporation. First Trust of Saint Paul.
Hunt Foods.
General Mills. Brown Shoe Company. Louis Menk papers, 1953-1981. Correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, memorabilia, printed matter, and related papers documenting the career of this railroad executive who was president of the Saint Louis-San Francisco Railway Company (1962–1965), the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company (1965–1966), the Northern Pacific Railway Company (1966–1970), and Burlington Northern Incorporated.
(1970–1978, and chairman 1978-1981).
He was also one of the principal architects of the 1970 merger that created the Burlington Northern. 21.5 cu ft (061 m3). (18 boxes and 4 microfilm reels).