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William Wallace Atterbury (January 31, 1866 – September 20, 1935) was a brigadier general in the United States Army during World War I, who began his career with the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) in 1886 and rose through the ranks to become its tenth president (1925–1935).
William Wallace Atterbury served as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, a Conrail predecessor, from 1925 to 1935. As a young man working through an apprentice course at the railroad's Altoona, Pa., shops, Atterbury, like many of today's students, sought ways to earn extra income.
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A portrait of Brigadier General William Wallace Atterbury presented to Colonel Welton Modissette, commander of Camp Atterbury, in 1942, by Lou Henderson, an official of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
President from 1925 to 1935. Atterbury died in September 1935, shortly after stepping down as President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Seven years later, this son of Indiana would become the namesake for a sprawling military installation in south-central Indiana known as Camp Atterbury. William Wallace Atterbury William Wallace Atterbury
William Wallace Atterbury (January 31, 1866 – September 20, 1935)[1][2] was an American Brigadier General during World War I. He was instrumental in reorganizing railroad traffic during the war for more efficient transportation of troops and supplies for the American Expeditionary Forces.
The History of Camp Atterbury. In 1942, a military installation took root in land that only months before had been home to more than 500 farm families. The camp was named for Indiana native, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and World War I veteran Brigadier General William Wallace Atterbury, who served
