Erskine Bowles

Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on December 6, 2007 - 3:57pm.
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Office District Status
UNC President Statewide Appointee
Party In Office Since Term Ends
Democrat
Level of Government  
Boards and Commissions  
Date of Birth Birthplace Now Lives In
August 8, 1945 Greensboro, NC Chapel Hill, NC

Synopsis

Erskine Bowles' has followed in his father's footsteps. Like his father, unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial candidate Skipper Bowles, Erskine ran for statewide office, losing two tries for U.S. senator to Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr. Like his father, he retired from politics to work for the University of North Carolina system. Since 2006, he's served as president of the UNC system. He previously worked as chief of staff for President Bill Clinton. 

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Biography

Marital Status
Married
Spouse
Crandall
Children
Two sons, Sam and Bill; daughter, Annie

Erskine Bowles is the president of the University of North Carolina system and a former chief of staff to President Clinton.

Early Life and Education

Erskine Bowles was born Aug. 8, 1945. He was raised in Greensboro. 

His father, Skipper Bowles, ran for governor.

He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1967.

He graduated from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business in 1969.

Family

Since 1971, he has been married to Crandall Close Bowles.

They have three grown children: Sam, Annie and Bill.

Business Career

Bowles began his career in the financial sector with a position at Morgan Stanley & Co. in New York.  Bowles later founded an investment banking firm in Charlotte which later became Bowles Hollowell Connor & Co.  He was also a founder in two other companies:  Kitty Hawk Capital and Carousel Capital.

Bowles served in the Clinton administration as director of the Small Business Administration in 1993.  In 1994 he became deputy White House chief of staff, and then in 1996 he was appointed to White House chief of staff.  He served in that position until 1998, which included the time when President Clinton was being investigated for his affair with Monica Lewinsky.  When asked what he is proudest of during his time as Chief of Staff, Bowles said, "I think I have brought some stability to some pretty turbulent times.''

After leaving the White House Bowles returned to the financial sector as a general partner in the New York-based company Forstmann Little.

In 2005 Bowles was appointed United Nations deputy special envoy to 13 tsunami-affected countries in Southeast Asia.  Traveling and coordinating relief efforts in the Far East for months was, he says, the most meaningful experience of his life.

Bowles currently serves on the boards of General Motors, Morgan Stanley, Cousins Properties, and NC Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Political Career

On Jan. 1, 2006, he officially became president of the University of North Carolina system. 

 

Occupation

President
University of North Carolina





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Education


University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Graduated: 1967
Columbia University Graduate School of Business
Graduated: 1969

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