Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Louis Wilson Menk was an American railway worker and executive. He served as the last president of Northern Pacific Railway 1966-1970, before the railroad was merged into Burlington Northern Railroad. Menk was also selected as Modern Railroads Man of the Year for 1967, an award that has continued annually and is now known as Railroader of the Year. Menk was the son of Louis Albert and Daisy Deane Menk. He married Martha Jane Swan on May 30, 1942. They had two children, David Louis and Barbara Ann.