Langhorne McCook Bond (March 11, 1937 - January 29, 2022) was the Administrator of the U.S.

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from 1977 to 1981 under President

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. He is the son of

William Langhorne Bond William Langhorne Bond (November 12, 1893- July 17, 1985) was an American aviator and aviation executive. From 1931 until 1948 he was operations manager and vice-president of China National Aviation Corporation. He was born in Petersburg, Virginia ...

. Bond died on January 29, 2022, aged 84.

Biography

Langhorne McCook Bond - Episcopal High - 1955

Bond was born in

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. In 1955, he graduated from Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Virginia in the same class as engineer and defense contractor Ted Mollegen. He and Mollegen were a year behind

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in high school. Bond holds degrees from

Queen's College, London Queen's College is an independent school for girls aged 11–18 with an adjoining prep school for girls aged 4–11 located in the City of Westminster, London. Founded in 1848 by theologian and social reformer Frederick Denison Maurice along wit ...

, McGill University and a law degree from the University of Virginia where he was a brother of The Sigma Phi Society.

Career

He was also Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary

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and president of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).

Awards and recognition

* Glen A. Gilbert Memorial Award, Air Traffic Control Association in recognition of his contributions to aviation safety (1999)

References

External links

1976 Interview
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