Alan S. Boyd

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United States Secretary of Transportation human lawyer public official

Alan S. Boyd was an American lawyer and public official who became the first U.S. Secretary of Transportation, helping to shape national transportation policy in the late 1960s.

Statements (36)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Secretary of Transportation → human → lawyer → public official →
appointedBy	Lyndon B. Johnson →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1922-07-20 →
dateOfDeath	2020-10-18 →
educatedAt	University of Florida → University of Florida Levin College of Law →
employer	Civil Aeronautics Board → United States Department of Commerce → United States Department of Transportation →
endTime	term as United States Secretary of Transportation ended 1969-01-20 →
familyName	Boyd →
fieldOfWork	aviation regulation → transportation policy →
givenName	Alan →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) →
militaryBranch	United States Army Air Forces →
notableWork	helped shape U.S. national transportation policy in the late 1960s →
occupation	government official → lawyer →
placeOfBirth	Jacksonville, Florida, United States →
placeOfDeath	Seattle, Washington, United States →
positionHeld	Under Secretary of Commerce for Transportation → United States Secretary of Transportation → chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board →
precededBy	position of United States Secretary of Transportation created →
residence	Florida, United States → Washington, D.C., United States →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Flavil Juanita Townsend Boyd →
startTime	term as United States Secretary of Transportation began 1967-01-16 →
succeededBy	John A. Volpe →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States Secretary of Transportation →	firstHolder