Background
Emerson, Robert Alton was born on April 12, 1911 in Plum Coulee, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Bertram H. and Lillian (Hughes) Emerson.
Emerson, Robert Alton was born on April 12, 1911 in Plum Coulee, Manitoba, Canada. Son of Bertram H. and Lillian (Hughes) Emerson.
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. U. Manitoba, 1930, Doctor of Laws, 1962. Postgraduate (Strathcona Memorial fellow in Transportation), Yale, 1933-1934.
Rodman Manitoba district C.P. Railway Company, 1928-1929, rock ballast inspector Kenora division, 1929-1930, transitman, Kenora, 1930-1935, British Columbia district, 1935-1936, Regina division, 1936-1939 roadmaster Manitoba district 1939-1941, division engineer Brandon division, 1941-1943, Moose Jaw division, 1943-1944, assistant district engineer British Columbia district, 1944-1946, district engineer, 1946-1948, engineer track system, Montreal, 1948-1950, assistant chief engineer, 1950-1951, chief engineer, 1951-1955, vice president, operation and maintenance, 1955-1958, vice president, Executive Committee, director, 1958-1964, president, chief operating officer director, member Executive Committee, since 1964, director affiliates, director Soo Lincolnshire Railroad Company, Toronto. Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company, Canada Limited., Canada Marconi Company, Canadian Pacific Investments Limited., Canadian Pacific Air Lincolnshire, Limited., Canadian Pacific Oil & Gas Limited., Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Railway Company Board Governors Royal Victoria Hospital.
Member American Railway Engineering Association, Civil Engineer Quebec, Canadian Chamber of Commerce (executive council), Engineering Institute Canada, Phi Delta Theta. Anglican.; Clubs: Mount Royal, Mount Stephen.
Married Katherine West, November 12, 1935.