Of which nationalised industry was Peter Parker appointed Chairman in 1976?
Peter Parker (British businessman) invitation of the Duke of Edinburgh, for which he was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in 1957. He then joined Booker McConnell, becoming a Director of the company. He remained on the board of Booker until 1970, when he was appointed chairman-designate of the newly nationalised National Ports Authority. This was scrapped following the election of a Conservative government in 1970, leaving Parker to find other directorships until his appointment in 1976 as British Rail's chairman. Succeeding Sir Richard Marsh, Parker was appointed Chairman of BR in 1976 by the Labour Government and continued to serve during
Walter B. Parker As Highway Commissioner, Parker established the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities during the Hammond administration. Hammond also appointed him as chairman of the Alaska Telecommunications Task Force, which managed Alaska's transition from microwaves to a satellite-based communication system; chairman of the Alaska Oil Tanker Task Force; and a state delegate to Pacific Oil and Ports Group as a representative for Alaska. Parker became the chair of the Joint Federal/State Land Use Planning Commission for Alaska in 1976. Under Parker, the Joint Federal/State Land Use Planning Commission provided local information and feedback for the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation