Tulane University, BS, 1961
Cavanaugh was a high-caliber leader who stressed excellence and ethics.
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Cavanaugh retired from his position as CEO in March 2004 and from his position as chairman the following May.
Former chairman, chief executive officer, and president, Progress Energy
John Joseph Cavanaugh III was born in 1945.
In 1992 Cavanaugh left Entergy and joined Carolina Power and Light (CP and L) in Raleigh, North Carolina, as president and COO.
After leaving the navy in 1969 as a lieutenant commander, Cavanaugh joined the Mississippi-based Entergy Corporation, where he spent the next 23 years
William Cavanaugh is 5' 10 1/2".
Cavanaugh's conservative approach helped Progress Energy weather industry scandal, a recession, and the vagaries of deregulation that eventually plagued the more aggressive power companies.
While Cavanaugh may have been cautious about deregulation, he was not going to let CP and L be left behind. In 2000 he negotiated the purchase of Florida Progress Corporation, the parent company of Florida Power.
William Cavanaugh was born on January 31, 1874, in New York City, New York, USA.
William T. Cavanaugh has written: 'An Eerdmans reader in contemporary political theology' -- subject(s): Political theology