Notice to Media

AHTD Director Dan Flowers Elected

Vice-President of National Organization

November 17, 1997 -- Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department Director Dan Flowers was elected Vice-President of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) during the group’s annual meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The purpose of the national organization is to encourage a balanced transportation system in the United States.

Flowers is a Registered Professional Engineer, a member of the University of Arkansas’ Academy of Civil Engineering, the Little Rock Engineers Club, an executive committee member of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), a member of the board of directors of AASHTO, chairman of the AASHTO Standing Committee on Highways and President of the Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors. He is immediate past President of the Southeastern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (SASHTO) and serves on the Mack-Blackwell Transportation Center’s Professional Advisory Board at the University of Arkansas.

Flowers, who has been with the Department since 1969, became Director on January 3, 1994. The North Little Rock resident is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville with a degree in Civil Engineering. He is married to the former Sara Stobaugh of Hughes and the father of three children.

For Further Information Contact:

Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
10324 Interstate 30, Little Rock, AR 72209
Tel: 501-569-2000
FAX: 501-569-2400
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