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| Books LLC : People From Richmond County, Nova Scotia: David L. Gunn, Vernon Fougère, Silver Donald Cameron, Gerald Doucet, Isidore Leblanc, Alexander Mccuish | |
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People From Richmond County, Nova Scotia: David L. Gunn, Vernon Fougère, Silver Donald Cameron, Gerald Doucet, Isidore Leblanc, Alexander Mccuish |
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English |
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Paperback |
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26 |
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2010-09-15 |
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1158452934 |
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Books LLC |
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0.11 pounds |
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5.98 x 9.02 x 0.04 inches |
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Chapters: David L. Gunn, Vernon Fougère, Silver Donald Cameron, Gerald Doucet, Isidore Leblanc, Alexander Mccuish. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: David L. Gunn (born 21 June 1937) is a transportation system administrator who has headed several important railroads and transit systems in North America. Gunn was born in Boston to parents of Canadian ancestry whose families had emigrated to Massachusetts from Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Gunn was educated at Phillips Academy in Andover and received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Harvard College in 1959. He served in the United States Navy Reserve from 1959-1962. He received a Masters in Business Administration from Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1964. Gunn has the following work experience: During his tenure as president of the NYCTA, Gunn instituted operational changes that led to the elimination of graffiti from the New York subway system. This was a development that led to a perception of increased safety and cleanliness, which resulted in the return of middle and upper class ridership and ensured the continued growth in mass-transit usage in the nation's largest city. Gunn has a philosophy called "state of good repair" where the first priority is to maintain infrastructure and equipment, making regular repairs where needed and retiring equipment from service at the end of its life-cycle. This brought him in frequent conflict with TTC chairman Howard Moscoe, who advocated the use of funds for improving TTC accessibility. Gunn's tenure at the TTC was also marked by changes in management structure, which were criticized by some (including his successor, Rick Ducharme, in a July 1999 Toronto Star article). He also argued against new subway construction. Toronto...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=2419136
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