Alan Stephenson Boyd
| Alan S. Boyd | |
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| 1st United States Secretary of Transportation | |
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In office January 16, 1967 – January 20, 1969 |
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| President | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | John A. Volpe |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 20, 1922 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Flavil Juanita Townsend Boyd (1943–present) |
| Children | Mark Boyd |
| Alma mater |
University of Florida University of Virginia |
| Profession | Politician |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/branch |
 U.S. Army Air Forces
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
Alan Stephenson Boyd (born July 20, 1922) 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.
Boyd was born on July 20, 1922, in Jacksonville, Florida, to Clarence Boyd and Elizabeth Stephenson Boyd, granddaughter of John Stephenson. He graduated from high school in 1939, and graduated from the University of Florida in 1941. He joined the United States Army Air Forces in 1942 and remained there through the end of the war. Boyd married, the former Flavil Juanita Townsend on April 3, 1943. They had one son, Mark Boyd. He had two grandchildren, Heather and Alan Boyd.
After leaving the service in 1945, Boyd returned to college and received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1948.
Boyd practiced law in Florida, and was on a commission exploring the regulation of the transportation industry. In 1959, Boyd was appointed to the Civil Aeronautics Board by US President Dwight Eisenhower. He was promoted to chairman of that board by US President 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.
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