Alan Stephenson Boyd
Alan Stephenson Boyd ( born July 20, 1922 in Jacksonville, Florida ) was the first Minister of Transport of the United States. Before and after this task the lawyer worked in various transport authorities and companies; he was president of Amtrak, the railway company Illinois Central Railroad and Airbus Industries North America.
Life
Alan Stephenson Boyd in 1941 his doctorate at the University of Florida. Thereafter, he served during the Second World War from 1942 to 1945 in a troop command of the United States Army Air Forces. At the Law School of the University of Virginia in 1948, he earned a doctorate in law.
After completing his studies, Boyd worked as a lawyer in Florida. He also participated in the Florida Railroad and Public Utilities Commission, a commission that investigated the regulation in the transport sector.
In 1959 he was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Civil Aviation Authority Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB ). Under Eisenhower's successor, John F. Kennedy, he became head of that authority. In this role, he helped the ailing airlines. So he adjusted the air fare discounts and provided support in connecting smaller cities available. In 1965 he was appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson to the Secretary of State for Transport.
Some of Boyd's actions were seen by unions critical. So he sat by that government support for the shipbuilding and simultaneous lifting of conditions and regulatory requirements have been reduced. Another affront he did when he the "feat tart edding " setting does not necessarily workers on the railways denounced.
In the course of this activity Boyd began from September 1965 to promote a transport ministry, to unite the various government agencies in the transport sector in a ministry. On January 16, 1967 Boyd was appointed the first Minister of Transport of the United States. His first task in the Cabinet was the integration of the various authorities under the umbrella of the Ministry of Transport.
As a minister, he devoted himself among others, the modernization of airports, civil air monitoring, and vehicle safety, including driver's license training and measures against driving under the influence of alcohol. He began with the implementation of the excited by Lady Bird Johnson Highway Beautification Program ( Highway Beautification Act ). He was also responsible for the budget of Interstate Highways, which was used to make the tax increases of President Johnson appear advantageous. During his tenure, he did not succeed on the other hand, to prevent the decline of passenger transport by rail. The support given by him was not enough to sustain the loss- train operations at current levels.
After the election of Richard Nixon, he was released on 20 January 1969 by his post. He then moved on April 1 as president of the Illinois Central Railroad Company Railroad. After the company received a grant of $ 25.2 million, led to investigations into whether this was paid on the basis of his earlier work. In 1971 he was instrumental in the merger of IC with the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad to the Illinois Central Gulf. The introduction of intermodal transport in the IC / ICG is due to his initiative .. In 1972 he left the company.
On 1 June 1978 he was appointed head of the national long-distance passenger transport company Amtrak. During his tenure, the offer from Amtrak was subject to the requirement to reduce the federal subsidy, further restricted, as well as the over-aged fleet did not allow for replacement investments on a large scale. Despite measures taken by Boyd failed to reduce the deficit. Under his leadership, first considerations for high speed rail in the Northeast Corridor and California were hired. On June 30, 1982, he resigned.
In the same year, he became Chairman of Airbus Industries North America. In 1986, he became president of this company. He held until December 1, 1992 This post. During his tenure, he managed to expand its market share in the North American aviation market continuously.
Alan S. Boyd now lives in Edmonds, Washington.