COMPANY

Freight transportation. Formed by the merger of Chessie System (a holding company for three railroads) and Seaboard Coast Line Industries in 1978, though the merger actually occurred in 1980.

Official Website:
http://www.csx.com/

Industry:
Transport

Ticker:
NYSE:CSX

Corporate headquarters:
Jacksonville, FL

Sales:
$8.6B (2005)

Employees:
35,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Martin Fiorentino	Attorney	c. 1959		Lobbyist
William J. Flynn	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Atlas Air Worldwide
Dennis R. Hendrix	Business	8-Jan-1940		Chairman of PanEnergy, 1990-97
Oscar Muñoz	Business	c. 1960		CFO of CSX
John Snow	Government	2-Aug-1939		US Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06
Michael J. Ward	Business	c. 1950		CEO of CSX
Hays T. Watkins, Jr.	Business	26-Jan-1926		CEO of CSX, 1980-89
Ed Whitfield	Politician	25-May-1943		Congressman, Kentucky 1st

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Donna M. Alvarado	Business	8-Nov-1948		Aguila International
Elizabeth E. Bailey	Educator	1938		Professor, the Wharton School
John Breaux	Politician	1-Mar-1944		US Senator from Louisiana, 1987-2005
Steven T. Halverson	Business	c. 1954		CEO of The Haskell Company
Edward J. Kelly III	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Mercantile Bankshares, 2001-07
Robert D. Kunisch	Business	c. 1942		CEO of PHH Corporation, 1988-97
Southwood J. Morcott	Business	c. 1938		CEO of Dana, 1990-99
David M. Ratcliffe	Business	1948		CEO of Southern Company
William C. Richardson	Educator	c. 1940		President of Johns Hopkins, 1990-95
Frank S. Royal	Doctor	c. 1939		Family practitioner, Richmond
Donald J. Shepard	Business	1946		Chairman of Aegon NV
Michael J. Ward	Business	c. 1950		CEO of CSX

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Claude S. Brinegar	Business	16-Dec-1926	13-Mar-2009	US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75
Robert L. Burrus, Jr.	Attorney	1934		Chairman of McGuireWoods, 1990-2006
John R. Hall	Business	c. 1933		CEO of Ashland, 1981-96
Dennis R. Hendrix	Business	8-Jan-1940		Chairman of PanEnergy, 1990-97
John Snow	Government	2-Aug-1939		US Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06
Hays T. Watkins, Jr.	Business	26-Jan-1926		CEO of CSX, 1980-89

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bill Paxon	Politician	29-Apr-1954		Congressman from New York, 1989-99

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