. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . His rapidrise to success is due to his ambition andwillingness, to work. He applied himselfwith energy to the duties of every positionhe held, and as a result one promotionfollowed closely upon the heels of thelast. Mr. Thompson was born on May 8,1875, at Erie, Pa. He is the son ofSheldon and Lavern B. (Webster)Thompson, both of whom come of oldAmerican stock. His fathers andmothers people came from Massachu- setts and his mother from a sound public school educationhe entered Allegheny College at Mead-ville. Pa., and was graduated from t
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . His rapidrise to success is due to his ambition andwillingness, to work. He applied himselfwith energy to the duties of every positionhe held, and as a result one promotionfollowed closely upon the heels of thelast. Mr. Thompson was born on May 8,1875, at Erie, Pa. He is the son ofSheldon and Lavern B. (Webster)Thompson, both of whom come of oldAmerican stock. His fathers andmothers people came from Massachu- setts and his mother from a sound public school educationhe entered Allegheny College at Mead-ville. Pa., and was graduated from thatinstitution in 1897 with the degree ofcivil engineer. He spent his vacationprior to the year he left college with theP. B. & L. E. R. R. as rodman on loca-tion. With the exception of a briefperiod during which he worked for aprivate concern—immediately after re-ceiving his degree—he has been in rail-road service. In 1898 he became associated with thePittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad asinstrumentman. The following year he 7. CHARLES W. GALLOWAY 8 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE 9 entered the Baltimore and Ohio serviceand was placed in charge of parties onsurveys, etc., in which capacity he serveduntil July, 1900. From that time to September, 1901,he was assistant division engineer of thePittsburgh Division. In 1901 he wasmade division engineer at Cumberlandand the following year returned to Pitts-burgh in a similar capacity. In 1903 hewas appointed superintendent of theCumberland Division and remained inthis position until 1904, when he wastransferred to Wheeling, W. Va., tosupervise that division. Three yearslater he was made chief engineer, main-tenance of way, and in 1910 was ap-pointed chief engineer of the Baltimoreand Ohio System. He was general man-ager from 1910 to 1912 and in the latteryear was made third he served as third vice-presi-dent of the Baltimore and Ohio, C. H. & D. and Staten Island Lines. OnJuly 1, 1916, he was appoint
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