Author: Union Pacific

CEO Jim Vena congratulates Union Pacific’s first-ever CEO Excellence Award honorees. (Caption and Photograph Courtesy of UP)
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UP Celebrates Inaugural CEO Excellence Award Recipients

Union Pacific (UP) recently held its inaugural CEO Excellence Awards, honoring 41 employees who made tremendous strides advancing the railroad’s Safety, Service and Operational Excellence strategy. The awards acknowledge many of the

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Former CEO Dick Davidson Recalls Living the ‘American Dream’ on the Railroad

Dick Davidson looks back on his life with a touch of amazement and a hefty helping of gratitude. At age 83, he still marvels at its trajectory: a Kansas boy raised by a single mother on a farm without indoor plumbing who joined the railroad as a brakeman to help pay for college and, after graduation, stayed to become chairman and CEO of Union Pacific Railroad.