Daniel McCallum

Daniel McCallum
Brig. Gen. McCallum
Born(1815-01-21)January 21, 1815
Johnstone, Scotland
DiedDecember 27, 1878(1878-12-27) (aged 63)
Brooklyn, New York
Place of burial
Mount Hope Cemetery
AllegianceUnited States of America
Union
Service/branchUnited States Army
Union Army
Years of service1861–1866
Rank Colonel
Brevet Major General
Commands heldU.S. Military Railroads
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
Other workrailroad engineer, civil engineer, architect

Daniel Craig McCallum (January 21, 1815 – December 27, 1878) was a Scottish-born American railroad engineer, general manager of the New York and Erie Railroad and Union Brevet Major General of the United States Military Railroads during the American Civil War, known as one of the early pioneers of management. He set down a group of general principles of management,[1] and is credited for having developed the first modern organizational chart.[2]

  1. ^ John E. Clark, John Elwood Clark (2004) Railroads in the Civil War: The Impact of Management on Victory and Defeat.. p. 13
  2. ^ Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. (1977) The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business. p. 101

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