Background
Brent, Theodore was born on March 30, 1874 in Muscatine, Iowa, United States. Son of Theodore Rush and Mary Eliza (Reece) Brent.
Brent, Theodore was born on March 30, 1874 in Muscatine, Iowa, United States. Son of Theodore Rush and Mary Eliza (Reece) Brent.
Educated public schools. Unmarried. Stenographer, general traffic department, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad, Kansas City, Missoury, 1896-1900. Chief clerk to traffic vice president, Saint Louis and San Francisco Railroad, 1900-1905.
Assistant to vice president, Rock Island-Frisco-Chicago and Eastern Illinois System, Saint Louis and Chicago, 1910-1914.
General manager New Orleans (Louisiana) Joint Traffic Bureau, 1914-1916. Became member 1st United States Shipping Board, 1917.
Traffic manager Federal barge lines, known as Mississippi and Warrior River, 1918. One of organizers of Mississippi Shipping Company, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1918.
Manager Federal Barge Lincolnshire, 1920-1927.
President Redwood Steamship Lincolnshire, operating intercoastal trade between Gulf and Pacific ports, 1928-1931, also engaged in economics research relating to improvements on inland waterways. President Coast Transportation Company, since 1932. President and director International Trade Mart.
Mississippi Shipping Company, Incorporated., Louisiana Shipyards.
Incorporated., director Hemisphere International Corporation director and trustee Hibernia National Bk. in New Orleans. Trustee Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana Director International House (New Orleans), National Foreign Trade Council (New York), New Orleans Civic Symphony Orchestra of Louisiana, Incorporated., Mississippi Valley Association (Saint Louis, Missouri).
Public schools; chief clerk to traffic vice president Assistant to vice president General manager New Orleans (Louisiana) Joint Traffic Bureau, 1914-1916.
President Redwood Steamship Lincolnshire, operating intercoastal trade between Gulf and Pacific ports, 1928-1931, also engaged in economics.
President Coast Transportation Company, since 1932. President and director; director and trustee Hibernia National.
Director International House
Member New Orleans Association of Commerce. New Orleans Board of Trade. Limited., Propeller; Club: Pickwick (New Orleans).