Traffic Club of New York

The Traffic Club of New York is a prestigious Manhattan-based professional association composed of members who work in the transportation industry.[1] Participating members operate the day-to-day logistics of many American rail, trucking, and shipping corporations.[2]

Club history

The Traffic Club of New York (TCNY) was created by a number of transportation magnates at the Arkwright Club on April 10, 1906, in reaction to Congress passing the Carmack Amendment to Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 and the Hepburn Act.[3]

Since 1907 the TCNY has held an annual dinner, which became a prominent Club event, suspended only during World War II.[3] The Club dinner provides food, entertainment, and allows businessmen to make connections.

Presidents

The following people have served as President of the Traffic Club of New York:[4]

  • B.D. Caldwell (1906)
  • D.W. Cooke (1907)
  • George T. Smith (1907)
  • C.S. Keene (1908)
  • George A. Cullen (1909)
  • Judge G.F. Moore (1010)
  • F.E. Herriman (1911)
  • E.G. Warfield (1912)
  • A.F. Mack (1913)
  • R.H. Wallace (1914)
  • W.C. Hope (1915)
  • Thomas Gantt (1916)
  • T.N. Jarvis (1917)
  • W.L. Woodrow (1918)
  • Ralph S. Stubbs (1919)
  • Fred E. Signer (1920)
  • R.J. Menzies (1921)
  • T.T. Harkrader (1922)
  • Frank W. Smith (1923)
  • W.A. Schumacher (1925)
  • W.S. Cowie (1926)
  • H.C. Snyder (1927)
  • Charlton A. Swope (1930)
  • Louis M. Porter (1932)
  • Ralph P. Bird (1933)
  • J.W. Roberts (1934)
  • Charles W. Braden (1935)
  • Henry R. McLean (1938)
  • James M. Breen (1945)
  • E.A. O'Brien (1956)
  • Eugene V. Fitzpatrick (1980)
  • William B. Rose (1981)
  • Greg Snyder (2014)

Annual Dinner Guest Speakers

The annual Club dinner has had many notable guest and keynote speakers, including the following:

References
  1. http://tcny.org/
  2. "The Traffic Club of NY 106th Anniversary Annual Dinner : 2/23/12". Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. "TCNY history". Traffic Club of New York. 29 July 2014.
  4. "50th Anniversary Bulletin" (PDF). Traffic Club of New York.
  5. "1981 Annual Dinner Journal" (PDF). Traffic Club of New York.
  6. "109th Anniversary Annual Dinner". Traffic Club of New York. Archived from the original on 2014-12-31. Retrieved 2015-01-08.
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