Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Michon, Alfred E.
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Other form(s) of name
- Michon, Ted
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Description area
Dates of existence
1937-2012
History
Alfred E. (Ted) Michon was president of the Colorado & Southern, the Fort Worth & Denver, the Bangor & Aroostook, and the Canadian American Railroad. He had more 25 years experience in senior marketing and strategic planning positions with both Burlington Northern and Union Pacific railroads. Michon played an active role throughout his career in leading railroad merger and acquisition activity both as a corporate executive and as a consultant. Most recently, he managed BNSF Energy Department during the buildup of the Powder River Basin coal boom, developing and implementing policies for the lucrative market. He developed similar policies in the Grain and Grain Products sector for both BN and UP. Michon also advised reformation efforts of several the state-owned and state-subsidized railway enterprises, including within Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Uzbekestan, the former Soviet Union and Russia, and Bulgaria.
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WaBuPNRA
Rules and/or conventions used
Describing Archives - A Content Standard (DACS) 2nd Edition 2013
Status
Revised
Level of detail
Partial
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Donor files at Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive. Railway Age obituary dated October 18, 2012.