Donald Sherman Beattie

1921 - 1990  (68 years)

• Name	Donald Sherman Beattie
  Birth	20 May 1921	Gravel Run, Canisteo, Steuben Co., New York, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	Abt 1942
  	World War II - US Army 2nd Lt. - Pacific Theater
  Death	19 Apr 1990	Alexandria, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA
  Burial	Hillside Cemetery, Canisteo, Steuben Co., New York, USA
  		Donald and Virginia (Maquire) Beattie Plot: Beattie
  Notes	Washington Post, Saturday, April 21, 1990, page B4. Donald S. Beattie, 68, Dies; Was Railway Labor Leader Donald Sherman Beattie, 68, a railway labor leader who had been director of governmental affairs for the Railway Labor Executives Association, died of pulmonary fibrosis April 19 at Mount Vernon Hospital. Mr. Beattie, who lived in Alexandria, was born in Canisteo, N.Y. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers during World War II, then graduated from Cornell University. He began his career in the labor movement in Cleveland, where he was director of research for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers from 1951 to 1962. From 1960 to 1962, he also served as chairman of the labor union research committee of the Presidental Railroad Commission. In 1962 he moved to Washington and began working for the Railway Labor Executives Association as excutive secretary teasurer. From 1970 to 1975, Mr. Beattie as executive secretary of the Congress of Railway Unions, then from 1975 until he retired in 1988 he was director of the govermental affairs for Railway Labor Executive Assocation. He had served on the executive board and management committee of the International Transport Workers Federation and on the US National Committee of the Pan American Railway Congress. Most recently he was founder and director of the Super Magnetic Levitation Coalition an organization working on plans for higher speed trains running on the principle of magnetic levitation. He was a memeber of the Brotherood of Locomotive Engineers, the United Transporation Union and the Masons. Surviors include his wife Virginia Beattie; three sons James Milton Beattie, Thomas Michael Beattie, and Donald Sherman Beattie Jr., all of Alexandria, and a grandson. Donald's time (papers) while in Washington are housed at the Library at Cornell University. (TMB-2009)
  Person ID	I27211	OurNorthernRoots
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2011

  
  

  Father	Leo Milton Beattie,   b. 17 Sep 1895, Hornellsville, Steuben Co., New York, USA d. 20 Dec 1954, Canisteo, Steuben Co., New York, USA (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Catherine Cornish,   b. 02 Feb 1897, Canisteo, Steuben Co., New York, USA d. Nov 1976, Hornell, Steuben Co., New York, USA (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	20 Jun 1917	Canisteo, Steuben Co., New York, USA
  Family ID	F8337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Virginia Maquire,   b. 04 Sep 1922, Pennsylvania, USA d. 06 Mar 2000, Alexandria, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1955
  Children	1. Living + 2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F8386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 20 May 1921 - Gravel Run, Canisteo, Steuben Co., New York, USA Death - 19 Apr 1990 - Alexandria, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA Burial - - Hillside Cemetery, Canisteo, Steuben Co., New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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