Henry Posner III

Henry Posner III is an American transport executive and investor working in the field of rail transport.

Henry Posner III
Born	1954 or 1955 (age 68–69)[1]
Alma mater	Princeton University Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Occupations	transport executive investor
Years active	1975‒[2][3]
Known for	Railroad Development Corporation Iowa Interstate Railroad East Broad Top Railroad Winchester Thurston School
Spouse	Anne Molloy[4]
Children	3[5]

Posner received a bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Princeton University in 1977, and received a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in finance from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.^[6][7]

Personal life

Posner's grandfather Henry Posner Sr. was born in Warsaw, Poland and emigrated to the United States in c.1905,^[8] aged seventeen.^[9] Posner's parents Henry Posner Jr. and Helen MacMurdo Posner were married in 1953.^[10] As of 2015^[update], Posner III continued to live in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^[11]

From 1998 onwards, Posner served as a trustee of the Winchester Thurston School, additionally serving as president for four years.^[4]

In May 2014, Posner spoke at the International Transport Forum at the need for cooperation as well as competition within rail transport in Europe.^[12]

Posner Hall at Carnegie Mellon University, named after Posner's grandfather

Since 2017, Posner has been an adjunct instructor at Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), teaching the course "The American Railroad-Decline and Renaissance in the Era of Deregulation".^[7] In the course Posner shares eccentric stories of his time working in the railroad industry. In 2021 Posner hired two students from the course to facilitate work on a battery-operated Vivarail D-Train imported from the United Kingdom for the "Pop-up Metro" project.^[13]

In February 2022, Posner briefly returned to front line service, crewing and interpreting on board a refugee rescue train operated by RDC Deutschland between Frankfurt (Oder) station and Hannover Messe station in Germany, following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[6][14]

In mid-2022 the Posner Foundation renewed its yearly grant funding to Operation Lifesaver for work towards increasing safety at level crossings.^[15]

References

1. Boom, Pierre (2014-12-04). "Bahn-Konkurrent: "Wir sind die Nummer Eins"" [Rail competitor: 'We are the number one']. Sylter Rundschau (in German). Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag. Retrieved 2022-07-23. Henry Posner III, dass sein Unternehmen Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) den Zuschlag für den Betrieb des Autozugs zwischen Niebüll und der Insel Sylt erhält. … steht der 59-jährige US-Amerikaner aus Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania vor der Westerländer Verladerampe. [Henry Posner III, whose company Railroad Development Corporation (RDC) is likely awarded the contract to operate the car-carrying train between Niebüll and the island of Sylt. … the 59-year-old American from Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania said, when standing in front of the Westerland loading ramp.]
2. Railroad Development Corporation v. Guatemala (ARB/07/23) (Witness one). International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes. 2011-12-08. Retrieved 2022-07-23 – via Youtube. (C. Allen Foster) How long have you been in the railroad business Mr. Posner? (Henry Posner III) Since I was a sophomore in college, … since the summer of 1975.
3. Railroad Development Corporation v. Guatemala (ARB/07/23) (PDF) (Report). Vol. 1. Washington, D.C. 2011-12-08. pp. 148‒149 – via Italaw.
4. "Henry Posner III & Anne Molloy". Winchester Thurston School. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
5. Creamer, N (2022-08-20). "Anne Molloy" (PDF). Carnegie Mellon University. married to Henry Posner III, and they have three grown children.
6. Compton, Carrie (2022-03-25). "For Ukrainian refugees traveling from Poland to Germany, Henry Posner III '77's train awaits". Alumni Spotlight. Princeton International. Archived from the original on 2022-06-20. Retrieved 2022-07-23. During Posner's voyage, where his Russian-speaking skills were dusted off and put to use, 480 souls were transported three hours away to Hanover, … Posner estimates approximately 500 refugees per day have been carried along his line to safety.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
7. Department of History. "Henry Posner III". Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences website (Biography). Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
8. "About Henry Posner, Sr". Digital collections. Posner Collector's Files. Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved 2022-07-23. Born in Warsaw, Poland, Henry Posner Senior emigrated to the United States, arriving in Boston about 1905.
9. Grant, H. Roger (22 October 2015). Railroaders without Borders: A History of the Railroad Development Corporation. pp. 1‒2. ISBN 9780253018076.
10. "Helen (MacMurdo) Posner (1926‒2015)". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 2015-06-01. Retrieved 2022-07-24.
11. Schooley, Tim (2015-11-20). "Personalities of Pittsburgh: Henry Posner III". Pittsburgh Business Times. The fact that I'm here is because of a decision my grandfather made 100 years ago when he came from Poland.
12. Vantuono, William C. (2014-05-23). "RDC's Posner: "Europe needs cooperation as much as it needs competition"". Railway Age. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
13. "CMU's Posner Lays Track for Future of Rail Transit". 2021-08-12. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
14. Fender, Keith (2022-04-21). "RDC's Posner looks at Ukraine refugee operation, rail aspects of war". Newswire. Trains. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
15. Luczak, Marybeth (2022-03-04). "OLI: Posner Foundation Grant Renewed". Railway Age. Retrieved 2022-07-24.

Further reading

• Schlesiger, Christian (2014-10-09). "HKX-Chef Henry Posner "Ich bin ein geduldiger Investor"" [HKX CEO Henry Posner "I am a patient investor"]. Wirtschaftswoche (in German). Retrieved 2023-07-19.