branch children birth_date term_end alma_mater imagesize profession battles order term_start spouse image name predecessor birth_place president party office successor article_title
24px u.s. army air forces mark boyd 20 july 1922 january 20 , 1969 university of florida university of virginia 210px politician world war ii 1st january 16 , 1967 flavil day -rrb- juanita townsend boyd -lrb- m. 1943 - present alan stephenson boyd.jpg alan s. boyd position established jacksonville , florida , u.s. lyndon b. johnson democratic united states secretary of transportation john a. volpe alan stephenson boyd

alan stephenson boyd

alan stephenson boyd -lrb- born july 20 , 1922 -rrb- is an american attorney and transportation executive who led several large corporations and also served the u.s. government in various transportation-related positions .
he was the first united states secretary of transportation , appointed by lyndon johnson .
additionally , he served in executive positions with the civil aeronautics board , the u.s. department of commerce , and was a president of amtrak .
