The President today announced that he will nominate James Robert Smith, of Bradenton, Fla., to be a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board. He would replace Richard J. O'Melia, who has resigned, and be appointed to an additional term expiring in 1986. Smith has been airport manager for the Sarasota-Bradenton Airport since 1979.
He was born May 9, 1945, in Auburn, Ala. He received a B.A. in aviation management from Auburn University in 1967 and an M.A. in transportation from the University of South Carolina in 1974.
From 1967 to 1970, Smith was administrative assistant to the airport manager at Norfolk (Virginia) Regional Airport. From 1970 to 1975, he was assistant airport director at Columbia (South Carolina) Metropolitan Airport. He was operations manager of Portland (Oregon) International Airport from 1975 to 1977 and deputy director of aviation for the city of Philadelphia, Pa., from 1977 to 1979.
Jimmy Carter, Civil Aeronautics Board Nomination of James Robert Smith To Be a Member. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/251134