A Financial History of the Panama Railroad Company, 1849-1949

Captain Julius Grigore, Jr., USN, Retired, is a graduate of Kings Point, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (BS); the University of Detroit (BME and PME); and the Harvard Business School, Advance Management Program (AMP). He was born in Detroit, Michigan, but resides in Venice, Florida following his service with the Panama Canal Company, and the U.S. 448 Captain Julius Grigore Jr., US Navy, Retired Navy at Fort Amador, Canal Zone as Senior Technical Advisor to the Latin American Navies. He is a veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam Crisis. Captain Grigore received and Outstanding Business Achievement Award from Kings Point in 1961 and was nominated by Rear admiral Gordon S. McClintock, Superintendent, U. S. Merchant Marine Academy, for a Gold Medal Award from the American Society of Naval Architects in 1969 and for the Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal Award, and subsequently was nominated for an award from the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1980. He served two tours of duty for the International Executuve Service Corps, Ghana in 1973 and Peru in 1978. Since 1983, he has been steadily engaged in leisure writing, having been published about 86 times in various international periodicals. His eleven books about the Panama Canal, aerophilately, aviation, travel, arctic and antarctic exploration, cooking, and oranges appear regularly on Ebay. He is a Founding Member of the Panama Historical Society, and a member of the Venice, Florida, Writer's Club.