Erskine Bowles

Erskine Boyce Bowles (born August 8, 1945) is an American businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He currently serves as the president of the University of North Carolina system. In 1997–98 he served as White House Chief of Staff and he also ran unsuccessfully for a North Carolina United States Senate seat in 2002 and 2004. Bowles was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina and is the son of the late Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles,... more

Erskine Boyce Bowles (born August 8, 1945) is an American businessman and political figure from North Carolina. He currently serves as the president of the University of North Carolina system. In 1997–98 he served as White House Chief of Staff and he also ran unsuccessfully for a North Carolina United States Senate seat in 2002 and 2004. Bowles was born and raised in Greensboro, North Carolina and is the son of the late Hargrove "Skipper" Bowles, Jr., a Democratic politician who once ran for Governor of North Carolina in 1972, but lost. Bowles graduated from Virginia Episcopal School before attending college. Bowles matriculated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was admitted to the Zeta Psi fraternity and graduated with a business degree. After briefly serving in the United States Coast Guard, Bowles then enrolled in Columbia Business School, where he earned an MBA. Following graduation, Bowles worked for the financial firm Morgan Stanley in New York City.... less