Harrower Family Tree » Philip Harrower (± 1957-2002)

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1. Newspaper Article, 2002 HARROWER, PHILIP 30 December http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=442

   Business chief dies in bid to race train - ANDREW DENHOLM ((XXXXX@XXXX.XXX))
   A successful businessman was being mourned by family and friends last night, after he was killed in a car crash in the United States. Philip Harrower, from Perth, who was chief executive of the Glasgow based power supply company Aggreko, was killed instantly when his car was hit by a train on a level crossing in his home state of Louisiana. According to local newspaper reports, Mr Harrower, 45, was trying to race an Amtrak passenger train in his white BMW in an attempt to reach the level crossing first. The businessman, who has been based in the US for the past 16 years, leaves two teenage sons. A spokeswoman said: "Phil Harrower was an outstanding leader and we are all shocked by his untimely death. He will be greatly missed by all of us and our thoughts are with his family. "He built up our highly successful North American business and was the natural choice to take Aggreko's business forward as chief executive." Scottish-based business colleagues also spoke of their loss and remembered a highly-motivated business leader who always had time for his family and friends, as well as his beloved Aberdeen FC. One colleague of over 20 years, who asked not to be named, said: "He had such tremendous energy and was so effective at leading and motivating the people who worked for him. "He was a big man physically and he was a big man in life in the way he influenced people. There will be a lot of people who will miss him all over the world. He had an enormous will to succeed, but he was very proud of being Scottish and always had time for Aberdeen, and playing golf, which was the way he liked to relax." Another colleague spoke of his shock at the circumstances of Mr Harrower's death, claiming that, while he was always willing to take a calculated risk in business, he was not a "big risk taker". Last night, police in Louisiana confirmed that an eyewitness had spoken of the car "racing" the train, claiming it was a regular problem at the level crossing, which has no automatic barrier. Willie Williams, the public information officer for the local police, said: "The individual passed the train and turned left, attempting to cross the railroad tracks. "The car was impacted by the train as it crossed the tracks in an area which did not have an automatic crossing. Mr Harrower was pronounced dead at the scene. "The police said the car was struck broadside on by the train and "thrown about half a mile before coming to rest". A resident living opposite the accident site, near Mr Harrower's home town of Broussard, said drivers trying to race trains at the crossing were common and that several accidents had occurred there. Mr Williams said police had introduced a road safety campaign to try to prevent such accidents from happening. Under the scheme, state troopers travel on trains speaking to passengers while others "shadow" the highway. Mr Williams said: "The officers look for people trying to race the train and ticket them. That's the only way we can actually make people aware of the risks and drive more responsibly." Mr Harrower joined Aggreko in 1983 as Scottish rental manager and moved to the US three years later as a member of a team charged with developing Aggreko's activities there. The company now generates around half its business in the region and in the past won a contract to supply power at the Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City. Other lucrative deals secured by the f irm have included the provision of generators for the World Cup at Japan and South Korea. In 1998, Mr Harrower was appointed an executive director before becoming group managing director in January 2001 and chief executive a year later. However, the company has been under pressure in recent months as it waits for an upturn in the economic climate in the US. Aggreko has moved 25 per cent of its fleet of power generators out of North America and into other regions due to falling demand and two weeks ago warned that it remained difficult to predict trends for the coming year. The company, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange and had sales of £325 million last year, employs more than 2,000 people, including around 700 staff in Europe. Shares in Aggreko dropped by 0.33 per cent after announcing that its chief executive had been killed. This article: http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id= 442003 Last updated: 01-Jan-03 01:00 BST

2. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1978 HARROWER, PHILIP JOHN, MACKAY LESLEY ANN 1978 508/ 160 Kirkintilloch Not available

   HARROWER, PHILIP JOHN, MACKAY LESLEY ANN 1978 508/ 160 Kirkintilloch

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