Craven Crowell
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Nashville, Tennessee
Craven Crowell | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Tennessee Valley Authority | |
| In office 1993–2001 | |
| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | John B Waters |
| Succeeded by | Glenn McCullough |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 27, 1943 Nashville, Tennessee |
| Spouse | Fredricka (Freddie) Crowell |
| Children | One |
| Alma mater | Lipscomb University (BA) |
| Website | cravencrowell |
Craven H. Crowell Jr. (born August 27, 1943, in Nashville, Tennessee) is an energy and economic development administrator. He has served in leadership positions in the energy industry, including eight years as chairman of the three-member board of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), appointed by Bill Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 1993.[1]
He was named Alumnus of the Year by Lipscomb University in 1995.[2]
Crowell was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Lipscomb University, where he received a bachelor's degree in 1965. While in college, Crowell was president of the Lipscomb chapter of Pi Delta Epsilon, a collegiate journalism fraternity. He was a reporter and city editor with the Nashville Tennessean and won the National Headliner Award for Investigative Reporting in 1969.[3] He then became the press secretary of U.S. Senator Jim Sasser of Tennessee. During this time, Crowell served in the United States Marine Corps and was a commissioned officer in the Naval Reserve.[4]
In 1980, he was appointed the director of Information and vice president of Tennessee Valley Authority and served in this position until 1989. In 1989, he left TVA to serve as the chief of staff for Sasser.[5]