Background
Denny, James William was born on August 25, 1935 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of James R. and Margaret (Osment) Denny.
Denny, James William was born on August 25, 1935 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of James R. and Margaret (Osment) Denny.
Student, Vanderbilt University, 1953-1957.
Road manager Phillip Morris Country Music Show, 1957-1958. Account executive McDonald & Alsup Advertising Agency, 1958-1969. Management trainee Third National Bank, Nashville, 1959-1961.
President Southern Star Investors Associates, 1960. Manager Columbia Records Recording Studio, Columbia Records Custom Productions, 1961-1963. Executive vice president Station WSNT, Sanderville, Georgia, 1963-1967.
President Cedarwood Public Company, Inc., Nashville, 1963-1983. President, director Nashville Gas division Tennessee Natural Inc., 1983-1985. Vice president Piedmont Natural Gas, 1985-1998.
Retired, 1998
Partner Hatch Show Print, 1964-1983, National Tape Corporation, since 1980. Board directors Dominion Bank of Middle Tennessee, Tennessee Natural Gas Lines, Inc., Nashville City Bank, First Union Bank, Background American, Inc., Leadership Music.
Member Metropolitan Nashville Auditorium Commission, 1977-1982. Chairman board Country Music Foundation, 1967, president, 1968. President Leadership Nashville Alumni Association, 1977-1978.
Board directors Nashville Cancer Society, 1967-1969, Brentwood Academy, 1971-1980, Nashville Children's Hospital, 1978-1981. Board directors Crimestoppers of Nashville, 1983, chairman, 1987. Member advisory board Salvation Army, since 1983, chairman, 1988.
Member Nashville Century III Committee, 1978079. Trustee Wilkerson Speech and Hearing Center, 1975-1979. Board directors Leadership Music, 1990, treasurer, since 1990.
Member American Gas Association (board directors 1984-1986, laboratories board since 1984), Southern Gas Association (board directors 1984-1987), Southeastern Gas Association (board directors 1984-1987), Better Business Bureau (board directors 1984, chairman 1988), National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (trustee 1965-1982, president 1977-1979), Chef's Club Nashville, Nashville Junior Chamber of Commerce (governor, Man of Year award 1967), Chamber of Commerce (chairman school board task force since 1990), Copyright Society of South (chairman board since 1990), Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Phi Omega.
Married June Ralls, August 31, 1957. Children: Kevin, Steven, Jennifer.