Hugh John Casey
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Hugh John Casey (Pat) was a Major General in the US Army and General MacArthur's chief engineer.
He was Chairman of the New York City Transit Authority from 1953-55.
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Family
Casey's son, US Army Major Hugh Boyd Casey, was a veteran of World War II and was killed in an air crash during the Korean War.
Military Career
- 1915 - 1918 - attends United States Military Academy - West Point, New York
- 1918 -- gradates as No. 5894, 3rd in his class
- June 12, 1918 -- commissioned as 2nd Lieutenat, Corps of Engineers
- 1922 - 1926 -- Professor of Military Science & Tactics, University of Kansas
1929 - 1933 -- assistant to officer in charge of River and Harbor section, Office of the Chief of Engineers
- September 25, 1929 -- promoted to Captain
- 1933 - 1935 -- attends Technische Hochschule, Berlin, Germany
- 1935 - 1936 -- Commands Engineering Division, Passamquoddy Tidal Power Project
- 1936 - 1937 -- Executive Officer to District Engineer, Ohio River
- 1937 - 1940 -- Assistant to General MacArthur - Office of the Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government, Manila, the Philippines
- February 1, 1940 -- promoted to Major
- 1940 - 1941 -- Chief of Design & Engineering, Office of the Quartermaster General
- 1941 - 1942 -- Chief Engineer - US Army Forces Far East
- June 4, 1942 -- promoted to Lieutenant Colonel
- 1942 - 1944 -- Chief Engineer - General Headquarters - South West Pacific Area
- January 24, 1948 -- promoted to Brigadier General
- 1949 -- US Delagate to the 17th International Navigation Congress
- December 31, 1949 -- Retired (disability)
Military Decorations
Burial
Casey is buried in Section 3 of Arlington National Cemetery.