The President today announced his intention to nominate Barbara E. McConnell to be a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board for the term expiring December 31, 1983, vice Elizabeth E. Bailey, and for the term of 6 years expiring December 31, 1989, reappointment.
Since 1982 she has been serving as Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board. Previously she was associate general counsel and assistant secretary of Southwest Forest Industries, Inc., in Phoenix, Ariz., in 1980-1982; corporate attorney for the Greyhound Corp. in Phoenix, Ariz., in 1976-1980; and personnel director of the Yavapai Community Hospital in Phoenix in 1974-1975.
She graduated from Arizona State University (B.S., 1972; M.P.A., 1975; J.D., 1978). She resides in Washington, D.C. She was born December 26, 1950, in Indiana Community, Pa.
Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Barbara E. McConnell To Be a Member of the Civil Aeronautics Board Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/245687