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Robert Eastman Woodruff (September 11, 1884 – 1957) was president of the Erie Railroad from 1939 to 1949.
References
Grant, H. Roger (Autumn 1997). "Robert E. Woodruff: Railway Statesman?". Railroad History (177): 78–86. ISSN0090-7847.