Glen Edgar Edgerton

Glen Edgar Edgerton
Born April 17, 1887
Died 1956 (aged c69)
Allegiance  United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service 1908-1949
Rank Major General
Unit Corps of Engineers
Other work Governor of the
Panama Canal Zone

Glen Edgar Edgerton (April 17, 1887 – 1956) was a United States Army officer, who served as the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1940 to 1944.

Biography

He was born on April 17, 1887, to John Edgar and Alice Edgerton. He graduated from Kansas State College in 1904 and the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1908. He was chief engineer of the Alaska Road Commission from 1910 to 1915 and the Edgerton Highway in Alaska is named after him. He also went to the military Engineering Academy.

He served as Panama Canal maintenance engineer from 1936 to 1940. He was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1940 to 1944. He retired from the army in 1949.

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Preceded by
Clarence S. Ridley
Governor of Panama Canal Zone
1940–1944
Succeeded by
Joseph C. Mehaffey