Alan Stephenson Boyd (born July 20, 1922) was the first United States Secretary of Transportation, appointed by Lyndon Johnson. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Seal of the United States Department of Transportation The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. ... is the 16th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... January 20 is the 20th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... “LBJ” redirects here. ... John Anthony Volpe (December 8, 1908 - September 11, 1994) was a Governor of Massachusetts and a U.S. Secretary of Transportation. ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Nickname: Motto: Where Florida Begins Location in the state of Florida Coordinates: , Country United States State Florida County Duval Government  - Mayor John Peyton (R) Area  - City  885 sq mi (2,264. ... is the 201st day of the year (202nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Seal of the United States Department of Transportation The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ...

Early life

Boyd was born in July of 1922 (different sources have different dates for his birthday) in Jacksonville, Florida. He served in the United States Army transportation command during World War II. He graduated from law school at the University of Virginia in 1948. He practiced law in Florida, and was on a commission exploring the regulation of the transportation industry. The Jacksonville skyline and the Acosta Bridge. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... The United States Army is the largest branch of the armed forces of the United States. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The University of Virginia (also called U.Va. ...

Later Life

He and his wife Flavil had one son, Mark Boyd. He has two granchildren, Heather and Alan Boyd. The latter was named after him.

Alan S. Boyd retired to Florida and later moved to Edmonds, Washington. Edmonds is a city in Snohomish County, Washington, United States. ...

Public service

He was appointed to the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1959 by Dwight Eisenhower and promoted to chairman by John F. Kennedy. He helped the airline industry by standardizing fare reductions, and by approving government subsidies to encourage airline service for smaller cities. He was appointed undersecretary of commerce for transportation in 1965 by Lyndon Johnson. He was unpopular with labor leaders when he advocated reducing government restrictions on the maritime industry, and when he denounced featherbedding by railroad workers. Boyd was part of a committee that lobbied for the creation of the United States Department of Transportation, bringing together many government agencies related to the transportation industry. Governments have played an important part in shaping air transportation. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, Kennedy, John Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, or JFK, was the thirty-fifth President of the United States. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908–January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician. ... Featherbedding is a practice by employees who resist their employers ever-increasing demand to work faster by controlling and slowing the speed of their work, often in ways that are difficult for employers to detect. ... The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) is a federal Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with transportation. ...

Boyd became the first Secretary of Transportation in November of 1966. In that capacity he worked on a huge variety of areas including airports, the air traffic control system, automobile safety, driver education, alcoholism, and the highway beautification program (a pet project of first lady Lady Bird Johnson). One of his sources of power was control over spending on the interstate highways. He was unsuccessful in trying to encourage passenger train service. The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. ... Claudia Alta Lady Bird Taylor Johnson (December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007)[1] was the wife of U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson. ...

Private industry

When the Richard M. Nixon administration took power, Boyd left the government and became the president of the Illinois Central Railroad, a position he held from 1969 to 1972.^[1] The government investigated the potential conflict of interest because the railroad received aid from Boyd's department before he resigned, but no wrongdoing was found. Boyd was later the president of Amtrak, and the president of Airbus Industries. In 1979 he became the chairman of Warner Blue & Mahan, a Washington D.C. based consulting firm working on new technology ventures. Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... The Illinois Central (AAR reporting mark IC), sometimes called the Main Line of Mid-America, was a railroad carrier in the central United States, with its primary routes connecting Chicago, Illinois with New Orleans, Louisiana and Birmingham, Alabama. ... Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida For other uses, see Amtrak (disambiguation). ... Airbus S.A.S. is a commercial aircraft manufacturer based in Toulouse, France. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...

References

1. ^ Stover, John F., Purdue University. The Management of the Illinois Central Railroad in the 20th Century (PDF). Retrieved on 9 February, 2006.