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General Motors recently announced that Edward E. Whitacre Jr., will become the new chairman when, and if it emerges from bankruptcy.  What other transportation-related company is Mr. Whitacre associated with:

A. Ford Motor Co.
B. International Truck and Engine Corp.
C. Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.
D. Was already at G.M. back in 2005

The answer is C:  Burlington

Here’s how to find this kind of information using I-Metrix: first go to the Sarch tab, and choose the People link from the left margin menu.

Type in Edward (first name) and Whitacre (last name) and choose Annual Reports – 10-K from the Form Group section.

Next click the name Whitacre on the results page then click the 10-K link for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp.

Then you will see this.

Mr. Whitacre is the lead director of the company.