Records of the Panama Canal. 1848 - 1999. Correspondence and Historical Background Records of the Governors

United States. Panama Canal Commission

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The Panama Canal Commission was established by an act of October 1, 1979. The Commission was responsible for managing, operating, maintaining, and improving the Panama Canal. On February 10, 1996, with the signing of Public Law 104-106 (110 Stat. 638), the Commission became a Government corporation. U.S. responsibility for the canal was terminated by stipulations of the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977, which transferred responsibility for the Panama Canal to the Republic of Panama, effective Decembe...

Mehaffey, Joseph Cowles, 1889-1963

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U.S. Army engineer and governor of the Panama Canal Zone. From the description of Papers of Joseph Cowles Mehaffey, 1925-1959 (bulk 1944-1949). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80153903 Biographical Note 1889, Nov. 20 Born, Lima, Ohio 1911 Graduated, United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. ...

Potter, William E., 1905-1988

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William Everett Potter (b. July 17, 1905-d. December 5, 1988) was Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1956 to 1960. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1928. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1933 with a degree in civil engineering. He served as Governor of the Panama Canal Zone from 1956 to 1960. Potter played a key role in the construction of Walt Disney World. He is credited with helping to build much of the underground utiliti...

Parfitt, Harold R. (Harold Robert), 1921-

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Newcomer, Francis Kosier, 1889-1967

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Edgerton, Glen E. (Glen Edgar), 1887-1976

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Glen Edgar Edgerton (1887-1976) was born in Parkerville, Kansas. He earned a B.S. from Kansas State Agricultural College in 1904. After graduating from West Point in 1908, he commissioned in the Corps of Engineers. During World War I, he served as a division engineer in the 14th Division. In 1924 he graduated from Command and General Staff School. From 1936 to 1940, he was engineer of maintenance at the Panama Canal. While serving as Governor of the Panama Canal, from July 1940 to May 1944, he r...

Goethals, George W. (George Washington), 1858-1928

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Born in 1858 in Brooklyn, New York, Goethals graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1880. Goethals was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1907 when he was appointed chief engineer for the construction of the Panama Canal.. Under his management construction was completed in 1914, about one year early. From the guide to the George Washington Goethals Letter MSS. 0575., 1918 March 27, (University Libraries Division of Special Collecti...

Fleming, Robert J. (Robert John), 1907-1984

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Robert John Fleming (1907-1984) was appointed the Governor of the Panama Canal Zone on January 4, 1962. From the description of Fleming, Robert J. (Robert John), 1907-1984 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10586244 ...