Traffic Club of New York
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The Traffic Club of New York is a prestigious Manhattan-based professional association composed of members who work in the transportation industry.[1] Participating members operate the day-to-day logistics of many American rail, trucking, and shipping corporations.[2]
Club history[edit]
The Traffic Club of New York (TCNY) was created by a number of transportation magnates at the Arkwright Club on April 10, 1906, in reaction to Congress passing the Carmack Amendment to Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the Hepburn Act.[3]
Since 1907 the TCNY has held an annual dinner, which became a prominent Club event, suspended only during World War II.[3] The Club dinner provides food, entertainment, and allows businessmen to make connections.
Presidents[edit]
The following people have served as President of the Traffic Club of New York:[4]
- B.D. Caldwell (1906)
- D.W. Cooke (1907)
- George T. Smith (1907)
- C.S. Keene (1908)
- George A. Cullen (1909)
- Judge G.F. Moore (1010)
- F.E. Herriman (1911)
- E.G. Warfield (1912)
- A.F. Mack (1913)
- R.H. Wallace (1914)
- W.C. Hope (1915)
- Thomas Gantt (1916)
- T.N. Jarvis (1917)
- W.L. Woodrow (1918)
- Ralph S. Stubbs (1919)
- Fred E. Signer (1920)
- R.J. Menzies (1921)
- T.T. Harkrader (1922)
- Frank W. Smith (1923)
- W.A. Schumacher (1925)
- W.S. Cowie (1926)
- H.C. Snyder (1927)
- Charlton A. Swope (1930)
- Louis M. Porter (1932)
- Ralph P. Bird (1933)
- J.W. Roberts (1934)
- Charles W. Braden (1935)
- Henry R. McLean (1938)
- James M. Breen (1945)
- E.A. O'Brien (1956)
- Eugene V. Fitzpatrick (1980)
- William B. Rose (1981)
- Greg Snyder (2014)
Annual Dinner Guest Speakers[edit]
The annual Club dinner has had many notable guest and keynote speakers, including the following:
- Charles Evans Hughes (1907) Governor of New York
- Isaac Asimov (1981) Scientist, futurist[5]
- David Paterson (2012) Governor of New York[2]
- Admiral Edward M. Straw (2015) [6]
References[edit]
- ^ http://tcny.org/
- ^ a b "The Traffic Club of NY 106th Anniversary Annual Dinner : 2/23/12". Retrieved 31 December 2014.
- ^ a b "TCNY history". Traffic Club of New York. 29 July 2014.
- ^ "50th Anniversary Bulletin" (PDF). Traffic Club of New York.
- ^ "1981 Annual Dinner Journal" (PDF). Traffic Club of New York.
- ^ "109th Anniversary Annual Dinner". Traffic Club of New York. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2015-01-08.