Bio of LOWRY, Horace (b.1880), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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Vol II, pg 397-398
HORACE LOWRY
Horace Lowry, president of the Twin City Rapid Transit Company and its
sub­sidiaries, in undertaking the management of this corporation entered upon a
business already established, but in enlarging and controlling it he has shown
splendid executive power and initiative. A native son of Minneapolis, he was
born February 4, 1880, his parents being Thomas and Beatrice M. (Goodrich)
Lowry. The father was the founder and promoter of the Twin City Rapid Transit
Company and is mentioned at length on another page of this work.
In the acquirement of his education Horace Lowry attended the Emerson school and
passed through consecutive grades to his graduation from the Central high school
with the class of 1896. He then entered the University of Minnesota for his
advanced training and there won the Bachelor of Science degree as one of the
alumni of 1900. His business training, like his educational course, has been
thorough and compre­hensive. For two years after leaving the university he
worked as an electrician in the shops of the Minneapolis Street Railway Company
and then was appointed to a position in the auditing department, where he
remained for nearly a year, working his way upward to the position of chief
clerk in that department. He then left the company to give his attention to the
management of his father's real estate and personal business interests, which up
to that time had been in the hands of several agents, but in 1908 he resumed
active connection with the Minneapolis Street Railway Com­pany, accepting the
superintendency of the Minneapolis division, which position he continued to fill
until December 10, 1910. He then resigned and concentrated his efforts and
attention upon the business of the Arcade Investment Company, of which he was
the president, and it was during that period that he erected the twelve-story
Lowry building in St. Paul, acting as his own general contractor of
construction. On the 1st of January, 1912, he was appointed general manager of
the Twin City Rapid Transit Company and on the 1st of January, 1913, was elected
to the vice presidency. He continued to act as the second executive officer
until 1916, when he succeeded C. G. Goodrich in the presidency, and has since
been the chief executive head of this corporation. His college training, his
previous business experience along various lines and his former active
identification with the corporation, well qualified him for the onerous and
responsible duties which he assumed as president and which he has most
faithfully and efficiently discharged, maintaining the highest standards of
service and conducting the interests of the corporation at all times along
constructive lines, looking to the further development of the system and toward
the attainment of a still greater efficiency in the matter of making this a real
public utility. Mr. Lowry is president of the Arcade Investment Company, and is
a director of the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway, the
Duluth-Superior Traction Company, the North­western National Bank, the Minnesota
Loan & Trust Company, and the Capital National Bank of St. Paul. He is also a
member of the board of trustees of the Minneapolis Institute of Fine Arts and of
the Lakewood Cemetery Association.
On the 18th of March, 1909, Mr. Lowry was married to Miss Kate S. Burwell and
they have become parents of two sons: Thomas and Goodrich. Mr. Lowry is
identified with the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Association and is deeply
interested in everything that has to do with the welfare and progress of the
city and with the advancement of municipal standards and ideals. He belongs to
the Psi Upsilon, a college fraternity, and he has membership in the University
Club of Chicago and the Minnesota Club of St. Paul, while in his home city he is
prominently known in club circles through his identification with the
Minneapolis, Minikahda and Athletic clubs. A lifelong resident of this city, his
record is as an open book which all may read. He has proven his strength and
capacity in the business world, his fidelity and progres-siveness in connection
with public interests and at all times he has commanded and enjoyed the respect
of his friends who are legion.