William F. Nast
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| William F. Nast | |
| Born | 1840-06-16 Cincinnati, Ohio |
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| Occupation | railroad executive |
William F. Nast (born June 16, 1840[1]) was the third president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
Nast was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 16, 1840. From 1861 to 1865 he served at the American Consulate in Stuttgart, Germany. Upon his return to the United States, Nast entered the brokerage business in New York, New York.
On September 2, 1868, Nast became president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, a position he held for less than a month, ending on September 24, 1868.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Dates and other biographical information in this article are drawn from Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography 1887-89.
[edit] References
- William L. Dayton Papers; a finding aid. Princeton University Library (2002). Retrieved on 2005-07-13.
- Waters, Lawrence Leslie (1950). Steel Trails to Santa Fe. University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas.
| Preceded by Samuel C. Pomeroy |
President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1868 |
Succeeded by Henry C. Lord |
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