Background
Lockwood, Richard John was born on October 18, 1882 in Saint Louis. Son of George R. and Anna Preston (Davis) Lockwood.
Lockwood, Richard John was born on October 18, 1882 in Saint Louis. Son of George R. and Anna Preston (Davis) Lockwood.
Civil Engineer, Washington University, 1904. Worked in construction and maintenance A.T. & San Francisco Railway, C.B. & Q. Railroad and Saint Louis-San Francisco Railroad prior to 1909. Chief engineer New Ibera & North. and Iberia, Saint Mary & East. railroad’s, 1909-1910, superintendent 1910-1913, vice-president and general manager, 1913-1917, 1917-1919.
Vice president Apalachicola Northern Railroad, Portuguese Saint Joe Dock & Territory Railroad, 1919-1920.
Assistant manager United Rys. & Public Service Company, Saint Louis, 1920-1929.
Construction engineering, 1929-1932. President and director Southern Coals Coke & Mining Company, 1932-1938.
President and director Title Insurance Corporation, Income Leasehold Company, Beltmont Realty corporation since 1938.
One of reorganization managers, Saint Louis-San Francisco Railroad, 1945-1947. Trustee Bellefontaine Cemetery Association since 1924, president since 1938. Director First Rate (at Lloyd's) Fresco Advertising, Falstaff Brewing Corporation.
Worked in constrn; chief engineer Assistant manager United Rys. President and director; president and director
Director First Rate (at Lloyd's) Fresco Advertising
Member Chamber of Commerce Trustee Missouri Botanical Garden (president since 1946). Member Missouri History Society, American Society of Civil Engineers Society American Military Engineers, Military Order World Wars, South.R. Clubs: Country, Racquet, University, Noonday.