The President today announced that he will nominate Marvin S. Cohen, of Tucson, Ariz., to be a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board for the remainder of the term expiring December 31, 1979.
Cohen was born October 16, 1931, in Akron, Ohio. He received a B.A. (1953) and LL.B. (1957) from the University of Arizona.
Cohen was an associate with a Tucson law firm in 1957 and deputy Pima County attorney in 1958. In 1959 and 1960, he was chief civil deputy Pima County attorney. In 1961 he was first assistant city attorney for the city of Tucson.
From 1961 to 1963, Cohen was special assistant to the Solicitor of the Department of the Interior in Washington. Since 1963 he has been associated with the Tucson law firm of Bilby, Shoenhair, Warhock & Dolph.
Cohen has served as chairman of the Arizona State Bar's Group and Prepaid Legal Committee, and as secretary of Arizona Legal Services. He is a board member of the Tucson Regional Plan, and chairman of the rate structure subcommittee of the citizens advisory committee to the Arizona Corporation Commission. He has served on the Tucson Water Advisory Committee.
Jimmy Carter, Civil Aeronautics Board Nomination of Marvin S. Cohen To Be a Member Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/244310