Background
Priory, Richard Baldwin was born on May 15, 1946 in Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. Son of Joseph Albert Junior and Betty (Baldwin) Priory.
Electric power industry executive
Priory, Richard Baldwin was born on May 15, 1946 in Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. Son of Joseph Albert Junior and Betty (Baldwin) Priory.
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering magna cum laude, West Virginia Institute of Technology, 1969. Master of Science in Engineering, Princeton University, 1973. Graduate utility executive program, University Michigan, 1982.
Graduate advanced management program, Harvard University, 1991.
Design engineer, project engineer, Union Carbide Corporation, 1969-1972;
assistant professor structural engineering, U. North Carolina, Charlotte, 1973-1976;
design engineer, Duke Power Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1976-1978;
principal engineer, Duke Power Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1978-1981;
manager project management division, Duke Power Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1981-1984;
vice president design engineering, Duke Power Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1984-1988;
senior vice president generation and information services, Duke Power Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1988-1991;
executive vice president Power Generation Group, Duke Power Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1991-1994;
president, chief operating officer, Duke Power Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1994-1997;
chairman, president, Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy Corporation (formerly Duke Power Company), Charlotte, since 1997. Member board directors Duke Energy Corporation. Member Duke Fluor Daniel Management Committee.
Board directors Dana Corporation, EEI, AEIC.
Board visitors U. North Carolina, Charlotte. Past Chairman, Board Of Directors Charlotte-Mecklenburg Education Foundation. President, board of trustees Discovery Place, Inc., 1992-1993.
Past member Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Broadcasting Foundation. Vice chairman campaign drive United Way Control Carolinas, Inc., 1990. Member of advisory county North Carolina Alliance for Competitive Technologies.
Member American Society of Civil Engineers, National Academy Engineering, Charlotte Engineers Club.
Married Joan Ellen Rourke, May 30, 1968. Children: Jennifer Joan, Richard Baldwin Junior.