List of presidents and trustees of the Long Island Rail Road
- Knowles Taylor: 1835-1837
- Valentine Hicks: 1837-1838
- Waldron B. Post: 1838-1839
- George B. Fisk: 1839-1847
- James H. Weeks: 1847-1850
- Isaac E. Haviland: 1850-1851
- Moses Maynard, Jr.: 1851-1852
- Isaac E. Haviland: 1852-1853
- William E. Morris: 1853-1862
- Coffin Colket: 1862-1863
- Oliver Charlick: 1863-1875
- Henry Havemeyer: 1875-1876
- Conrad Poppenhusen: 1876
- David N. Ropes: 1876-1877
- Adolph Poppenhusen: 1877
- Thomas R. Sharp: 1877-1881
- Austin Corbin: 1881-1896
- William H. Baldwin: 1896-1905
- William F. Potter: 1905
- Ralph Peters: 1905-1923
- Samuel Rea: 1923-1928
The LIRR was operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1928 to 1949. The people from Smucker and Delatour through Wyer were trustees rather than presidents, as the LIRR was in Chapter 77 bankruptcy.
- David E. Smucker and H.L. Delatour: 1949-1950
- William H. Draper: 1950-1951
- William Wyer: 1951-1954
- Walter S. Franklin: 1954-1955
- Thomas M. Goodfellow: 1955-1967
- Frank Aikman, Jr.: 1967-1969
- Walter L. Schlager, Jr.: 1969-1976
- Robert K. Pattison: 1976-1978
- Francis S. Gabreski: 1978-1981
- Daniel T. Scannell: 1981
- Robin H.H. Wilson: 1981-1985
- Bruce C. McIver: 1985-1989
- Charles W. Hoppe: 1990-1994
- Thomas F. Prendergast: 1994-2000
- Kenneth J. Bauer: 2000-2003
- James J. Dermody: 2003-2006
- Raymond P. Kenny (acting): 2006-2007
- Helena Williams: 2007-2014[1]
- Patrick Nowakowski: 2014-2018[2]
- Phillip Eng: 2018-2022[3]
- Catherine Rinaldi (interim): 2022-2023[4]
- Robert Free 2023-Present[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Neuman, William (June 5, 2007). "President Appointed For L.I.R.R." The New York Times.
- ^ Flegenheimer, Matt (April 30, 2014). "L.I.R.R. President Is Being Replaced". The New York Times.
- ^ "Phillip Eng Named as Long Island Rail Road President". MTA. April 12, 2018.
- ^ "MTA Announces Catherine Rinaldi to Serve as Interim President of MTA Long Island Rail Road". MTA (Press release). February 10, 2022.
- ^ "MTA Announces Rob Free Takes Over as Acting President of MTA Long Island Rail Road in October of 2023, but in April 2024 was announced the permanent role of president". MTA. Retrieved 2023-10-20.