Philip Edwin Pierce, former Safetran VP, 75

Philip Edwin Pierce, who retired from Safetran Systems (now Invensys Rail) as Vice President of Marketing, Sales, and Service in 2000, died March 11, 2010. He was 75.

Pierce began his long carer in the railroad industry at the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy. Before joining Safetran, he worked for Union Switch and Signal. Pierce was honored as a Fellow by the IRSE (Institution of Railway Signal Engineers) in 1991. He was a member of the High Speed Rail Association, RSSI, REMSA, and American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association.

Pierce is survived by his wife, Doris A. Pierce (nee Kunde), two children, four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Son Mike is a Program Manager-Systems at Xorail.

Pierce’s family is requesting that memorial gifts in his name be given to the Minnesota Humane Society and the Nature Conservancy.