Texas Key Professionals

Texas Highway Department Chief Highway Engineers 1917 to 1985

     (Names of chief engineers who influenced the development of Route 66
     are highlighted and link to biographical sketches of those engineers.)

     1. George A. Duren, First Chief Highway Engineer, June 4, 1917 - May 19, 1919
     2. Rollin Joe Windrow, May 20, 1919 - February 15, 1922.
     3. J. D. Fauntleroy, February 16, 1922 - March 3, 1924.
     4. Gibb Gilchrist, March 4, 1924 - February 15, 1925
     5. J. Hank, February 16, 1925 - January 14, 1926.
     6. W. P. Kemper, (acting), January 15, 1926 - February 28, 1926.
     7. A. C. Love, March 1, 1926 - December 31, 1926.
     8. Doak Rainey (acting), January 1, 1927 - January 31, 1927.
     9. A. Thompson, February 1, 1927 - January 25, 1928.
     10. Gibb Gilchrist, January 26, 1928 - September 30, 1937.
     11. Julian Montgomery, October 1, 1937 - June 30, 1940.
     12. Dewitt Carlock Greer, July 1, 1940 -January 31, 1968.
     13. James Colin Dingwall, February 1, 1968 - January 31, 1973.
     14. Bannister Luther DeBerry, February 1, 1973 - June 30, 1980.
     15. Marquis G. Goode, Jr., July1, 1980 - August 31, 1986