<P> David du Bose Gaillard died of a brain tumor in Baltimore on December 5 , 1913 , at age 54 . Promoted to colonel only a month earlier , Gaillard never saw the opening of the canal whose creation he directed . The Culebra Cut ( as it was originally known ) was renamed the Gaillard Cut on April 27 , 1915 , in his honor . A plaque commemorating Gaillard 's work stood over the cut for many years ; in 1998 it was moved to the administration building , near a memorial to Goethals . </P>
<P> David du Bose Gaillard died of a brain tumor in Baltimore on December 5 , 1913 , at age 54 . Promoted to colonel only a month earlier , Gaillard never saw the opening of the canal whose creation he directed . The Culebra Cut ( as it was originally known ) was renamed the Gaillard Cut on April 27 , 1915 , in his honor . A plaque commemorating Gaillard 's work stood over the cut for many years ; in 1998 it was moved to the administration building , near a memorial to Goethals . </P>
who directed the construction of the panama canal
who directed the construction of the panama canal
David du Bose Gaillard
David du Bose Gaillard