sentences:  In 1934, President Roosevelt named him to chair the Federal Aviation Commission in the wake of the Air Mail scandal and appointed him chairman of a commission to study aviation in foreign countries.The French government made him a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in 1935.In late July 1923, Howell arranged for the donation to Georgia Tech of equipment previously used by the "Atlanta Constitution's" radio station, WGM, which was used to help launch WBBF (later WGST, now WGKA AM 920) in January 1924.