{"id":36979,"date":"2014-02-07T09:45:03","date_gmt":"2014-02-07T14:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/up-names-new-railroad-president-coo\/"},"modified":"2014-02-07T09:45:03","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T14:45:03","slug":"up-names-new-railroad-president-coo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/up-names-new-railroad-president-coo\/","title":{"rendered":"UP names new railroad president, COO","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
Union Pacific Corp. named Lance M. Fritz as president and chief operating officer of its Omaha-based railroad Thursday and said Jim Young has retired from his executive duties.<\/p>\n
Young took a leave of absence in March 2012 to undergo treatments for pancreatic cancer. Union Pacific said he retired Jan. 31 but will continue as non-executive chairman of the parent corporation. He had been president, chairman and chief executive officer of Union Pacific since 2007.<\/p>\n