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Erskine Bowles
Bowles in 2010
16th President of the University of North Carolina system
In office October 3, 2005 – December 31, 2010
Preceded by
Molly Corbett Broad
Succeeded by
Thomas W. Ross
Co-Chair of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
In office February 18, 2010 – December 1, 2010
Serving with Alan Simpson
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Position established
Succeeded by
Position abolished
19th White House Chief of Staff
In office January 20, 1997 – October 20, 1998
President
Bill Clinton
Deputy
Sylvia Mathews Burwell John Podesta
Preceded by
Leon Panetta
Succeeded by
John Podesta
White House Deputy Chief of Staff
for Operations
In office October 3, 1994 – January 11, 1996
President
Bill Clinton
Preceded by
Philip Lader
Succeeded by
Evelyn S. Lieberman
18th Administrator of the Small Business Administration
In office May 7, 1993 – October 3, 1994
President
Bill Clinton
Preceded by
Pat Saiki
Succeeded by
Philip Lader
Personal details
Born
(1945-08-08) August 8, 1945 (age 78) Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Crandall Close
(m. 1971)
Children
3
Parent
Skipper Bowles (father)
Education
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) Columbia University (MBA)
Erskine Boyce Bowles (born August 8, 1945) is an American businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He served as the 19th White House Chief of Staff from January 1997 to October 1998, under President Bill Clinton, and as the president of the University of North Carolina system from 2005 to 2010.[1] He also ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 2002 and 2004 to represent North Carolina.
In 2010, Bowles served as the Democratic co-chair of President Barack Obama's National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform with Alan Simpson.[2] Bowles and Simpson founded an advocacy group, The Campaign to Fix the Debt.[3]
^Kelderman, Eric (February 12, 2010). "U. of North Carolina's President, Erskine Bowles, Says He Will Step Down - Government - The Chronicle of Higher Education". Chronicle.com. Retrieved August 24, 2014.
^Weisman, Jonathan (February 17, 2010). "Bowles, Simpson to Head Debt Commission". The Wall Street Journal.
^"What is 'Fix the Debt'?". CNN. November 29, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
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