Alexander F. Whitney [SEP] cause of death
a heart attack on 16 July 1949 at the age of 76.
He was succeeded as president of the BRT by William Parker Kennedy.
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Alexander F. Whitney
Alexander F. Whitney (1873 – 16 July 1949) was an American railway worker who became president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT). He was an influential labor leader during the Great Depression and World War II, and in the years immediately following the war. He was the principal leader of a two-day railroad strike in May 1946 that paralyzed the nation.
Early years.
Alexander E. Whitney was born in Iowa in 1873. In 1888 he started to work for Illinois Central