Glen Edgar Edgerton

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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.

External links

Panama Canal Authority biography

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

Persondata
Name	Edgerton, Glen Edgar
Alternative names
Short description	Governor of the Panama Canal Zone, 1940 to 1944
Date of birth	April 17, 1887
Place of birth
Date of death	1956
Place of death

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