Background
Sutton, Louis Valvelle was born on August 6, 1889 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Lee Edwards and Ella (Wagner) Sutton.
Sutton, Louis Valvelle was born on August 6, 1889 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Lee Edwards and Ella (Wagner) Sutton.
Student St. Petersburg (Virginia) Academy, 1904-1906. Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1910. Doctor of Engineering (honorary), North Carolina State College, Raleigh, 1944.
Test course, General Electric Company, Lynn, Massachusetts, 1910-1912. Successively statistician, assistant engineer, division manager, commercial manager, assistant to general manager Carolina Power & Light Company, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1912-1924. Assistant general manager Arkansas Central Power Company, Little Rock, 1924-1927.
Vice president, general manager, director Mississippi Power & Light Company, Jackson, 1927-1933.
President, Carolina Power & Light Company, 1933-1963, general manager, 1933-1949, director, 1933-1969, Chairman of the Board, chief Executive officer, 1949-1969. Vice-president, director Carolinas Virginia Nuclear Power Associates, Incorporated., Parr Shoals, South Carolina.
President and director of Capitan Corporation, Raleigh. Vice president, director, past president Business Foundation, U. North Carolina.
Director Research Triangle Foundation North Carolina.
Member Virginia Polytechnic Institute Alumni Association (past vice-president, director), I.E.E.E., North.A.M. (past director), Southeastern Electric Exchange (director, past president), National Association Electrical Companies (director, past chairman), Newcomen Society, Society the Cincinnati (honorary), Edison Electric Institute (past president, director), National Electric Heating Association (director), Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa. Clubs: Rotary, Carolina Country, Sphinx, Milburnie (Raleigh).
Married Cantey McDowell Venable, April. Children: Louis Valvelle, Sarah Tomlinson, Apprentice engineer