Turner, Francis Cutler, 1908-

Francis C. Turner (1908-1999) was born in Dallas, Texas, and graduated from Texas A & M University in 1929 with a bachelor's degree in civil engineering. Tireless and renowned champion of the interstate highway system. Served as: coordinator of the Philippine Rehabilitation Program in 1949; Assistant to Bureau of Public Roads Chief Thomas H. McDonald; Executive Secretary to Dwight D. Eisenhower's Advisory Committee on a National Highway Program, or Clay Committee; Director of the Bureau of Public Roads under Lyndon Baines Johnson; Federal Highway Administrator (1969) under Richard Nixon. Member of an elite circle of transportation experts known as the "No Name Group, " Turner was also in constant demand as a consultant by agencies such as the Transportation Research Board and the International Road Federation.

From the description of Papers, 1929-1997. (Texas A&M University). WorldCat record id: 51815625

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