Hulen, John A. (John Augustus), 1871-1957

Military officer, railroad executive. Member of Texas Technological College Board of Directors from 1931-1937. Born 1871 in Centralia, Missouri. Moved to Texas with his parents in 1873. Attended public school in Gainesville, Texas. Attended military academies in Virginia and Missouri, graduating in 1891. Joined the Texas Volunteer Cavalry in 1889. Served in the Spanish-American War, the Phillipine Insurrection, and World War I. Both before and after World War I, Hulen pursued a career as a railroad executive with various lines, including the Frisco Lines, the Rhode Island-Frisco Lines and the Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway Company. Became vice-president of both the Fort Worth and Denver City and the Wichita Valley railway companies in 1930. Later served as vice-president and chairman of the board of the Burlington-Rock Island Railroad Company, holding the latter position unitl his death in 1957 in Palacios, Texas.

From the description of Papers, 1908-1971. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 24509975

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