William Ernest Sams, III

Background

III, William Ernest Sams, was born on November 14, 1942 in Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, l965.

Career

Distribution engineer, Tampa (Florida) Electric Company, l965-68; division engineer, Tampa (Florida) Electric Company, Plant City, Florida, l968-7l; assistant manager, Tampa (Florida) Electric Company, Tampa, l97l-74; operations manager, Tampa (Florida) Electric Company, Plant City, l974-80; manager transmission and distribution operations, Tampa (Florida) Electric Company, Tampa, l980-87; manager substation operations, Tampa (Florida) Electric Company, Tampa, l987-88; general manager western service area, Tampa (Florida) Electric Company, Tampa, 1988-1990; board directors Political Action Committee, Tampa (Florida) Electric Company, Tampa, 1988-1991; general manager T&D Superior vena cava syndrome, Tampa (Florida) Electric Company, since 1990.

Achievements

• William Ernest Sams III has been listed as a noteworthy Electric utility executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, National Society Professional Engineers, Florida Engineering Society (senior ), American Radio Relay League, Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation, Brandon Amateur Radio Club (vice president 1982), Masons, Kiwanis (board directors Tampa, Plant City and Brandon chapters since 1968).

Connections

Son of William Ernest and Claudia Marie (Lane) S. Divorced; 1 child, William Ernst IV. Married Afsaneh K. Noori, May 21, 1989.

Father:

William Ernest S.

Mother:

Claudia Marie (Lane) S.

Spouse:

Afsaneh K. Noori

child:

William Ernst IV III