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Overnite Transportation Founder J. Harwood Cochrane passes away at 103 Known as a pioneer in the less-than-truckload (LTL) sector, Cochrane founded Overnite Transportation in 1935 when he was 22, leading the company for decades. Logistics in the News
J. Harwood Cochrane, the “greatest LTL trucker” of them all, who entered freight transportation by driving a horse-drawn carriage, founded Overnite Transportation Co. during the Great Depression...
Trucking pioneer J. Harwood Cochrane, who founded LTL carrier Overnite Transportation Co. during the Depression, died at age 103 on July 25 in Richmond, Va. The native Virginian’s first job was...
A final, long-planned gift from Louise B. and J. Harwood Cochrane has brought the couple’s support of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts full circle. As the result of a charitable annuity and trust benefiting the museum, $8.4 million was added to the VMFA endowment this year.
James Harwood Cochrane, age 103, passed away July 25, 2016. Recently preceded in death by his wife of over 81 years, Louise Odell Blanks Cochrane, he is survived by children Judith Carr...
James Harwood Cochrane, age 103, passed away July 25th. Recently proceeded in death by his wife of over 81 years, Louise Odell Blanks Cochrane, he is survived by children Judith Carr...
The motor truck did just that, and J. Harwood Cochrane grabbed the “guiding wheel” for a long and wild ride. He founded Overnite in Richmond, Va., in 1935 with two trucks. Overnite expanded across the country by acquiring more than 50 competitors. The company was sold in 1986 to railroad Union Pacific for the stellar sum of $1.2 billion.
J. Harwood Cochrane, who began his career in the 1920s driving a horse-drawn milk wagon in southern Virginia and went on to found Overnite Transportation, now UPS Freight and one of the largest U.S. trucking companies, died Monday. He was 103 years old.
James Harwood Cochrane (November 16, 1912 – July 25, 2016) was an American businessman and philanthropist, as well as inductee into the Automotive Hall of Fame. Early and family life Cochrane and his six brothers and sisters grew up in humble circumstances. Their rural Goochland County home lacked both plumbing and central heating.
In 1985, the library moved with a staff of four to a new, colonial style building donated by Mr. and Mrs. J. Harwood Cochrane. More than twenty years from its opening, the Rockville Branch Library has grown to a staff of ten, contains over 11,000 volumes, conducts four story times per week and a summer reading program, has an active Friends ...