What key details about robert bandeen can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: robert angus bandeen -lrb- october 29 , 1930 -- august 16 , 2010 -rrb- was a canadian businessman and former president and chief executive officer of canadian national railways . born in rodney , ontario on october 29 , 1930 , the third of four children of john robert bandeen and jessie marie thomson . bandeen 's father was a tobacco buyer and farmer while his mother was an elementary schoolteacher . raised on the family farm in duart , ontario , bandeen and his siblings worked tobacco harvests throughout their school years . the bandeen children excelled at school and robert earned a scholarship to the university of western ontario where he received a bachelor of arts degree in economics and political science , graduating in 1952 with the governor general 's academic medal . he was accepted directly into the ph.d. program in economics at duke university from which he graduated in 1955 . he was hired as an economist at the montreal headquarters of the canadian national railways in 1955 . bandeen met mona blair in montreal in 1957 and they were married in spring 1958 ; they had four sons . bandeen became vice-president great lakes region for cn in 1971 and he relocated to toronto . this position also saw bandeen in charge of cn 's major u.s. holdings , the grand trunk western railroad , the duluth , winnipeg and pacific railway and the central vermont railway . one of his first major decisions as vice-president great lakes region was to consolidate the u.s. lines under a newly created holding company named grand trunk corporation . in 1974 , bandeen returned to montreal where he was appointed president of cn , replacing the retiring norman j. macmillan . as president , bandeen moved to reorganize cn into distinct profit centres focused on the core freight rail business . bandeen moved to sell non-core businesses such as cn hotels and trucking subsidiaries . he also moved to organize operations requiring government subsidies into separate entities , including cn marine , via rail , and terra transport . under...
- known for is former railways president and chief executive officer of canadian national- death date is 16 august 2010- awards is order of canada- birth date is 29 october 1930- name is robert angus bandeen- death place is toronto , ontario- birth place is rodney , ontario- alma mater is university of western ontario duke university