Education
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, The Citadel, 1964.
Wholesale distribution executive
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, The Citadel, 1964.
With American Limestone Company, 1964—1974, president, 1974—1979. Commissioner transportation State of Tennessee, 1979—1981, commissioner finance & administration, 1981—1983. Chairman The H.T. Hackney Company, Knoxville, Tennessee, Chief Executive Officer, since 1983.
Board directors Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., Astec Industries Inc., First Horizon National Corporation, since 1984, Martin Marietta Materials, North Carolina, since 1994. Chairman Tennessee Valley Authority, 2006—2009, board directors, since 2006.