Leonor Fresnel Loree

Leonor F. Loree (April 23, 1858 – September 6, 1940) was an American civil engineer, lawyer, railroad executive, and founder of the American Newcomen Society. He was President of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad and had interests in Kansas City Southern, Baltimore and Ohio, New York Central, and the Rock Island Railroads.

Early life Loree obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in 1877, a Master of Science in 1880, a Civil Engineering degree in 1896 and a Doctor of Law in 1917, all from Rutgers College. He also obtained a Doctor of Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1933.

Career Pennsylvania Railroad: Assistant Engineer of Chicago Division 1883-1885, Engineer of Maintenance of Way (on western division of CStL&P) 1885-1888, Engineer of Maintenance of Way (on Cleveland and Pittsburgh Division of Lines West) 1888-1889, Superintendent (Cleveland and Pittsburgh Division) 1889-1896, General Manager (of Lines West) 1896-1901, Fourth Vice President (of Lines West) 1901-1901, Director 1901-1904

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: president 1901 - 1904, board member until February 1922 Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad: chairman 1926 - 1928

Personal life Loree was a Trustee at Rutgers University from 1909 to 1940 and was Chairman of the Rutgers Board of Trustees Committee on New Jersey College for Women (now Douglass College) until 1938. He was the donor of the New Jersey College for Women Athletic Field (Antilles Field). Rutgers has a building named after him, Leonor Fresnel Loree, erected in 1963 on the Douglass campus.

In 1923, Loree was a principal founder of The Newcomen Society in North America, a learned society promoting engineering, technology and free enterprise.

Published works Economy in railway operation-Engineering Magazine, Volume 9, 1895.