D. William Brosnan

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D. William Brosnan was a former president of Southern Railway, a railroad that would later merge with Norfolk and Western Railroad to form Norfolk Southern Railway. He succeded Harry A. deButts in 1962. In 1964 Brosnan was selected as the first recipient of the Man of the Year award selected by Modern Railways magazine, an award now presented by Railway Age magazine as the Railroader of the Year.

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    Preceded by
    Harry A. deButts
    President of Southern Railway
    1962 – 1967
    Succeeded by
    W. Graham Claytor Jr.
    New Title Modern Railways magazine's
    Man of the Year

    1964
    Succeeded by
    Stuart T. Saunders (PRR)