International Directory of Business Biographies


William III Cavanaugh Biography

Former chairman, chief executive officer, and president, Progress Energy

Nationality: American.

Born: 1939, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Education: Tulane University, BS, 1961.

Career: U.S. Navy, 1961–1969, rose to the rank of lieutenant commander of the navy's nuclear program; Entergy Corporation, 1969–1986, several management capacities at subsidiaries, became chief operating officer (COO) and...

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